Deck & Commander Strategies
Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire
Aggressively attacks to force opponents to sacrifice permanents while potentially replacing those permanents by revealing new ones from the top of their libraries, disrupting their board states.
The Ur-Dragon
Builds a powerful dragon tribal board with big creatures that trigger card draw and damage effects, aiming to overwhelm opponents with massive flying threats.
Preston Garvey, Minuteman
Generates value by creating angel tokens through Luminarch Ascension and uses strong land and mana ramp to support sustained token and creature development.
Clavileño, First of the Blessed
Leverages vampire tribal synergies to generate life link tokens and maintain board presence by tapping opponents' permanents or forcing them to tap, while using artifacts like Wishclaw Talisman for card advantage.
Gameplay Insights
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Vaevictis Asmadi's attack phase created a pivotal moment by forcing permanent sacrifices and potential replacements, heavily impacting opponents' boards and triggering chain reactions.
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The Ur-Dragon player used the synergy between big dragons and card draw triggers to maintain a strong board state and pressure opponents.
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Preston's Luminarch Ascension was allowed to reach four counters, enabling the creation of powerful 4/4 angel tokens that could swing the board state in their favor.
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Clavileño's use of Wishclaw Talisman to pass card advantage among players demonstrated a unique political and resource-sharing interaction in multiplayer EDH.
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The timely use of mana ramp and fixing cards like Path of Ancestry and Fabled Passage allowed players to maintain tempo and cast high-cost threats early in the game.
Notable Cards
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Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire
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The Ur-Dragon
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Luminarch Ascension
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Terror of the Peaks
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Dragonlord Silumgar
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Wishclaw Talisman
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Path of Ancestry
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Ramunap Excavator
Gameplay Summary
The game started with all four players developing their mana bases and early board presence.
Vaevictis Asmadi was cast early by one player, enabling a powerful sacrifice and permanent-replacement effect on attacks, which forced opponents to sacrifice permanents and potentially put new ones into play from the top of their libraries.
The Ur-Dragon deck quickly established board presence with large dragon creatures, including Terror of the Peaks and Dragonlord Silumgar, leveraging the synergy of dragons and card draw triggers.
Preston Garvey's deck focused on building a token army with Luminarch Ascension to create angels and utilized cards like Path of Ancestry and Fabled Passage for mana fixing.
Clavileño was played with a focus on vampires, creating life link tokens and leveraging creatures and artifacts that synergize with vampires, such as the charismatic vampire with vigilance that generates tokens when opponents do not tap permanents.
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