Wilhet vs Gyruda vs Kefnet vs Rem Karolus EDH / CMDR game play for Magic: the Gathering

Deck Strategies

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  Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver

  A graveyard-centric deck that uses creatures like Shepherd of Rot and Gravecrawler to drain life from all players each turn, aiming to control the board through incremental damage and recursion.

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  Rem Karolus, Stalwart Slayer

  An aggressive midrange deck that equips swords on the commander to deal consistent damage, combined with damaging spells like Acidic Soil and mass disruption to reduce opponents’ resources.

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  Gyruda, Doom of Depths

  A mill and reanimation deck that aims to mill creatures from opponents’ libraries and deploy impactful creatures quickly, gaining advantage through graveyard synergy.

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  Kefnet the Mindful

  A control-oriented blue deck using counterspells and value spells like Cryptic Command and Bribery to manage threats and steal opponents’ creatures, winning primarily through attrition and air superiority.

Gameplay Insights

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  Kin’s continuous use of Shepherd of Rot combined with Gravecrawler pressure steadily drained all players, applying a taxing life loss that influenced combat decisions.

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  Kevin’s Rem Karolus deck capitalized on multiple damage spells and equipment triggers to efficiently reduce opponents’ life totals, culminating in a devastating Earthquake with Gutter Snipe synergy.

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  Phil’s Kefnet deck effectively used counterspells and flashback spells like Bribery to disrupt and steal key creatures, maintaining control and enabling late-game threats like Consecrated Sphinx.

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  The Gyruda player struggled to find impactful targets during milling due to disruption and was unable to fully capitalize on graveyard synergies.

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  Price of Progress combined with damage from Rem Karolus and spells like Acidic Soil created lethal damage bursts that heavily impacted opponents, showcasing the power of combining multi-color damage effects with commander attacks.

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  The final winning move involved Kevin swinging with Rem Karolus after clearing opponents with combined damage spells, demonstrating the strength of aggressive commander damage supported by spell synergy.

Notable Cards

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  Shepherd of Rot

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  Gravecrawler

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  Rem Karolus, Stalwart Slayer

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  Arcane Signet

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  Cryptic Command

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  Bribery

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  Backdraft Hellkite

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  Fiery Confluence

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  Wheel of Misfortune

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  Price of Progress

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  Smash to Smithereens

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  Death Baron

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  Consecrated Sphinx

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  Talisman of Conviction

Summary

The game featured a competitive four-player Commander match with Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver; Rem Karolus, Stalwart Slayer; Gyruda, Doom of Depths; and Kefnet the Mindful. Early on, Kin (Wilhelt) leveraged the Shepherd of Rot and Gravecrawler to deal consistent damage to all players, steadily chipping away at life totals. Kevin’s Rem Karolus deck aggressively equipped swords and utilized spells like Acidic Soil and Wheel of Misfortune to disrupt opponents and deal significant damage. Phil’s Kefnet deck focused on control elements, counterspells, and value through flashback spells like Bribery, which allowed him to steal key creatures from opponents and maintain board presence. The Gyruda player attempted to mill and deploy impactful creatures but was largely stifled by disruption and damage from other players.