M.I.L.F (Man I Love Frogs) - EDH Gameplay Ep 68

Deck Strategies

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  Gev, Scaled Scorch

  A lizard tribal deck focused on dealing incremental damage to all opponents whenever lizards enter the battlefield or attack, aiming to kill opponents quickly through constant small pings.

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  Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker and Reyhan, Last of the Abzan

  A partner bird control deck that uses flying creatures to apply pressure, leveraging card draw and recursion to maintain board presence and outvalue opponents.

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  Grolnok, the Omnivore

  A frog tribal deck that mills cards each time it attacks with frogs, aiming to eventually mill its entire deck to trigger a game-winning effect.

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  Sovereign Okinec Ahau

  A deck focused on doubling plus one plus one counters and permanently increasing creature buffs through attacks, enabling rapid growth of threats and overpowering the table.

Gameplay Insights

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  Using Gev's triggered damage from casting lizards and opponents losing life to build up plus one plus one counters quickly, allowing large creatures like Hissing Iguanar to enter with heavy counters.

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  Phasing out problematic creatures with Talon Gates of Madra to delay threats and buy time for strategic plays.

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  Leveraging cards like Mystic Rora to tax opponents' noncreature spells while drawing extra cards to maintain hand advantage.

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  The synergy between Sovereign Okinec Ahau's ability to double counters and other effects to rapidly grow creatures beyond normal expectations, creating a fast clock on the table.

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  Grolnok's repeated mill triggers through attacking with frogs, setting up for a potentially explosive late game when milling the deck leads to a combo or instant win condition.

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  The bird deck taking advantage of creatures like Cartographer's Hawk and Castol the Wind-Crested to generate card advantage and additional creatures, reinforcing their board presence.

Notable Cards

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  Gev, Scaled Scorch

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  Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker

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  Reyhan, Last of the Abzan

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  Sovereign Okinec Ahau

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  Grolnok, the Omnivore

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  Hissing Iguanar

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  Cartographer's Hawk

Summary

The game featured five players, each piloting decks centered around animal-themed commanders. Early turns saw players establishing mana bases and casting key creatures aligned with their deck strategies. Gev, Scaled Scorch's player utilized a suite of lizards to chip away at opponents' life totals with incremental damage triggers. Meanwhile, Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker and Reyhan, Last of the Abzan focused on a bird-centric control strategy, leveraging flying creatures and card advantage engines to maintain board presence. Grolnok, the Omnivore's player played a frog tribal deck that aimed to mill cards while swinging with frogs, setting up for a powerful late-game win condition. Sovereign Okinec Ahau's deck doubled plus one plus one counters, quickly buffing creatures to dominate combat and overwhelm opponents. The players carefully navigated interactions between incremental damage, card draw, phasing mechanics, and board development, with a notable focus on synergistic tribal themes and evolving board states. Key plays included casting creatures that enhanced others with counters, phasing out problematic permanents, and generating value through combat damage triggers. The game’s turning points revolved around the gradual accrual of counters and incremental damage that set up for lethal swings or combo finishes.