Yoshi & Bruse vs. Amalia & Lurrus - Relic Fest 2024 - R8 - Duel Commander - EDH│MTG│bitzelberg

Deck Strategies

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  Amalia Benavides Aguirre

  Amalia's deck focuses on life gain and token generation synergies, using cards that benefit from gaining life to create a wide board presence and control the game through incremental advantage and efficient removal.

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  Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful

  Yoshimaru's deck aims to quickly develop a board of small creatures and equipment to apply pressure early, utilizing aggressive creatures and token generation to overwhelm opponents.

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  Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder

  Bruse Tarl’s deck typically leverages double strike and combat triggers to maximize damage output, supporting aggressive combat strategies with combat tricks and pump effects.

Gameplay Insights

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  Amalia's use of Ajani's Welcome combined with Zorin and other life-gain synergy creatures created a resilient board that was difficult for Yoshi to break through.

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  The timely removal spells like Cling to Dust and Flare of Melice were crucial for Amalia to dismantle Yoshi's key threats and maintain control.

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  Yoshi struggled to find efficient answers to Amalia's life-gain engine which steadily increased her board presence and life total.

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  The interaction between token doubling and life gain proved to be a decisive factor in Amalia's ability to stabilize and eventually dominate the game.

Notable Cards

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  Ajani's Welcome

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  Cling to Dust

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  Party Crasher

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  Isamaru, Hound of Konda

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  Skyclave Apparition

Summary

The game began with both players establishing their board states early, with Yoshi deploying Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful and Amalia setting up her life-gain synergies. Yoshi's deck focused on creature-based aggression and incremental advantage, including cards like Party Crasher and Isamaru, while Amalia leveraged powerful life-gain interactions supported by cards such as Ajani's Welcome and Zorin, the Relic Seeker. The interaction between these life-gain enablers and Amalia's ability to double tokens and counters created a tough defensive and value engine for Amalia's side. Yoshi tried to stabilize with various small creatures and equipment, but Amalia's consistent removal spells, including Cling to Dust and Flare of Melice, disrupted Yoshi's board and card advantage. Key moments included Amalia using her life gain triggers and token doubling to outpace Yoshi, especially with the synergy of Soul Sisters style creatures and Zorin's ability to control the board. The final blow came after Amalia managed to clear Yoshi's threats and maintain a strong life total, leading to Yoshi conceding as there was no viable comeback path.