Joe Cherries vs. Clowns | EDH Gameplay | Decked Out Ep 23

Deck Strategies

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  Rodolf Duskbringer

  Gain large amounts of life and reanimate strong creatures to leverage life gain synergies and dominate the board.

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  Magus Lucea Kane

  Cast and copy large X spells to generate overwhelming value and board presence, using charge counters and mana ramp.

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  Vazi, Keen Negotiator

  Generate treasure tokens and use negotiation to force opponents to give treasures, gaining card advantage and growing creatures.

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  Roon of the Hidden Realm

  Play pachyderm-themed creatures with powerful ETB triggers and loop them for incremental growth until opponents are overwhelmed.

Gameplay Insights

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  Early treasure token generation by Magda Brazen Outlaw enabled explosive ramp and resource advantage.

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  Vazi’s ability to negotiate treasures from opponents helped accelerate card advantage and board growth.

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  Emiel the Blessed served as a key growth engine by enabling +1/+1 counters and synergy with other creatures.

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  Roon’s pachyderm tribal strategy emphasized ETB triggers and recursion to build overwhelming board presence.

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  Rodolf Duskbringer’s life gain and reanimation plan required time to set up but posed a significant late-game threat.

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  The interplay of treasure generation and life gain created multiple parallel resource engines that shaped player interactions.

Notable Cards

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  Righteous Valkyrie

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  Emiel the Blessed

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  Elementalist's Palette

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  Sticky Fingers

Summary

The game began with aggressive mana acceleration and early board development, notably with Magda Brazen Outlaw generating treasure tokens and ramping aggressively. The Roon of the Hidden Realm deck focused on assembling a pachyderm-themed board with powerful ETB triggers, with key creatures like Emiel the Blessed providing board presence and incremental growth. Meanwhile, the Rodolf Duskbringer deck aimed to gain large amounts of life and leverage reanimation to bring back impactful creatures, setting up a life-gain synergy that could swing the game. Vazi, Keen Negotiator's deck generated treasure tokens and used them to gain card advantage through negotiation with opponents, steadily growing a potent board presence with creatures like Gallag Greeters and Righteous Valkyrie that synergized with life gain and treasure generation. The Magus Lucea Kane deck centered around big X spells and copying those spells to generate huge value and board impact, leveraging cards like Elementalist's Palette to fuel these plays.