Ghired vs Elsha vs Kadena vs Kentaro EDH / CMDR game play for Magic: The Gathering

Deck & Commander Strategies

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  Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

  Uses morph creatures and experience counters to generate card advantage and board presence, focusing on incremental growth and multiple triggers from creatures entering and leaving the battlefield.

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  Kentaro, the Smiling Cat

  Builds a strong samurai token army, leveraging synergy between samurai creatures and token generators to apply pressure through wide board states and combat damage.

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  Elsha of the Infinite

  Control and value-oriented deck using enchantments and token generation, including populating elemental tokens and casting spells to maintain card advantage and control the board.

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  Ghired, Conclave Exile

  Token and +1/+1 counter synergy deck that uses manifest and morph mechanics to generate board presence and card draw, supported by spells like Wild Call and bounce effects.

Gameplay Insights

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  Choosing to exile Bramble Sovereign early with Swords to Plowshares prevented an early ramp and treasure generation for an opponent.

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  Populating tokens multiple times significantly increased board resilience and pressure, especially with cards like Growing Ranks and Assemble the Legion.

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  Copying creatures with Mimic Vat, including commanders and value creatures, provided continuous threat generation and board presence.

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  Strategically using Return to Dust via Sunbird's Invocation helped clear key artifacts, disrupting opponents' plans.

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  Players carefully balanced aggression and defense, often opting to trade creatures rather than overcommit, showing a preference for value and board control over fast kills.

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  Utilizing Kadena’s experience counters to reduce morph creature costs and draw cards created a steady engine that maintained Kadena’s board state and hand size.

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  The use of morph and manifest mechanics created uncertainty for opponents, complicating combat and removal decisions.

Notable Cards

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  Swords to Plowshares

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  Sunbird's Invocation

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  Mimic Vat

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  Return to Dust

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  Voice of Resurgence

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  Growing Ranks

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  Primordial Mist

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  Assemble the Legion

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  Thran Dynamo

Gameplay Summary