Mistform vs Vaevictus vs Titania vs Licia EDH / CMDR game play video

Deck Strategies

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  Licia, Sanguine Tribune

  A life-drain and extort-based deck that uses incremental life gain and treasure generation to trigger Sanguine Bond effects, draining opponents' life while maintaining control with removal and disruption.

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  Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire

  A high-risk, mana-ramp focused deck that generates large amounts of mana and treasures to cast powerful spells and threaten opponents, relying on chaos and unpredictable interactions.

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  Titania, Protector of Argoth

  A landfall and elemental tribal deck that sacrifices lands to create numerous Elemental tokens, combined with card draw effects from elemental synergies to overwhelm opponents with a large board presence.

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  Mistform Ultimus

  A tribal Merfolk deck that builds around tribal lord synergies and tempo plays, utilizing creatures like Lord of the Unreal and Lady of the Scrolls to enhance board presence and draw cards.

Gameplay Insights

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  Using Scape Shift to sacrifice multiple lands and generate a large army of Elemental tokens was a pivotal moment that dramatically increased board presence and card draw for Titania.

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  Licia's combination of extort, Sanguine Bond, and treasure token generation created a steady life-drain effect that pressured opponents while sustaining Licia's life total.

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  The use of Curse of Swine and Beast Within effectively removed key threats, preventing opponents from gaining overwhelming advantage at critical junctures.

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  Arcane Denial was strategically used to counter Sanguine Bond triggers, mitigating some of the life-drain impact but not fully stopping the synergy.

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  Players carefully managed their mana and treasure tokens to maximize spellcasting potential and maintain tempo, especially Vaevictis Asmadi's deck which relied on quick mana generation.

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  Mistform Ultimus's tribal synergy and tempo strategy provided steady incremental advantage but was challenged by the explosive token generation and life-drain combos from other decks.

Notable Cards

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  Soul Warden

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  Blind Obedience

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  Sanguine Bond

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  Elemental Bond

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  Beast Within

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  Arcane Denial

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  Lord of the Unreal

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  Vizier of the Menagerie

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  Lightning Greaves

Summary

The game started with players establishing their mana bases and early board presence, with notable early plays including Soul Warden and Blind Obedience creating incremental life gain and board control. Licia, Sanguine Tribune leveraged extort and Sanguine Bond effects to drain opponents while gaining life, and Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire ramped up mana and deployed treasure tokens to cast powerful spells. Titania steadily developed her board with lands and Elemental tokens, utilizing Scavenge News and elemental synergies to draw cards and maintain pressure. Mistform Ultimus maintained a tempo strategy with Merfolk and tribal synergy, deploying Lord of the Unreal and Lady of the Scrolls to bolster the board. A critical turning point occurred when Titania used Scape Shift to sacrifice multiple lands, generating a large number of Elemental tokens that significantly shifted the board state in her favor. This surge of tokens created a formidable offensive force that players had to reckon with. Meanwhile, Omar's Licia deck used extort and Sanguine Bond in conjunction with treasure generation to steadily chip away at opponents' life totals. The game featured strategic interactions including the use of Curse of Swine to remove problematic creatures, Beast Within to answer key threats, and Arcane Denial to counter pivotal spells. The overall flow involved managing board states with incremental advantages until the explosive token generation and life-draining combos began to dominate the late game, setting the stage for a decisive endgame.