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Commander Mayhem game 79 Ketramose V Cabbage Merchant V Seriema V Eshki #mtg #edh #mtggameplay

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Commanders featured in this Gameplay Reviewed & Verified

Decklists

Deck & Commander Strategies

  • Ketramose, the New Dawn

    Ketramose, the New Dawn

    Exile cards from graveyards and battlefield to draw cards and gain incremental advantage, aiming to attack with a resilient 4/4 lifelink, menace, indestructible god once enough cards are exiled.

  • The Cabbage Merchant

    The Cabbage Merchant

    Generate food tokens when opponents cast non-creature spells, sacrifice food to gain mana, and ramp into large threats or value engines while sustaining with food.

  • The Seriema

    The Seriema

    Leverage legendary creature synergy with the spacecraft artifact Station ability to buff and protect legendary creatures, creating a strong, indestructible flying board presence.

  • Eshki Dragonclaw

    Eshki Dragonclaw

    Cast both creature and non-creature spells each turn to grow herself with counters and flood the battlefield with dragons, aiming to overwhelm opponents with aggressive creature power.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    Ketramose’s exile triggers provide card draw at the cost of life, requiring careful balance to maintain pressure while avoiding unnecessary damage.

  • 2

    The Cabbage Merchant’s food token generation creates a flexible resource pool for mana ramp or survival, pressuring opponents’ non-creature spells while building long-term advantage.

  • 3

    The Seriema’s Station ability to tap creatures and place charge counters creates a powerful buffing engine that bolsters legendary creatures and grants indestructibility, significantly increasing board resilience.

  • 4

    Sequencing creature and non-creature spells each turn in Eshki Dragonclaw’s deck is essential to maximizing her growth and the effectiveness of a dragon-centric strategy.

  • 5

    Early ramp and land fetching spells like Sol Ring and Desolate Mind set the pace for midgame threats, emphasizing the importance of resource acceleration in multiplayer Commander.

Notable Cards

  • Ketramose, the New Dawn

    Ketramose, the New Dawn

  • The Cabbage Merchant

    The Cabbage Merchant

  • The Seriema

    The Seriema

  • Eshki Dragonclaw

    Eshki Dragonclaw

  • Sol Ring

    Sol Ring

  • Kessig Wolf Run

    Kessig Wolf Run

Gameplay Summary

The game began with each player setting up their unique strategies centered around their commanders.

Ketramose, the New Dawn focused on exiling cards to draw and gain value while building up to a formidable 4/4 lifelink, menace, indestructible threat.

The Cabbage Merchant generated food tokens in response to opponents' non-creature spells and leveraged those tokens for mana acceleration, aiming to ramp into big threats or combos.

The Seriema revolved around legendary creatures and artifact synergy, particularly using its Station ability to power up and protect other legendary creatures.

Eshki Dragonclaw sought to capitalize on casting both creature and non-creature spells each turn to grow herself with counters and fill the board with dragons, aiming for a powerful aggressive finish. Early plays included ramp spells like Sol Ring and land fetches, setting up each deck’s core engine.

The Cabbage Merchant player worked on accumulating food tokens while the Seriema player searched for key legendary creatures to build a resilient board state.

Ketramose’s player focused on exiling cards from graveyards and the battlefield to draw extra cards and maintain card advantage.

Meanwhile, Eshki Dragonclaw’s deck aimed to optimize spell sequencing to maximize her growth and dragon presence.

The game’s pivotal moments were driven by these value engines interacting, with exile triggers, food token management, and legendary creature buffs shaping the tempo.

The game promised a climactic finish with dragons challenging the space station and food tokens fueling mana for big plays, all while Ketramose’s indestructible presence threatened to close out the game with a lifelink menace.

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