Carmen vs Cormela vs Samut vs Gitrog Monster | K&F 72 | Magic the Gathering EDH Gameplay

Deck Strategies

• 

  Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher

  The deck is focused on sacrificing creatures and making opponents sacrifice their permanents. The commander can get bigger with each sacrifice, potentially becoming a large flying threat.

• 

  Samut, Voice of Dissent

  Cody's deck is a creature-based combo deck, aiming to generate large amounts of mana and attack with a wide board or a few big creatures.

• 

  Cormela, Glamour Thief

  Jeff's deck has a high combo potential with various ways to assemble pieces. The goal is to create a combo and win the game.

• 

  The Gitrog Monster

  Matt's deck is a land-based combo deck with a secondary strategy of creating a big board of creatures through landfall effects. The main combo involves looping lands from graveyard to play, generating value with The Gitrog Monster.

Gameplay Insights

• 1

  Matt's early Burgeoning allowed him to ramp quickly and get ahead on mana.

• 2

  Jeff's removal of The Gitrog Monster slowed down Matt's game plan and kept the powerful commander off the board.

• 3

  Cody's early cast of Samut, Voice of Dissent allowed him to start attacking and applying pressure early.

• 4

  Jeff's combo turn with Dark Ritual, Cormela, Glamour Thief and Jeska's Will demonstrated the high combo potential of his deck.

Notable Cards

• 

  Burgeoning

• 

  Feed the Swarm

• 

  Samut, Voice of Dissent

• 

  Braids, Conjurer Adept

• 

  Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher

• 

  Dark Ritual

• 

  Jeska's Will

Summary

The game started with a typical round of land drops, with Matt playing an early Burgeoning. Matt used it to ramp quickly, playing The Gitrog Monster but it was removed by Jeff's Feed the Swarm. Cody managed to cast Samut, Voice of Dissent early and began attacking. Matt recast The Gitrog Monster and added a Lotus Cobra to his board. Jeff played Braids, Conjurer Adept, causing each player to sacrifice an artifact or lose two life and draw a card. Carlos played his commander, Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher, and started to build up his board. Jeff's deck showed its combo nature with a strong turn involving Dark Ritual, casting his commander Cormela, Glamour Thief followed by a big Jeska's Will. The game appears to be in the middle stages with all players setting up their game plans and starting to enact their strategies.