A fearsome game of Commander took place today at the house. Kaalia of the Vast and her army of mainly angels and dragons took on Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath (Noah) and the partners, Krark, the Thumbless, and Sakashima of a Thousand Faces (Christian playing his traditional shenanigans).

Noah started slowly with a bit of a mana drought but brought out his Rhystic Study. That earned him some unhappiness from Christian and I and some well deserved damage for the oft-repeated “Will you pay the one?” that invariably follows this card. The first time Rhystic left the board thanks to my Mortify, Noah had only earned one card from it (as we kept paying the one). When he brought it back, he knew he would be a target again.

He quickly followed up his Rhystic with a Thassa, Deep-Dwelling. Fortunately, he did not have any card on the board with a worthwhile ETB but Christian and I knew that it was only a matter of time. We struck an agreement whereby he would play a Role Reversal for me to take control of Thassa in exchange for my Radiant Destiny going to Noah where it would be of little help (much as Thassa was for me). In return, I promised not to attack Christian for two turns.

Unfortunately for Christian, the agreement said nothing about board wipes. I brought down my Ruinous Ultimatum on the next turn as both he and Noah had used up all their mana and there was no risk of a counterspell. There was no response except some groans and I was left in control of the board. From there I was able to quickly wrap up the game thanks in large part to a Sunscorch Regent that had grown to be quite formidable thanks to all the spell casting that had taken place in earlier turns.

Definitely not our longest game but definitely a fun one where everyone had the opportunity to be perceived as the main threat at one time or another.

And so, Kaalia earned her first house win, earning the distinction of having to sit out the next game. It only took about a year.