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Are Tribal Lords and Changelings Competitive??? | Commander/EDH Gameplay

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Commanders featured in this video Reviewed & Verified

Decklist

Deck Strategies

  • The Ur-Dragon

    The Ur-Dragon

    The Ur-Dragon player's strategy involves getting changelings on the battlefield and using tribal lords to amplify their abilities. Key cards include Heron Blade Elite, Mirror Entity, and Avian Changeling. The deck's win condition is dealing massive damage through combat.

  • Ashaya, Soul of the Wild

    Ashaya, Soul of the Wild

    Ashaya's strategy is to utilize landfall triggers, with key cards like Crucible of Worlds and Ren and Seven to generate card advantage. Their win condition involves leveraging the power of lands on the battlefield to create a formidable board state.

  • Narset, Enlightened Master

    Narset, Enlightened Master

    Narset's strategy seems to involve mana ramping and artifact synergies, with key plays involving Manifold Key and Mind Stone. However, an apparently risky hand led to an early exit.

  • Lord Xander, the Collector

    Lord Xander, the Collector

    Lord Xander's strategy involves disrupting opponents' draw steps and graveyard interactions with Chains of Mephistopheles and Planar Void. Their win condition seems to involve control and disruption, though it's not fully revealed in the transcription.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    The early game was marked by the Ur-Dragon player's aggressive play, managing to get in early damage with the help of changelings and tribal lords.

  • 2

    Lord Xander's Chains of Mephistopheles and Planar Void significantly disrupted the draw and graveyard strategies of the other players.

  • 3

    The Ashaya player was able to build a strong board state by leveraging landfall triggers and Ren and Seven.

  • 4

    Narset's early exit due to a risky hand selection underlines the importance of an adequate opening hand.

Notable Cards

  • Chains of Mephistopheles

    Chains of Mephistopheles

  • Planar Void

    Planar Void

  • Mirror Entity

    Mirror Entity

  • Avian Changeling

    Avian Changeling

  • Crucible of Worlds

    Crucible of Worlds

Summary

In a four-player game featuring Lord Xander, Narset, Ashaya, and The Ur-Dragon, there was a fascinating display of different deck strategies. The Ur-Dragon player started with a tribal tribal strategy focusing on tribal lords and changelings to buff their board and swing in for massive damage. However, as the game progressed, the players faced challenges from each other's disruptive strategies, with Lord Xander's Chains of Mephistopheles causing disruption among the players, and a Green Sun Zenith from the Ashaya player setting the stage for an intense and strategic game. Eventually, Narset player concedes early due to a risky hand, reducing the game to three players.

Description

In this casual commander/EDH game, we put our tribal tribal deck lead by The Ur-Dragon against Ashaya, Soul of the Wild, Narset, Enlightened Master and Lord Xander, The Collector.

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