Commander Game - Muldrotha, BeamTown Bullies, Captain Nghathrod, Edgar Markov - EDH Format

Deck Strategies

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  Muldrotha, the Gravetide

  Utilizes graveyard recursion to repeatedly cast permanents from the graveyard, ramping mana and assembling combos to control the board and win through attrition or combo finishers.

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  The Beamtown Bullies

  Disrupts opponents by putting harmful creatures into their hands or battlefield, forcing sacrifices and creating chaos while ramping mana for aggressive plays.

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  Captain N'ghathrod

  Leverages horror tribal synergies combined with milling to generate value, card draw, and board presence, aiming to control the game through attrition and incremental advantage.

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  Edgar Markov

  Focuses on creating tall vampire creatures with anthem effects and card advantage, aiming to overwhelm opponents with powerful, synergistic vampire damage.

Gameplay Insights

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  Using Captivating Vampire to steal a heavily buffed Chasm Skulker significantly shifted board control in favor of Edgar Markov's player.

• 2

  Kovacs' timely use of Muldrotha to replay lands and creatures from the graveyard maximized his mana production and board presence.

• 3

  The Merciless Executioner board wipe forced all players to sacrifice creatures, which disrupted multiple strategies and led to key graveyard interactions.

• 4

  Busterkins effectively used Beamtown Bullies to hand out harmful creatures like Plague Reaver, forcing opponents into difficult decisions and sacrificing valuable resources.

• 5

  Edgar Markov's player leveraged protection spells like Fierce Protector to safeguard key creatures from removal, maintaining offensive pressure.

• 6

  Players demonstrated strong tactical use of combat and responses, such as Deflecting Swat redirecting a steal attempt back to the caster, preserving valuable creatures.

Notable Cards

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  World Shaper

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  Merciless Executioner

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  Captivating Vampire

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  Chasm Skulker

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  Plague Reaver

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  Vanquisher's Banner

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  Rakdos Signet

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  Deflecting Swat

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  Stitcher's Supplier

Summary

The game featured four distinct Commander decks with unique strategies that created a dynamic and interactive gameplay experience. Early turns were focused on ramping mana and establishing board presence, with Kovacs playing Muldrotha, the Gravetide, leveraging graveyard recursion, Hunter on Captain N'ghathrod building a horror tribal deck with a milling backup, Busterkins piloting the Beamtown Bullies to disrupt opponents by giving them detrimental cards, and the narrator playing Edgar Markov, focusing on creating large vampires with powerful synergies. A key early turning point was Kovacs casting World Shaper, which threatened to mill lands into his graveyard for a significant late-game ramp advantage and potential land recursion on death. The board saw several impactful plays including a Merciless Executioner wiping out creatures and a Captivating Vampire stealing a heavily buffed Chasm Skulker, which shifted board control.