Duskmourn EDH - Arabella, Mindskinner, Jolly Balloon Man, Valgovoth Commander Gameplay MTG Magic

Mostly Casual Commander
29 Sept 202413:16

TLDRIn this episode of Commander gameplay, BK and friends take on Dusk to Dawn challenges with unique commanders. Kyle's Jolly Balloon Man dominates by creating tokens from fallen enemies, while BK's Valgovoth, Horror of Kozilek and Scott's Arabella, the Abandoned Doll, along with Chris's mill strategy, attempt to counter. Despite teamwork, Kyle's strategic plays and powerful cards like Smothering Tithe lead him to victory, showcasing a thrilling game of Magic: The Gathering.

Takeaways

  • 🃏 The game features four players with distinct commanders: Kyle with Jolly Balloon Man, BK with Valgovoth, Arabella with Arabella, and Chris with Mind Skinner.
  • 🎭 Kyle's strategy involves creating tokens of powerful Boros creatures and using the Jolly Balloon Man to generate them from dead opponents' heads.
  • 🧟‍♂️ BK's Valgovoth aims to grow stronger by causing opponents to lose life during their turns.
  • 🐭 Arabella's strategy revolves around flooding the board with small creatures and draining life from opponents.
  • 🧠 Chris's Mind Skinner focuses on a mill deck with a sub-theme of copying the commander to increase milling efficiency.
  • 🔮 The game starts with Kyle playing a Soul Ring and BK using a Rockus Theater to surveil the top card of the library.
  • ⚔️ Bloodseeker is played by BK, causing opponents to lose life whenever one of their creatures enters the battlefield.
  • 🎈 Arabella, Abandoned Doll, is played by Scott, focusing on small creatures and life drain effects.
  • 💣 Kyle uses Smothering Tithe to tax non-creature spells, a strategy that backfires as it also taxes his own spells due to Charitable Levy.
  • 🔥 Scott equips Arabella with Lightning Greaves, enhancing her abilities and causing additional effects due to the Levy counter.
  • 🐟 Bea, the Boundless is a key card for Kyle, providing life gain, creature tokens, and card draw based on the state of the game.
  • 💥 Mayhem Devil is played by BK, punishing Kyle for his treasure tokens and dealing damage in response to certain triggers.
  • 🌋 The game sees a shift in power dynamics with the introduction of Peros, God of the Forge, which multiplies the damage dealt by tokens and leads to a significant life loss for opponents.
  • 🏆 Despite a challenging game, Kyle emerges as the winner, demonstrating the effectiveness of his commander and strategy.

Q & A

  • Who is playing the Jolly Balloon Man in the game?

    -Kyle is playing the Jolly Balloon Man.

  • What strategy does Kyle plan to use with the Jolly Balloon Man?

    -Kyle plans to make copy tokens of the baddest Boros creatures he could find.

  • What is the role of Arabella, Mindskinner, in the game?

    -Arabella, Mindskinner is being piloted by Scott and will flood the board with little dudes and drain out his opponents.

  • What is the main theme of Chris's deck?

    -Chris's deck is a mill deck with a sub-theme of copying his Commander to mill even more.

  • What card does Kyle play at the start of the game?

    -Kyle starts the game with a planes into a fancy soul ring from Lord of the Rings.

  • What effect does the card 'Bloodseeker' have on the game?

    -Bloodseeker causes opponents to lose a life whenever a creature of theirs enters the battlefield.

  • What significant event happens when Arabella, abandoned doll attacks?

    -When Arabella, abandoned doll attacks, it triggers an effect that causes the opponents to lose life.

  • What card does Kyle play that allows him to gain life because his opponents have more life than him?

    -Kyle plays 'Bea, the Boundless Spring' which gains him life because his opponents have more life than him.

  • What card does Kyle use to make copies of his creatures?

    -Kyle uses his Commander, the Jolly Balloon Man, to make copies of his creatures.

  • What card does Kyle play that causes everyone to lose life and draw cards?

    -Kyle plays 'Goblin Bombardment' which causes everyone to lose life and draw cards.

  • What is the outcome of the game?

    -Kyle wins the game by knocking out all opponents with his strategy and use of the Jolly Balloon Man.

Outlines

00:00

🃏 Commander Clash: Dusk to Dawn

In this video, Commander I'm BK introduces a game of Commander featuring four players: Kyle with Jolly Balloon Man, BK with Val, Gavony Heir of Souls, Scott with Arabella, Abandoned Doll, and Chris with Mind Skinner. Each player discusses their strategy: Kyle plans to create copies of powerful Boros creatures, BK intends to make his opponents lose life on their turns, Scott aims to flood the board with creatures and drain his opponents, and Chris's mill deck focuses on copying his Commander. The game begins with players drawing lands and casting spells, with interactions such as surveilling, taxing non-creature spells, and dealing damage to opponents. The video promises an appearance of BK's cat, Meatball.

05:00

🔥 Intense Gameplay and Strategy

The second paragraph delves into the ongoing gameplay, with players executing their strategies and responding to each other's moves. Scott plays Arabella, Abandoned Doll, and triggers effects that drain life from opponents. Chris plays Swiftfoot Boots and other cards, aiming to disrupt opponents while dealing unblockable damage. Kyle gains treasures and plays cards like Bea, the Boundless Spring, which provides life gain, fish tokens, and card draw. The players engage in combat, with BK's Mayhem Devil and Val, Gavony Heir of Souls causing damage and drawing cards. The paragraph highlights the dynamic interactions and the players' attempts to outmaneuver each other.

10:02

🏆 Kyle's Victory and Final Thoughts

The final paragraph describes the conclusion of the game, where Kyle emerges victorious. Despite facing a challenging three-on-one situation, Kyle's Jolly Balloon Man strategy proves successful. He plays cards like Esper Sentinel and creates copies of Bea, generating fish tokens and drawing cards. The board state becomes overwhelming for the opponents as Kyle's Peros, God of the Forge deals significant damage, knocking Chris and BK out of the game. Scott is also defeated, leaving Kyle as the winner. The video ends with a call to action for viewers to comment on the game and subscribe to the channel.

Mindmap

Keywords

💡Jolly Balloon Man

A Commander in the game played by Kyle, Jolly Balloon Man creates balloons out of dead people's heads. The character represents a Boros deck with a focus on copying tokens and utilizing strong creatures to pressure opponents.

💡Valgovoth, Horror of Souls

A Commander played by BK, Valgovoth is focused on making opponents lose life on their turns, getting 'swole' or stronger in response to the life loss. The deck revolves around draining opponents and gaining counters for an aggressive board presence.

💡Arabella, Abandoned Doll

A Commander piloted by Scott, Arabella focuses on flooding the board with small creatures ('little dudes') and draining life from opponents. The character contributes to a life-drain strategy that keeps the board filled with tokens while chipping away at opponents' life totals.

💡Mind Skinner

A mill-focused deck played by Chris, the Mind Skinner aims to mill the opponents’ libraries, with a subtheme of copying the Commander to further enhance the mill strategy. The deck gradually grinds down opponents by removing cards from their decks.

💡Smothering Tithe

An enchantment card in Magic: The Gathering, which forces opponents to pay mana when they draw cards, or else the controller of Smothering Tithe creates Treasure tokens. In this game, Kyle uses Smothering Tithe to generate a lot of Treasure tokens, which he later exploits.

💡Mayhem Devil

A creature card played by BK that deals damage whenever a player sacrifices a permanent. In the game, Mayhem Devil synergizes with Kyle’s repeated sacrifice of Treasure tokens, allowing BK to deal constant pings of damage.

💡Bloodseeker

A creature in BK's deck that drains life from opponents whenever their creatures enter the battlefield. Bloodseeker triggers multiple times throughout the game, particularly affecting Scott and Kyle’s token-heavy strategies, draining life from them when they create tokens.

💡Peros, God of the Forge

A powerful enchantment creature that deals damage to opponents whenever a creature enters the battlefield under its controller's control. Kyle utilizes Peros to deal massive damage when he generates tokens, swinging the game in his favor.

💡Goblin Bombardment

An enchantment card that allows a player to sacrifice creatures to deal damage to any target. Kyle uses Goblin Bombardment to sacrifice his fish tokens and deal additional damage, making it a versatile tool in his board control strategy.

💡Treasure Tokens

A resource generated by several cards in the game, most notably Smothering Tithe. Treasure tokens can be sacrificed for mana, and in Kyle’s deck, they fuel various spells and abilities, such as Goblin Bombardment, while triggering BK’s Mayhem Devil to deal damage.

Highlights

BK plays Val'Gav, Horer of Souls, a commander focused on life loss strategies.

Kyle plays Jolly Balloon Man, creating balloons from the heads of defeated creatures.

Scott pilots Arabella, Abandoned Doll, aiming to flood the board with creatures.

Chris plays Mind Skinner, a mill deck with a focus on copying his commander.

Kyle starts with a soul ring, drawing a card and setting up his strategy.

BK uses Bloodseeker to force opponents to lose life whenever a creature enters the battlefield.

Scott plays Arabella, Abandoned Doll, triggering Bloodseeker and losing life.

Chris plays Silent Hull Creep, an unblockable creature that drains life from opponents.

Kyle overpays for Smothering Tithe due to Charitable Levy's tax effect.

BK's Mayhem Devil punishes Kyle for his treasure tokens.

Scott equips Arabella with Lightning Greaves, enhancing her abilities.

Chris's Mind Skinner mill strategy begins to take effect.

BK's Val'Gav, Horer of Souls gains power as opponents lose life.

Kyle's Bea, the Boundless Spring provides life gain, card draw, and token generation.

BK's Mayhem Devil is a constant threat, forcing Kyle to make strategic sacrifices.

Scott's Anam, Pakal, Thousand Moons provides a defensive layer with its triggered ability.

Chris's Thought Collapse counters Scott's Blacksmith's Skill, setting up a potential turn.

Kyle's Jolly Balloon Man's haste ability is a game-changer, allowing for quick strikes.

BK's Bloodseeker continues to drain life, keeping the game tense.

Kyle's Esper Sentinel and Jolly Balloon Man copies dominate the board.

Chris and BK are knocked out of the game by Peros, God of the Forge.

Scott is the last player standing against Kyle's overwhelming strategy.

Kyle's final push with his commander and creatures secures his victory.