Hopper & Eleven vs Lucas & Will vs Dustin & Max vs Mike & Will | Commander Melee Stranger Things EDH

Deck & Commander Strategies

• Max the Daredevil & Dustin Gadget Genius

  This deck leverages artifact synergies to ramp mana and activate powerful artifact abilities. It aims to generate incremental advantage through artifact interactions and uses Max’s ability to untap creatures and investigate for clues, enabling ongoing value and board presence.

• Mike the Dungeon Master & Will the Wise

  Focused on sacrificing creatures and clues to generate card draw and value, this deck uses sacrifice combos and clue generation to control the board and gain incremental advantage. It leverages Will's abilities to create clues and supports combos that draw cards or trigger beneficial effects on sacrifice.

• Eleven the Mage & Chief Jim Hopper

  Centered around investigating to create clues and casting extra turns, this deck uses token synergies and spells like Academy Manufactor to generate board presence. It seeks to draw enough cards to cast spells for free via Eleven’s threshold ability, enabling explosive turns and resource advantage.

• Lucas the Sharpshooter & Will the Wise

  A blue-white artifact combo deck that relies on creating and sacrificing clues to goad opponents’ creatures and control the board. It aims to assemble combos such as Thopter Assembly and Time Sieve to take extra turns, leveraging artifact synergies and sacrifice outlets.

Gameplay Insights

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  Using Mass Hysteria early to grant haste enabled aggressive board development and pressure on opponents.

• 2

  The removal of Academy Manufactor with Swords to Plowshares was a key disruption to a major token and clue generating engine.

• 3

  Sacrificing clues to draw cards and trigger beneficial effects was central to multiple decks’ strategies, highlighting the importance of resource management.

• 4

  Cast spells for free via Eleven the Mage's threshold ability served as a pivotal value engine, accelerating card advantage and tempo.

• 5

  Artifact recursion and sacrifice combos with cards like Spine of Ish Sah and Krark-Clan Ironworks created complex board states and potential infinite loops.

• 6

  Players managed board tension carefully, balancing attacks with holding back key creatures to avoid retaliation or combo disruption.

Notable Cards

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  Mass Hysteria

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  Academy Manufactor

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  Thopter Foundry

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  Krark-Clan Ironworks

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  Swords to Plowshares

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  Disciple of the Vault

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  Swiftfoot Boots

Gameplay Summary