EDH Gameplay - Episode 37: Sevinne VS Ghired VS Kadena VS Anje

Deck Strategies

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  Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

  Leverages morph and manifest mechanics to generate card advantage and apply pressure with evasive creatures, aiming to overwhelm opponents with repeated surprise blockers and attackers.

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  Ghired, Conclave Exile

  Focuses on token generation and aggressive combat, using trample and anthem effects to push damage through and maintain board presence.

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  Sevinne, the Chronoclasm

  Utilizes blink and recursion effects to reuse enter-the-battlefield triggers and maintain pressure, often controlling tempo through repeated value generation.

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  Anje Falkenrath

  Employs discard and madness mechanics to disrupt opponents while generating card advantage, using removal and sacrifice effects to control the board.

Gameplay Insights

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  Kadena's use of manifest and morph creatures to draw cards and apply pressure created multiple layers of threats that opponents had to answer carefully.

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  Anje's discard and madness strategy disrupted Kadena’s board development, with a key removal spell destroying Kadena at a critical moment.

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  Ghired's token generation and aggressive trampling pushed steady damage, but the board wipe from Gift of Doom significantly altered the game's pacing.

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  The strategic sacrifice of manifested creatures to flip them and trigger abilities maximized Kadena's value from her cards.

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  Multiple players repeatedly leveraged their commanders’ abilities to copy spells and draw cards, emphasizing the importance of synergy between commanders and deck mechanics.

Notable Cards

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  Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

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  Ghired, Conclave Exile

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  Sevinne, the Chronoclasm

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  Anje Falkenrath

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  Gift of Doom

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  Faithless Looting

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  Murderous Compulsion

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  Scroll of Fate

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  Thieving Amalgam

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  Runic Armasaur

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  Faith of the Devoted

Summary

The game started with all four players developing their board states, utilizing ramp and card draw to establish momentum. Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer focused on generating card advantage through manifesting and drawing, while Ghired, Conclave Exile developed tokens and aggressive creatures to pressure opponents. Sevinne, the Chronoclasm used her blink abilities and recursion to manipulate the battlefield, and Anje Falkenrath applied a discard and madness strategy to control the game and generate value. A key turning point came when Kadena successfully utilized her morph creatures and card draw synergy to apply pressure, but was interrupted by Anje's removal spells and disruption, including a well-timed murderous compulsion that took out Kadena herself. Meanwhile, Ghired leveraged his token generation and trample to push through significant damage, but a board wipe with Gift of Doom reset the board state, allowing Kadena to rebuild. Manifest and morph mechanics were heavily exploited by Kadena, with several creatures being revealed and sacrificed strategically. The game’s tempo swung back and forth with aggressive attacks, strategic sacrifices, and the use of commanders' unique abilities, culminating in a complex combat phase where Kadena dealt a large chunk of damage using rhino tokens and manifested creatures, setting her up for a win condition based on overwhelming board presence and continuous card advantage.