I’ve noticed that in my playgroup when someone is falling behind in Commander they usually get much, much less heat, to the point that they’re able to ramp their mana and then just win out of nowhere after everyone has depleted their resources etc., so I was wondering if one could actually fake it and if you do do you have any tips for it?

  • Artemis@mstdn.social
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    4 days ago

    @TheMagicer carefully conserving resources is actually a very important skill in the game.

    I play a Iroas aggro deck that can be very explosive, but is bad at drawing cards.
    It needs to get to 7 devotion for Iroas, but any extra creatures don’t bring much benefit while do bring a lot of risk. If I have no cards in hand and get board wiped, I’m basically done. So I always try to hold back as much as I can after 7 devotion to prepare.

    Im glad you’re thinking about this! A real level up.

    • Artemis@mstdn.social
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      4 days ago

      @TheMagicer of course I have other decks that are better at drawing cards so it’s fine if they overextend because I can probably draw out of it. Definitely deck-dependent

    • TheMagicer@mtgzone.comOPEnglish
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      4 days ago

      You’re right, very deck-dependent! One of us runs a heavily upgraded Pantlaza precon that’s basically all creatures, and once they managed to win even after three board wipes even though they kept casting ALL creatures they could lol

      So, yeah, I can see how overextending after you get to 7 devotion can leave you empty-handed when the wipe comes. Definitely something I’ll keep in mind in future!