Fallout Precon Decks ☢️ Caesar v. Mothman v. Madison Li v. Dogmeat | Commander Arcade #2 MTG

Deck Strategies

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  Dogmeat, Ever Loyal

  Builds a board of human creatures and enhances them with auras and equipment, leveraging synergy among humans and equipment carriers to maintain board presence and resilience.

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  Caesar, Legion's Emperor

  Creates numerous creature tokens and uses them aggressively, often sacrificing them for card draw or additional value, while equipping key creatures to maximize combat effectiveness and apply pressure.

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  The Wise Mothman

  Utilizes radiation counters to mill cards and inflict life loss on players, simultaneously growing creatures by placing +1/+1 counters based on milled cards, creating a powerful, escalating board state.

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  Dr. Madison Li

  Focuses on building a formidable artifact and robot army by constructing, destroying, and recycling robots, using artifacts and artifact synergies to dominate the battlefield.

Gameplay Insights

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  Equipping Gunner Conscript with Basilisk Collar turned it into a 3/3 lifelink deathtouch creature, enabling efficient life swings and board control.

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  Wise Mothman's radiation counters forced all players to mill cards and lose life, but also fueled its creatures' growth through +1/+1 counters, creating a potent threat that scales with game progression.

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  Caesar’s strategy of creating and sacrificing tokens for card draw and damage allowed for sustained aggression and resource advantage.

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  The use of artifact lands and mana rocks like Razor Tide Bridge and Wayfarer’s Bauble helped players accelerate their mana base and enable multi-color casting early in the game.

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  Scavenger Grounds provided a graveyard hate option that could be activated to exile all graveyards, potentially disrupting opponents’ recursion strategies.

Notable Cards

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  Gunner Conscript

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  Basilisk Collar

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  Wayfarer's Bauble

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  Scavenger Grounds

Summary

The game featured four distinct Fallout-themed Commander decks, each pursuing its unique strategy in a post-apocalyptic setting. Early turns saw players establishing mana bases with various lands and artifacts, such as tap lands and mana rocks, to support their diverse color requirements. The Dogmeat deck focused on humans, equipping creatures and benefiting from auras and equipment to enhance its board presence. Caesar's Legion deck aggressively produced and sacrificed creature tokens for value and damage, exemplified by equipping a Gunner Conscript with Basilisk Collar to gain lifelink and deathtouch, enabling efficient attacks and life swings. The Wise Mothman deck introduced a radiate mechanic, distributing rad counters that triggered milling and life loss but also powered up creatures with +1/+1 counters, creating a growing threat on the board. Dr. Madison Li's science-themed deck aimed at building and recycling robots, leveraging artifacts and synergy to overwhelm opponents with machine forces. Key moments included the Mothman's radiation counter triggers that led to milling and life loss while buffing creatures, Caesar's tactical use of equipment to make his tokens formidable attackers, and Dogmeat's synergy with humans and equipment to maintain pressure. The game unfolded as a dynamic interplay of token creation, incremental buffs, and resource management through milling and artifact utility.