That's Gonna Leave A Mark! High Power EDH (Bracket 4) Zaxara Vs. Lae'zel Vs. Pantlaza Vs. Vaevictis

Deck & Commander Strategies

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  Zaxara, the Exemplary

  Focuses on ramping quickly with artifacts and lands that produce multiple mana, then leveraging card selection and tutoring to assemble powerful combos and control elements. The deck aims to overwhelm opponents with explosive turns and continuous value from enchantments and artifacts.

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  Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion

  Utilizes proliferate and +1/+1 counter synergies to grow creatures like Aether Spark into massive threats. The deck emphasizes incremental advantage through value creatures and interactions that punish opponents while maintaining a resilient board presence.

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  Pantlaza, Sun-Favored

  Builds around dinosaurs and treasure generation, enabling sustained mana ramp and aggressive combat steps. The deck uses discover mechanics and powerful creatures to maintain pressure and resource advantage over the course of the game.

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  Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire

  Aggressive and combo-oriented, deploying creatures like Slimefoot that generate value on damage and leveraging equipment like Lightning Greaves to protect key threats. The deck also employs copy effects and damage doubling to maximize impact and disrupt opponents.

Gameplay Insights

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  The use of Scroll Rack in conjunction with Vampiric Tutor allowed Zaxara to manipulate the top of the deck effectively, setting up precise draws and combo pieces.

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  Lae'zel’s player capitalized on proliferate to rapidly increase counters on Aether Spark, creating a resilient and large threat difficult to remove.

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  Pantlaza’s discovery mechanic led to casting Professional Face Breaker, providing additional treasures and incremental value to fuel aggressive plays.

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  Doubling damage from Sawhorn Nemesis applied significant pressure on a targeted opponent, influencing blocking and attack decisions in combat.

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  Vaevictis’s Cursed Mirror copying Zaxara created a duplicate threat with haste, significantly increasing board presence and combat potential early.

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  Players carefully balanced taking damage with maintaining board presence, especially considering life loss from mana acceleration and damage doubling effects.

Notable Cards

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  Ancient Tomb

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  Sensei's Divining Top

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  Scroll Rack

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  Vampiric Tutor

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  Esper Sentinel

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  Sawhorn Nemesis

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  Slimefoot, the Stowaway

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  Cursed Mirror

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  Lightning Greaves

Gameplay Summary