Yargle Multani 🆚 Karametra 🆚 Ishai/Smasher 🆚 Maelstrom Wanderer | Quality EDH Commander Gameplay

Deck Strategies

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  Yargle and Multani

  This deck focuses on utilizing Greater Good to sacrifice and draw massive amounts of cards, often through sacrificing Yargle and Multani to generate overwhelming card advantage and a large board presence, aiming to win through commander damage and overwhelming board states.

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  Karametra, God of Harvests

  Ramp and landfall synergies form the core of this deck, developing a strong mana base quickly and deploying value creatures to gain incremental advantages and control the board.

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  Maelstrom Wanderer

  Cascade-focused deck that uses Maelstrom Wanderer’s cascade triggers to chain powerful spells, generate card advantage, and flood the board with big creatures to close out the game with overwhelming damage.

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  Vial Smasher the Fierce and Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker

  This deck applies incremental damage with Vial Smasher and Ishai growing larger as opponents cast spells, using an orc army to push damage and chip away at opponents while controlling the board with damage effects.

Gameplay Insights

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  Mark’s use of Greater Good combined with Feign Death to sacrifice Yargle and Multani allowed him to draw an enormous number of cards, setting up a massive board presence and card advantage.

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  Adam’s cascade chains from Maelstrom Wanderer using monstrous Vortex triggered multiple cascades, allowing him to cast a series of powerful spells in one turn and overwhelm opponents.

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  Jeff’s timely use of Solitude to exile Will’s Ishai disrupted an aggressive board and delayed damage pressure.

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  Will’s use of Comeuppance to prevent lethal damage to his orc army was a critical defensive play, though ultimately he was eliminated due to overwhelming commander damage from Mark.

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  The interaction between Skullspore Nexus and combat damage was used effectively by Adam to double his creature’s power and push through lethal damage.

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  Mark’s strategic Beast Within on Kakaretra disrupted Jeff’s board and slowed his momentum.

Notable Cards

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  Greater Good

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  Feign Death

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  Maelstrom Wanderer

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  Lightning Greaves

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  Orcish Bowmasters

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  Essence Harvest

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  Rampaging Baloths

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  Guardian Project

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  Inferno Titan

Summary

The game unfolded with a dynamic and interactive board state where all four players developed their mana bases and deployed early creatures and utility spells. Key early plays included ramp and card draw spells, with Adam leveraging big creatures and cascade spells via Maelstrom Wanderer, while Mark focused on a Yargle and Multani deck that utilized Greater Good and creature sacrifice for massive card draw. Jeff's Karametra deck developed a strong board presence through landfall synergies and value creatures, while Will's Ishai and Vial Smasher deck applied constant pressure with an orc army and incremental damage. A major turning point occurred when Mark used Greater Good in combination with Feign Death to draw an enormous number of cards by sacrificing Yargle and Multani, setting up for a powerful board state. Will was eliminated after taking heavy Commander damage from Mark's boosted Yargle and Multani attacks combined with Essence Harvest. Adam then took a dominant position with Maelstrom Wanderer by casting cascade spells off monstrous triggers, generating massive value and eventually dealing lethal damage to Mark with a large creature assault. The game ended with Adam's Maelstrom Wanderer deck leveraging its cascade combos and board presence to secure the win.