Booster Tutor Commander w/ Rachel, Serge & Rebell! Shuffle Up & Play 67 Magic The Gathering Gameplay

Deck Strategies

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  Mirko, Obsessive Theorist

  A blue-black reanimator deck that focuses on cloning and reanimating creatures to generate value and control the board.

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  Soul of Windgrace

  A Boros-Golgari ramp deck that leverages landfall and graveyard interactions, particularly using The Gitrog Monster synergy.

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  Nicol Bolas

  A control-oriented deck that keeps Nicol Bolas in the command zone, focusing on disruption and powerful spells to dominate the game.

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  Samut, Voice of Dissent

  A white-green-red Stompy deck that uses untap effects and aggressive creatures to generate tempo and board presence.

Gameplay Insights

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  The inclusion of Booster Tutor in the command zone allowed players to incorporate powerful and unpredictable cards from various vintage booster packs, impacting their early game tempo and strategic options.

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  Choosing which booster pack to open first was crucial due to the limited availability and increasing cost of casting Booster Tutor, making turn order and resource management key factors.

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  The ramp deck leveraged Booster Tutor to accelerate mana development, while the clone deck aimed to find impactful creatures to reanimate, demonstrating how different decks adapted their strategies around the new spell.

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  Players had to balance the increasing commander tax of Booster Tutor with the potential value of cards drawn, making timing of casting Booster Tutor an important strategic decision.

Notable Cards

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  Booster Tutor

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  Jeweled Lotus

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  Loyal Guardian

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  Terramorphic Expanse

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  Sulfurous Blast

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  Evacuation

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  Champion of the Flame

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  The Gitrog Monster

Summary

The game began with each player introducing their commanders and unique deck strategies, with an added twist: all players had access to a Booster Tutor spell in their command zone. This spell allowed them to open a vintage Magic booster pack during the game and choose a card to add to their hand, with a commander tax increasing its cost on subsequent casts. Rachel piloted a blue-black clone reanimator deck focused on reanimating cloned creatures, Serge played a Boros-Golgari (BorBR) deck centered around ramp and a Gitrog Monster theme, while Rebell played a Nicol Bolas deck that stayed mostly in the command zone, and The Professor piloted Samut, Voice of Dissent, a white-green-red deck with untapping synergies. The Booster Tutor added a dynamic layer of randomness and strategic card selection from a wide range of sets, giving the players access to powerful older cards like Jeweled Lotus or unexpected utility cards, which influenced their early plays and deck development.