Commander Masters Homebrew edition EP: 18 Scarab God v Sidisi v Ur- Dragon v Hidetsugu [EDHgameplay]

Deck Strategies

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  The Scarab God

  Build a growing army of zombies through graveyard manipulation and token creation, draining opponents' life each upkeep and controlling the board with resilient zombie creatures.

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  Sidisi, Brood Tyrant

  Mill cards into the graveyard to generate zombie tokens continuously, synergizing with self-mill and graveyard recursion to flood the battlefield with undead creatures.

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  The Ur-Dragon

  Deploy a dragon tribal deck that reduces dragon spell costs, draws cards on dragon presence, and plays powerful dragons to dominate the game through overwhelming aerial threats and recursion.

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  Heartless Hidetsugu

  Leverage life total manipulation by tapping to deal damage equal to half of each player's life, including self, aiming to quickly reduce opponents while managing risk through careful life management.

Gameplay Insights

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  The Scarab God player focused on maintaining and increasing zombie tokens to maximize the life drain effect and board presence.

• 2

  Sidisi consistently milled cards to trigger zombie token creation, capitalizing on graveyard synergy to create a steady stream of creatures.

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  The Ur-Dragon player invested in mana fixing and ramp lands like World Tree and Haven of the Spirit Dragon to cast expensive dragons efficiently and recur dragons from the graveyard.

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  Heartless Hidetsugu's player carefully timed the activation of the commander’s damage ability to maximize symmetrical damage impact while minimizing personal risk.

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  Miasmic Mummy was used early to disrupt opponents by forcing everyone to discard, potentially slowing down faster starts.

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  Revis of the Claw added recursion to the dragon deck, allowing additional dragon casts from the graveyard, increasing resilience and pressure.

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  Players balanced aggression with defense, often choosing not to attack to avoid retaliation and maintain board stability early in the game.

Notable Cards

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  The Scarab God

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  Sidisi, Brood Tyrant

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  The Ur-Dragon

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  Heartless Hidetsugu

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  Miasmic Mummy

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  Haven of the Spirit Dragon

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  Tragic Lesson

Summary

The game begins with four players piloting classic tribal and thematic decks, each focused on unique synergies derived from their commanders. The Scarab God player leverages zombie tribal and graveyard interactions to drain opponents' life and generate zombie tokens, steadily building a resilient undead army. Sidisi, Brood Tyrant's deck also revolves around graveyard milling and zombie token creation, aiming to overwhelm the table with continuous zombie production from self-milling effects. The Ur-Dragon commander leads a dragon tribal deck focused on reducing dragon spell costs, drawing cards, and deploying powerful dragons and dragon-related permanents to dominate the battlefield. Heartless Hidetsugu operates a high-risk, high-reward strategy focused on dealing symmetrical damage based on players' life totals, pushing for a quick and brutal life-halving outcome while managing self-preservation.