Noah is wrapping up Grade 10 and starting to prepare for exams. We squeezed in a game of Commander during a study break. Christian brought his precon Ruinous Powers to the table while Noah brought his slightly modified precon Necrons deck. I brought my Ruhan of the Fomori deck to stand up to the forces of Warhammer.

I immediately mulliganed after drawing a hand without lands. I kept my next one with five lands, one Basalt Ravager and a Farewell. I wasn’t feeling particularly confident with that hand but I liked having that board wipe.

With that hand, I was not a threat and the boys quickly started to establish their board presence. Christian quickly put down a Knight Rampager. The luck of the dice roll meant that I avoided the first few attacks. Noah did not like being targeted, even if it was random, and focused his attacks on his brother in response.

It did not take long for the Necrons to establish themselves and Christian was not able to mount much of a defense. He quickly fell. Noah turned to me and my two giants. It looked like a foregone conclusion. Until I played my Farewell. By then, my mana was in good shape and the big draws started to come my way. Ruhan landed on the board and an Angelfire Ignition helped deal more damage.

It was a quick game after that – Noah’s mana base was not as strong, especially after I removed all those pesky artifacts. His Commander, the fearsome Szarekh, the Fallen King, had already died twice and he could not bring him back out with his depleted mana base. The giants went to town (or should I say space) and clobbered the Necrons. It helped that Ruhan now had only one target and could stay focused on the task at hand.

And then it was back to studying for Noah…