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Dogmeat vs Neera vs Strong vs Tovolar | Commander & Friends EDH Gameplay

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Commanders featured in this Gameplay Reviewed & Verified

Decklists

Deck & Commander Strategies

  • Dogmeat, Ever Loyal

    Dogmeat, Ever Loyal

    The strategy of this deck revolves around using Dogmeat's ability to mill cards and return equipment or auras from the graveyard. The deck also uses enchantments like Animal Friend to create tokens and buff them with +1/+1 counters.

  • Neera, Wild Mage

    Neera, Wild Mage

    This deck is built around creating chaos with unpredictable spell flipping. It leans heavily on instant and sorcery spells, with Archmage Emeritus providing card draw on spell cast.

  • Strong, the Brutish Thespian

    Strong, the Brutish Thespian

    This deck focuses on creature-based strategies, with Strong acting as a powerful beater. The deck also uses cards like Hunt the Hunter to remove threats on the board.

  • Tovolar, Dire Overlord // Tovolar, the Midnight Scourge

    Tovolar, Dire Overlord

    The deck focuses on wolves and werewolves, with additional emphasis on extra attack phases. Cards like Pyreheart Wolf are included for their synergies with the deck's theme.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    Emmara's decision to equip Dogmeat with Animal Friend early in the game allowed her to generate a significant board presence with squirrel tokens.

  • 2

    Matt's use of Archmage Emeritus in his Neera, Wild Mage deck provided a consistent source of card draw, which is crucial in a chaos-style deck.

  • 3

    John's use of Hunt the Hunter to remove Carlos's threat was a pivotal moment in the game, preventing Carlos from executing his creature-based strategy.

Notable Cards

  • Animal Friend

    Animal Friend

  • Archmage Emeritus

    Archmage Emeritus

  • Hunt the Hunter

    Hunt the Hunter

  • Pyreheart Wolf

    Pyreheart Wolf

Gameplay Summary

The game kicked off with each player bringing their commanders into play and setting up their board states.

Emmara, playing Dogmeat, Ever Loyal, got an early advantage with the milling mechanic, while Matt's Neera, Wild Mage, started creating chaos with its unpredictable spell flipping.

John's Strong, the Brutish Thespian, and Carlos's Tovolar, Dire Overlord, focused on building up creature-based strategies.

The game reached a turning point when Emmara's Dogmeat, equipped with Animal Friend, started creating squirrel tokens, which were further boosted by the enchantments and equipment attached to Dogmeat.

This allowed Emmara to generate a significant board presence.

The end of the game was not captured in the transcript, but it is likely that this board state played a significant role in the game's outcome.

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