Muldrotha VS Yarok 1v1 EDH/CMDR Gameplay

Deck Strategies

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  Muldrotha, the Gravetide

  Utilizes graveyard recursion to replay permanents each turn, focusing on value generation through recurring creatures, lands, and spells. The deck aims to grind out opponents by leveraging cards that can be cast from the graveyard and combos involving sacrifice and recursion to maintain board presence.

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  Yarok, the Desecrated

  Maximizes enter-the-battlefield effects by doubling triggers with Yarok and Panharmonicon. The deck gains value by repeatedly blinking creatures, bouncing key pieces, and using ETB-centric synergies to control the board and generate overwhelming advantage through tempo and incremental value.

Gameplay Insights

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  Yarok's use of bouncing creatures and artifacts to trigger Kadama, the East Tree allowed for powerful tempo plays, including casting Deadeye Navigator and Sher for free.

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  Muldrotha leveraged Victimize to bring back both Muldrotha and Marin, enabling multiple recursion loops in one turn, demonstrating synergy between sacrifice and graveyard recursion.

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  The timing of artifact destruction by Rex Sage and Foundation Breaker disrupted Muldrotha's resource generation and board development, shifting momentum to Yarok.

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  Yarok's repeated use of blink effects on key creatures maximized ETB triggers, particularly with Panharmonicon in play, enabling multiple activations of valuable removal and value creatures.

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  Muldrotha's decision to sack creatures to Viscera Seer for scrying and then recur them with Marin highlighted the deck's grindy nature, though it ultimately was not enough against Yarok's steady value engine.

Notable Cards

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  Muldrotha, the Gravetide

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  Yarok, the Desecrated

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  Panharmonicon

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  Hostage Taker

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  Ravenous Chupacabra

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  Deadeye Navigator

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  Victimize

Summary

The game featured a classic Sultai mirror match with Muldrotha, the Gravetide focusing on graveyard recursion and Yarok, the Desecrated capitalizing on doubling enter-the-battlefield (ETB) triggers. Early on, both players developed their mana bases and board states steadily, with Muldrotha milling cards to maximize graveyard resources and Yarok deploying key pieces like Panharmonicon to double ETB effects. A pivotal moment occurred when Yarok bounced key creatures to reuse ETB effects and leveraged Kadama, the East Tree along with Deadeye Navigator to generate value and tempo. Muldrotha fought back with recursive plays via Marin the Fox and Victimize combos, aiming to rebuild the board and maintain pressure. However, Yarok's resilience, artifact destruction, and repeated ETB synergies eventually overwhelmed Muldrotha's defenses. The game concluded after Yarok's full swing attack, capitalizing on incremental advantages and board control, securing a hard-fought victory.