Preston vs Arahbo vs Tom Bombadil vs Magus Lucea Kane EDH / CMDR game play

Deck Strategies

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  Preston, the Vanisher

  The Preston deck aimed to take advantage of Preston's ability to create illusion copies of creatures, enabling powerful enter-the-battlefield effects to be doubled or tripled.

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  Arahbo, Roar of the World

  Arahbo's strategy revolved around creating powerful cat creatures and enhancing them with Arahbo's eminence ability, often resulting in substantial life gain.

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  Tom Bombadil

  Tom Bombadil's strategy wasn't fully clear due to lack of black mana, but appeared to focus on enchantment synergies.

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  Magus Lucea Kane

  Magus Lucea Kane's deck was a landfall-centric, aiming to take advantage of the landfall mechanic to generate value and overwhelm opponents with large creatures.

Gameplay Insights

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  The casting of Elish Norn, Mother of Machines significantly impacted the game, limiting the other players' ability to maintain a strong board presence and allowing Kuzno to take control.

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  Kuzno's use of Cloudshift and Acrobatic Maneuver to flicker his creatures with Preston on the battlefield resulted in multiple copies and a multitude of beneficial triggers.

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  The Magus Lucea Kane player's use of Open the Gates with a large number of lands, although impressive, was unable to shift the momentum due to Kuzno's board state.

Notable Cards

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  Open the Gates

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  Cloudshift

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  Zoanthrope

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  Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner

Summary

The game began with each player developing their board state, with Kuzno piloting Preston and taking an early aggressive stance. Kuzno's game plan centered around creating multiple copies of creatures with Preston and gaining advantage with enter-the-battlefield effects. Bryce, wielding Arahbo, directed his efforts towards generating large, life-linking cats. Despite the threatening board states, the game took a turn when Kuzno cast Elish Norn, Mother of Machines. This severely impacted the other players' board states and allowed Kuzno to gain substantial advantage. After some back and forth, featuring powerful spells like Open the Gates and Cloudshift from Kuzno and a Zoanthrope from the Magus Lucea Kane player, Kuzno managed to establish an overwhelming board presence with Revered Hoplite, creating a massive army of soldier tokens and eventually driving the game to an end.