Raff vs Vish Kal vs Erebos vs Ghave EDH / CMDR game play for Magic: The Gathering

The game began with a typical setup, each player developing their mana bases and early board presence.

Malcolm, playing Vish Kal, quickly set up a powerful board state with Hardened Scales and Skullclamp, building counters on his creatures while ramping with Gilded Lotus.

Dr. Martin's Raff deck focused on artifact and planeswalker synergy, utilizing Tezzeret the Seeker and Chain Veil to generate multiple activations and emblems, establishing a strong planeswalker-centric control strategy.

Meanwhile, Erebos's player applied consistent pressure through life-drain effects with cards like Sanguine Bond and Polluted Bonds, leveraging the enchantments to chip away at opponents' life totals while gaining life.

Ghave, played by Ben, aimed to grow his board using +1/+1 counter synergies and Citadel Siege but struggled with land drops, limiting his early impact on the game. A key turning point occurred when Dr. Martin executed a powerful Chain Veil combo, untapping artifacts repeatedly to generate multiple planeswalker activations in a single turn, gaining two Venser emblems which proved difficult for opponents to overcome.

However, Ben's Acidic Slime destroyed the Chain Veil, temporarily halting Dr. Martin's combo.

Malcolm's Planar Cleansing wiped the board again but left Dr. Martin with his emblems intact, maintaining his advantage.

Ghave finally stabilized with his commander and began to rebuild.

The presence of Sanguine Bond combined with life drain enchantments added a lethal synergy to the board, applying incremental damage to all players.

The game featured several strategic interactions including artifact and enchantment destruction, life drain synergies, and planeswalker emblems, with the board state swinging back and forth as players sought to leverage their unique deck strategies to gain the upper hand.