DON'T WAKE DEMON #4 | Magic: the Gathering Jank EDH Commander Gameplay

Deck Strategies

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  Sethron, Hurloon General

  A Minotaur tribal deck that relies on playing multiple Minotaurs and generating tokens with the commander’s ability, supported by removal and lands.

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  Danitha, Benalia's Hope

  Mono-white infect deck focused on creatures with infect and methods to grant double strike, aiming to quickly reduce opponents' life totals to zero through poison counters.

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  Mina and Denn, Wildborn

  A landfall and graveyard interactive deck that uses Escape to the Wilds to accelerate land drops and access cards from the top of the library, seeking to leverage land-based combos.

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  Jasmine Boreal of the Seven

  Vanilla creature synergy deck that buffs creatures with enchantments and utilizes incremental advantage from straightforward, efficient creatures.

Gameplay Insights

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  Sethron’s ability to create Minotaur tokens whenever it or another Minotaur enters the battlefield helped to rapidly build board presence.

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  Escape to the Wilds allowed Mina and Denn’s pilot to attempt multiple land drops and access additional cards, though sometimes the exiled cards were suboptimal.

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  Danitha’s deck exploited infect creatures with double strike to apply pressure, forcing opponents to consider blocking or taking poison damage.

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  Jasmine Boreal’s deck relied on buffing vanilla creatures with enchantments and creatures like Dauntless Escort to grant indestructibility, enhancing board resilience.

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  The use of utility lands like Harassing Dunes and Castle Embereth provided incremental value and mana fixing.

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  Players carefully managed combat to maximize damage output while minimizing risk, with some attacking only where unblockable or safe.

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  Card draw and ramp spells like Ambition’s Cost combined with Dreamstone Hedron helped maintain card advantage and mana availability.

Notable Cards

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  Sethron, Hurloon General

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  Mina and Denn, Wildborn

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  Danitha, Benalia's Hope

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  Jasmine Boreal of the Seven

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  Escape to the Wilds

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  Keeper of Fables

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  Dauntless Escort

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  Solemn Simulacrum

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  Dreamstone Hedron

Summary

The game featured four decks with distinct themes and strategies, including Minotaur tribal, mono-white with infect and double strike, landfall with graveyard combos, and vanilla creature synergy with enchantment buffs. Early turns involved setting up mana bases and deploying low-impact creatures like Sanctuary Cat and Harassing Dunes. Key moments included the casting of powerful commanders such as Sethron, Hurloon General, which generated multiple Minotaur tokens on entry, and Mina and Denn, Wildborn, who facilitated multiple land drops and graveyard interactions through Escape to the Wilds. The mono-white deck leveraged infect creatures with double strike to pressure opponents aggressively, while Jasmine Boreal of the Seven focused on buffing vanilla creatures with enchantments.