Daretti vs Kadena vs Zurgo vs Vial//Sakashima [EDH/Commander, Magic The Gathering Gameplay] 2020

The game opened with Daretti, Scrap Savant focusing on a goblin and vehicle tribal theme, quickly establishing board presence with Smuggler's Copter and Goblin Engineer.

Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer deployed early to capitalize on morphing creatures to draw cards and generate value, while Zurgo Helmsmasher aimed for aggressive commander damage leveraging his indestructibility.

The Vial Smasher and Sakashima combo player set up to clone Vial Smasher multiple times for random damage output.

Key early skirmishes included combat exchanges where Daretti's Goblin tribal clashed with Kadena's morph creatures, resulting in the loss of Daretti temporarily but maintaining board pressure through artifact synergies.

Mid-game momentum shifted when Vial Smasher and Sakashima successfully entered the battlefield together, beginning to assemble their cloning engine.

This was disrupted by Calvin's Austere Command, which wiped out low-cost creatures and artifacts, significantly hindering Daretti and the cloning combo's board states.

Despite this, Kadena continued to build card advantage through morph triggers and managed to survive board wipes by careful timing and blocking.

Zurgo's aggressive plan was thwarted by targeted removal, including a kill on Zurgo himself.

The game was a dynamic battle of attrition with each player vying to establish their primary win condition—Daretti through goblin tribal and vehicles, Kadena through combat damage fueled by card draw, Zurgo through commander damage, and Vial Smasher/Sakashima through cloning and random damage.

The interplay of removal, board wipes, and combat damage defined the flow, making for a tense and interactive match.