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HONEY, YOU'VE GOT A BIG STORM COMING! - EDH Gameplay! - GirlPod vs HobbesQ vs Sneezle

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Decklists

Deck Strategies

  • Breeches, the Blastmaker Malcolm, the Eyes

    Breeches, the Blastmaker & Malcolm, the Eyes

    This deck aims to cast multiple spells per turn to trigger coin flip and artifact sacrifice mechanics, copying spells or dealing damage, effectively storming off with a high spell count to overwhelm opponents.

  • Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit Sam, Loyal Attendant

    Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit & Sam, Loyal Attendant

    A life-gain and food-token synergy deck focused on generating incremental value and survival through gaining life and creating food tokens as defensive resources.

  • Roalesk, Apex Hybrid

    Roalesk, Apex Hybrid

    A Voltron style deck that leverages proliferate to grow counters on creatures, enhancing their power and toughness to dominate combat and outlast opponents.

  • Urza, Chief Artificer

    Urza, Chief Artificer

    An artifact-centric deck that generates a wide board of artifacts and uses equipment and artifact synergies to create large threats and control the game state.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    Malcolm's flying haste presence early on allowed for immediate pressure on opponents, especially targeting the life-gain deck to slow their growth.

  • 2

    The spell-slinging deck's synergy with artifact sacrifices and coin flips created unpredictable damage bursts that forced opponents to respond cautiously.

  • 3

    Urza's deployment of equipment like Cranial Plating significantly boosted artifact creatures, enhancing board presence and threatening large damage swings.

  • 4

    Roalesk's proliferate ability was used repeatedly to grow counters and increase the threat level of his creatures, making combat increasingly risky for opponents.

  • 5

    Frodo and Sam's focus on life gain and food tokens provided durability but required patience to develop sufficient defenses against aggressive decks.

  • 6

    Baleful Streaks served as an effective deterrent to flying attackers like Malcolm, providing valuable chump blockers and card draw.

  • 7

    Early game restraint by players, avoiding turn one ramp artifacts like Sol Ring, indicated a more strategic pacing to avoid early blowouts.

Notable Cards

  • Malcolm, the Eyes

    Malcolm, the Eyes

  • Breeches, the Blastmaker

    Breeches, the Blastmaker

  • Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit

    Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit

  • Sam, Loyal Attendant

    Sam, Loyal Attendant

  • Roalesk, Apex Hybrid

    Roalesk, Apex Hybrid

  • Urza, Chief Artificer

    Urza, Chief Artificer

  • Cranial Plating

    Cranial Plating

  • Prosperous Innkeeper

    Prosperous Innkeeper

  • Shire Terrace

    Shire Terrace

Summary

The game began with a relatively slow early setup, as players developed their mana bases and established key early creatures and artifacts. Breeches and Malcolm quickly established a tempo strategy centered around casting multiple spells per turn, leveraging spell-slinging synergies with coin flips and artifact sacrifices. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam focused on a life-gain and food token strategy, steadily building up resources without aggressive early threats. Roalesk, the Apex Hybrid, took a Voltron approach, using proliferate mechanics to grow counters and enhance creatures, while Urza aimed to flood the board with artifacts, utilizing powerful equipment like Cranial Plating and ramp artifacts to build a strong artifact-based board state. Key early plays included Malcolm's flying haste threat and the creation of treasure tokens and life gain by Frodo and Sam's deck, setting up defensive and resource engines. As the game progressed, the spell-slinging deck with Breeches and Malcolm began to pressure opponents with repeated spell casts and damage from coin flip failures, while Urza's artifact strategies gained momentum with board presence and potent equipment. Roalesk's proliferate triggered multiple times, enhancing his board and threatening to overwhelm opponents with increasingly large creatures. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam's slower life-gain strategy provided a buffer against aggression but lacked early offensive punch. Interaction between decks included targeted attacks against early threats like Malcolm to slow down the spell-slingers and strategic plays of blockers like Baleful Streaks to deter flying attackers. The overall flow saw a tension between the aggressive spell-slinging and artifact combo strategies versus the more gradual life-gain and Voltron buildup, with the game hinging on whether the aggressive decks could close out before the slower builds stabilized.

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Decklists: Breeches - moxfield.com/decks/-zOOVhpeGUy09ULnlVm0wA Frodo - moxfield.com/decks/S3X49Miklk6zsQk9VSrt2Q Roalesk - moxfield.com/decks/DCU_N5v6VUi1GUXmytr6rA Urza - moxfield.com/decks/O2NuTzIowkKM9BjCw8r6jg

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