Reporting For Duty! - Happy Veterans Day - EDH Gameplay Ep 75

Deck Strategies

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  Millicent, Restless Revenant

  Play numerous small Spirits to reduce the commander’s cost and strengthen them with anthem effects, creating a swarm of efficient flyers that support combat and control.

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  Marisi, Breaker of the Coil

  Use evasion and Marisi's ability to force opponents to attack each other, destabilizing enemy boards and capitalizing on combat damage to gain advantage.

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  Caesar, Legion's Emperor

  Sacrifice Soldier tokens to generate value and deal direct damage, then leverage this to swing for large combat damage and control the board state.

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  Emperor Mihail II

  Deploy a Murloc tribal deck focused on generating a wide board of tokens quickly, utilizing lords and anthem effects to pump the team and overwhelm opponents.

Gameplay Insights

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  Millicent’s use of small Spirits combined with anthem effects allowed her to cheaply populate the board and put early pressure on opponents.

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  Baron’s deployment of Murol tribal synergy with Deep Root Pilgrimage created resilient token generation that could quickly escalate board presence.

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  Caesar’s sacrifice-focused deck leveraged removal and tokens efficiently, using cards like Volatile Fault to disrupt opponents' lands and create treasures for ramp.

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  Emperor Mihail II’s early play of Windborn Muse imposed a taxing deterrent for opponents to attack, slowing down aggressive strategies and buying time to build the board.

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  The removal of Esper Sentinel with Path to Exile was a key play to prevent card draw advantage for Millicent, demonstrating targeted disruption of key threats.

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  Marisi’s strategy to make opponents attack each other aimed to shift the game’s combat dynamic and reduce focus on her board state.

Notable Cards

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  Mausoleum Wanderer

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  Esper Sentinel

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  Path to Exile

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  Field of the Dead

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  Birds of Paradise

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  Windborn Muse

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  Volatile Fault

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  Arcane Signet

Summary

The game began with a slow but strategic development of each player's board. Millicent, Restless Revenant focused on deploying small Spirits and leveraging anthem effects to boost their power, enabling efficient combat support and board presence. Marisi, Breaker of the Coil utilized evasion and her ability to encourage opponents to attack each other, aiming to control the flow of combat and gradually whittle down opponents' resources. Caesar, Legion's Emperor centered their strategy on sacrificing Soldiers to generate value and deliver powerful damage through combat and direct damage spells. Emperor Mihail II adopted a Murloc tribal strategy, flooding the battlefield with Murloc tokens and using lords and anthem effects to overwhelm opponents with a wide board.