Whisper vs Meren vs Kokusho vs Yidris EDH / CMDR game play for Magic: The Gathering

Deck & Commander Strategies

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  Whisper, Blood Liturgist

  Utilizes a sacrifice and treasure token generation engine to generate incremental card advantage and mana, supporting value creatures and spells to control the board and close out the game.

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  Meren of Clan Nel Toth

  Focuses on graveyard recursion combined with sacrifice outlets and tutoring, creating value through persistently recurring creatures and powerful late-game threats.

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  Kokusho, the Evening Star

  Leverages Kokusho’s death trigger to drain opponents’ life totals and gain life, combined with sacrifice synergies and equipment to pressure opponents while maintaining board presence.

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  Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder

  Employs cascade to chain into multiple spells each turn, generating card advantage and tempo while disrupting opponents and advancing its own board state.

Gameplay Insights

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  Meren’s Birthing Pod and Razaketh combos allowed for tutoring and recurring powerful creatures, maintaining board presence and pressure.

• 2

  Whisper’s treasure generation combined with incremental card draw from Greed and Desecration Tob fueled a steady resource advantage.

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  Kokusho’s repeated death triggers drained opponents’ life totals while gaining significant life, forcing opponents to carefully consider attacking and blocking.

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  Yidris’s cascade triggers enabled multiple spells to be cast each turn, increasing tempo and disrupting opponents with spells like Dark Petition and Dig Through Time.

• 5

  Strategic use of wheels and mass discard effects by Yidris helped to refresh hands and disrupt opponents’ plans, while Notion Thief punished opponents for drawing cards.

• 6

  The interaction between sacrifice outlets and creatures with death triggers created a dynamic board state where players had to balance aggression with resource preservation.

Notable Cards

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  Birthing Pod

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  Razaketh, the Foulblooded

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  Protean Hulk

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  Kokusho, the Evening Star

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  Greed

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  Skullclamp

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  Bloodbraid Elf

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  Magus of the Wheel

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  Notion Thief

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  Terror

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  Cabal Stronghold

Gameplay Summary