LOOT 🆚 WOLVERINE 🆚 EVERETH 🆚 NEERDIV | Foundations EDH / Casual Commander

Deck Strategies

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  Evereth, Viceroy of Plunder

  This deck aims to control the board by sacrificing creatures for life drain, additional counters and card draw. The deck's late-game strategy involves dealing massive damage through creature sacrificing.

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  Loot, Exuberant Explorer

  This deck leverages landfall triggers for incremental value, ramping up to big creatures and gaining incremental advantage.

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  Wolverine, Best There Is

  This deck seeks to build up a massive Wolverine through power boosts and doubling effects, with the aim of taking out opponents in one or two combat phases.

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  Neerdiv, Devious Diver

  This deck focuses on milling, repeated spell casts and activations to gain value and control the game. The deck aims to overwhelm opponents with card advantage and on-board presence.

Gameplay Insights

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  The decision by Extra to push for a massive damage play with Yuri and Evereth was a pivotal moment in the game. It nearly wiped out the table, but left him vulnerable to a counterattack.

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  John's use of Unnatural Growth and Naif of the Dire Hunt to boost his Wolverine's power to lethal levels was a game-winning move.

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  Tom's Neerdiv deck's mill strategy was effective in controlling the pace of the game, but it ultimately was unable to stop the massive damage play from Extra's Evereth.

Notable Cards

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  Unnatural Growth

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  Evereth, Viceroy of Plunder

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  Neerdiv, Devious Diver

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  Loot, Exuberant Explorer

Summary

The game kicked off with each player swiftly setting up their board position. Tom's Neerdiv, Devious Diver deck focused on milling and gaining value from repeated spell casts and activations. Extra's Evereth, Viceroy of Plunder deck leveraged sacrificing creatures to drain life and boost the power of his commander. Sam's Loot, Exuberant Explorer deck aimed to benefit from landfall triggers, while John's Wolverine, Best There Is deck sought to create a massive creature to secure the win. The game reached a crucial point when Extra almost wiped the table using a massive Yuri sacrifice to deal massive damage. However, John narrowly survived, and with the help of Unnatural Growth and Naif of the Dire Hunt, he was able to take down Extra with a gargantuan Wolverine, securing an unexpected victory.