Prosper vs Scarab God vs Carth vs Orvar EDH / CMDR game play for Magic: The Gathering

Deck Strategies

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  Orvar, the All-Form

  Utilizes changeling creatures and spellseeker to find and cast instants and sorceries efficiently, aiming to leverage spells that interact with creatures and generate value from copying or recurring spells.

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  The Scarab God

  Focuses on reanimating creatures from opponents’ graveyards, controlling the board with sacrifice effects like Grave Pact, and draining opponents’ life through incremental value from zombie tokens and card advantage.

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  Carth the Lion

  Ramp into powerful planeswalkers and creatures, using land animation and board wipes to control the battlefield and generate overwhelming advantage through ultimates that create indestructible lands and massive damage output.

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  Prosper, Tome-Bound

  Generates treasures and casts spells from exile to maintain tempo and card advantage, often leveraging spectacle and spell interactions to combo or apply pressure through value plays.

Gameplay Insights

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  Sacrificing creatures to Grave Pact during Scarab God's reanimation triggers allowed looping of key creatures like Spellseeker and changelings to build board presence quickly and disrupt opponents.

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  Carrying planeswalkers such as Ugin and Nissa allowed Carth's player to reset the board and recover with powerful ultimates, swinging board control in their favor.

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  Prosper's attempt at a Heat Shimmer and Dualcaster Mage combo was effectively countered by Arcane Denial, illustrating the importance of timely interaction in preventing explosive combos.

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  The interaction between Karth the Lion and Garuk, Apex Predator reduced activation costs and allowed for a swift ultimate, providing a significant boost in board power and synergy.

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  Repeatedly forcing opponents to sacrifice creatures with Scarab God's triggers and Grave Pact created a tempo lock by continuously removing threats and reanimating valuable creatures.

Notable Cards

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  Grave Pact

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  Phantasmal Image

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  Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

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  Nissa, Who Shakes the World

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  Vampiric Tutor

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  Heat Shimmer

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  Dualcaster Mage

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  Spellseeker

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  Waste Not

Summary

The game begins with each player developing their board with early plays supporting their respective strategies. Orvar sets up with changeling creatures and spellseeker to find key spells, while Scarab God establishes board presence with creatures like Vampiric Tutor and Waste Rider, and Grave Pact to exert control. Carth the Lion ramps into powerful planeswalkers like Nissa and Ugin, leveraging land animation and board wipes to dominate the late game. Prosper focuses on treasure generation and casting spells from exile to maintain card advantage and pressure. A critical turning point occurs when Scarab God reanimates Torgad and uses Grave Pact to force sacrifices, gaining significant board advantage by looping creatures like Spellseeker and copying key creatures with Phantasmal Image. Carth's player capitalizes on powerful ultimates from Nissa and Ugin, wiping boards and creating indestructible lands, swinging the momentum into his favor. Prosper attempts a combo with Heat Shimmer and Dualcaster Mage to win, but it is disrupted by a well-timed Arcane Denial. Ultimately, the board control and resource management from Scarab God and Carth shape the mid-to-late game, with large creatures and planeswalkers defining the win conditions and board state.