MtG Commander Gameplay | Daxos, Vadrik, Darien, Go-Shintai | EP33

Deck & Commander Strategies

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  Go-Shintai of Life's Origin

  An enchantress shrine deck that generates shrine creature tokens when shrines enter the battlefield, recurs enchantments from the graveyard, and builds a growing board state through shrine synergies.

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  Daxos the Returned

  A deck focused on casting low-cost enchantments to gain experience counters and create spirit tokens whose power and toughness scale with the experience count, aiming to build a threatening board presence.

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  Vadrik, Astral Archmage

  A storm-style deck that aims to cast and copy multiple instants and sorceries each turn, leveraging day/night triggers for growth and possibly an infinite mana combo to overwhelm opponents with spells or damage.

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  Darien, King of Kjeldor

  A suicide-themed deck that uses life as a resource by taking damage to generate soldier tokens, aiming to swarm the board with creatures while leveraging life gain and token synergies.

Gameplay Insights

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  Vadrik’s ability to reduce the cost of instants and sorceries based on his power encouraged a spell-heavy approach, creating opportunities for storm-like turns.

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  The shrine tokens generated by Go-Shintai synergized with other shrines, enabling multiple triggers and board growth during various phases of the turn.

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  Daxos's experience counters rewarded casting enchantments early and often, turning spirit tokens into significant threats quickly.

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  Darien’s self-damaging strategy tested the use of life as a resource, balancing the risk of self-harm with the reward of creating multiple soldier tokens.

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  Blind Obedience provided a taxing effect on opponents’ artifacts and creatures while generating extort triggers, slowing down aggressive strategies.

Notable Cards

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  Go-Shintai of Life's Origin

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  Daxos the Returned

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  Vadrik, Astral Archmage

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  Darien, King of Kjeldor

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  Blind Obedience

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  Nadir Kraken

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  Intangible Virtue

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  Thought Vessel

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  Fabled Passage

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  Bloodstained Mire

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  Training Center

Gameplay Summary