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Highly Edited Casual EDH Gameplay from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth

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Commanders featured in this Gameplay Reviewed & Verified

Decklists

Deck & Commander Strategies

  • Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit Sam, Loyal Attendant

    Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit & Sam, Loyal Attendant

    The deck aims to generate a variety of tokens to fuel its engine, manipulate resources, and control the board.

  • Sauron, Lord of the Rings

    Sauron, Lord of the Rings

    This deck plays a long game, setting up a combo involving unearth and damage triggers. When the combo is assembled, it can deal lethal damage to the entire table.

  • Galadriel, Elven-Queen

    Galadriel, Elven-Queen

    This deck is elf tribal, using synergies among its elf creatures to generate value, ramp, and build a formidable board state.

  • Éowyn, Shieldmaiden

    Éowyn, Shieldmaiden

    The Eowyn deck seeks to generate tokens and apply pressure through combat. However, it struggled against removal in this game.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    Sam's use of Academy Manufacturer to generate an abundance of tokens provided a steady stream of resources and board control.

  • 2

    John's use of Master Biomancer and Realmwalker created a powerful elf army, significantly ramping his mana and card advantage.

  • 3

    Tom's use of Terror of the Peaks in conjunction with a flurry of unearth actions dealt a significant amount of damage to all opponents, drawing him a significant number of cards, and setting up the win.

  • 4

    Extra's struggle against removal highlighted the importance of protection or recursion in commander decks.

Notable Cards

  • Terror of the Peaks

    Terror of the Peaks

  • Ravenous Squirrel

    Ravenous Squirrel

  • Master Biomancer

    Master Biomancer

Gameplay Summary

The game began with players ramping and setting up their board states.

Sam, piloting the Frodo and Sam deck, focused on generating a variety of tokens (food, treasure, and clue) thanks to the Academy Manufacturer and Sam's own ability.

John, commanding an elf-centric deck led by Galadriel, generated a swarm of beefed-up elves.

Tom, playing Sauron, took time to set up, but then unleashed a flurry of unearth actions, combined with Terror of the Peaks, to deal massive damage and draw a significant number of cards.

Finally, Extra, with Eowyn, struggled against removal and wasn't able to establish a robust board state.

The game ended with Tom leveraging a combo involving Astronaut's Altar and his unearth mechanic, wiping out the rest of the table and securing a victory for Sauron.

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