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Deck Strategies

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  Sakashima of a Thousand Faces and Tormod, the Desecrator

  This deck leverages the ability to clone powerful creatures and recurring creatures from the graveyard with Tormod's ability.

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  Kathril, Aspect Warper

  The focus of this deck is to get as many keyword abilities into the graveyard to then put onto Kathril, making it a massive threat.

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  Sengir, the Dark Baron and Kraum, Ludevic's Opus

  This deck aims to deal damage using Kraum's ability and gain advantage by exploiting the death of other creatures with Sengir.

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  Kroxa and Kunoros

  This deck aims to disrupt opponents' strategies by forcing discard with Kroxa's ability and shutting down graveyard strategies with Kunoros.

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  Gyruda, Doom of Depths

  The goal of this deck is to repeatedly put Gyruda into play, milling opponents and putting creatures from the milled cards onto the battlefield.

Gameplay Insights

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  The early deployment of a 20/20 indestructible creature via the Dark Depths and Vampire Hexmage combo heavily influenced the dynamics of the game.

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  The use of Cold Steel Heart and Arcane Signet for ramp set up for more powerful plays in the following turns.

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  The Grim Haruspex could provide significant card draw potential given the right board state.

Notable Cards

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  Dark Depths

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  Vampire Hexmage

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  Arcane Signet

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  Grim Haruspex

Summary

The game began with each player setting up their board state, with a notable turn of events occurring when a Dark Depths and Vampire Hexmage combo was deployed, creating a 20/20 indestructible creature. However, the game continued with multiple instances of ramp and setup for larger plays. The game featured a wide variety of strategies, from milling opponents to leveraging a multitude of commander abilities. The use of specific powerful cards drastically influenced the game's direction at key points, ultimately leading to the victory of one of the players.