Commander Melee Monday! Grist vs Adeline vs Rakdos vs Silas | Akiri

Deck Strategies

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  Grist, the Hunger Tide

  Focuses on graveyard interactions and generating insect tokens to control the board and drain opponents' life, using incremental value from +1 counters and removal triggers.

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  Adeline, Resplendent Cathar

  Aggressive token-based strategy that builds a wide board of soldier tokens while using anthem effects to pump creatures, aiming to overwhelm opponents with wide, double-striking attacks.

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  Rakdos, Lord of Riots

  A heavy creature aggro deck that uses Rakdos to cheat out large threats, ramp into powerful Eldrazi like Ulamog, and apply pressure with trample and annihilator effects.

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  Silas Renn, Seeker Adept & Akiri, Line-Slinger

  Artifact-centric synergy deck that uses Silas to recur artifacts and creatures, while Akiri generates card advantage and applies pressure through efficient combat, leveraging artifact interaction and disruption.

Gameplay Insights

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  Kevin's use of True Conviction turned his token army into a lethal threat with double strike and lifelink, significantly swinging combat phases in his favor.

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  Max capitalized on Rakdos, Lord of Riots’ ability to cheat out large threats and ramp into Ulamog, which delivered heavy library disruption and board wipes.

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  Nico leveraged Grist’s ability to generate insect tokens each turn and synergized with Sir Conrad, the Grim to mill opponents and deal incremental damage.

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  Xiaobao’s artifact-based strategy with Silas Renn and Akiri disrupted opponents by recurring key artifacts and removing enchantments, maintaining card advantage.

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  The use of Grasp of Fate by Kevin efficiently removed multiple opposing creatures and disrupted key threats, helping stabilize his board.

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  Max’s timing of casting Castle Drazi Conscription on Breaker of Armies granted it trample and annihilator 2, severely punishing opponents with each attack.

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  The interaction between Victimize and infect granted by Cass Striking created a surprising source of damage that affected all opponents simultaneously.

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  Players carefully managed resource denial and damage through targeted removal and combat blocks to mitigate the explosive potential of large creature threats.

Notable Cards

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  Grist, the Hunger Tide

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  Adeline, Resplendent Cathar

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  Rakdos, Lord of Riots

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  Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger

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  Breaker of Armies

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  True Conviction

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  Thought Monitor

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  Authority of the Consuls

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  Grasp of Fate

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  Oblation

Summary

The game began with players establishing their mana bases and deploying early creatures and key artifacts to ramp and support their strategies. Nico, playing Grist, the Hunger Tide, focused on creating insect tokens and controlling the graveyard, while Kevin’s Adeline deck leveraged tokens and anthem effects to build a wide board presence with soldier tokens and Champion of the Parish. Max’s Rakdos deck aggressively deployed Rakdos, Lord of Riots and later cast Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger, to decimate opponents' libraries and boards. Xiaobao combined Silas Renn and Akiri, Line-Slinger to generate card advantage and artifact synergies, disrupting opponents’ resources. Early interactions involved removal spells, combat damage exchanges, and control elements such as Grasp of Fate and Oblation to manage threats.