Karador vs Narset vs Daretti vs Ghalta EDH / CMDR game play for Magic: The Gathering

Deck Strategies

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  Karador, Ghost Chieftain

  Karador's deck focuses on graveyard recursion and value creatures. The deck ramps early with creatures like Wood Elves, then uses Sun Titan and Birthing Pod to find and recur powerful creatures like Elish Norn to control the board and outvalue opponents.

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  Narset, Enlightened Master

  Narset's deck aims to control the game with extra turns and counterspells while leveraging noncreature spells to trigger additional attacks. It uses protection and disruption to maintain control and capitalize on incremental advantages.

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  Daretti, Scrap Savant

  Daretti's deck is artifact-centric, generating value through recurring artifacts and creating tokens. It uses sacrifice outlets and artifact synergies like Mirrorworks and Mine Stone to overwhelm opponents with multiple triggers and board presence.

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  Ghalta, Primal Hunger

  Ghalta's deck focuses on ramping into large dinosaurs and creatures to end the game quickly. It uses mana acceleration and combat tricks like Berserk and haste enablers to apply fast, heavy pressure on opponents.

Gameplay Insights

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  Karador's use of Sun Titan to recur Wood Elves early accelerated mana ramp and board presence, enabling powerful midgame plays.

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  Birthing Pod enabled key creature tutoring and combos, such as fetching Elish Norn to lock down opponents' strategies.

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  Daretti capitalized on artifact synergies to produce multiple threats, leveraging Mirrorworks to double Precursor Golem and trigger multiple Purphoros damage instances.

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  Karador's Mind Slicer sacrifice play forced all opponents to discard hands, effectively disrupting their resources and slowing their momentum.

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  Narset attempted to maintain control with counterspells like Pact of Negation and extra turn spells but was hampered by Elish Norn and Karador's persistent board presence.

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  Fred's Ghalta deck utilized haste granted by Surak to land significant commander damage, but was eventually slowed down by board control elements.

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  The interaction of Path to Exile and Reverberate was pivotal in removing Elish Norn and other key creatures, temporarily opening the board for opponents.

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  Hermit Druid was used aggressively to mill the entire library except one basic land, forcing an all-in win attempt by Karador.

Notable Cards

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  Sun Titan

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  Birthing Pod

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  Mirrorworks

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  Precursor Golem

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  Pact of Negation

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  Reverberate

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  Path to Exile

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  Purphoros, God of the Forge

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  Voltaic Key

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  Hermit Druid

Summary

The game began with the usual ramp and setup turns as each player established their mana base and early board presence. Karador utilized Wood Elves and Sun Titan to ramp and recur key creatures, finding early value and eventually deploying Elish Norn, which severely hampered opponents' board states, notably neutering Narset and Ghalta's threats. Narset attempted to control the game with counterspells and extra turns, but Karador's resilient creature recursion kept the pressure on. Ghalta's ramp and large creatures posed a significant threat, especially with haste granted by Surak, but Karador's disruption and Elish Norn slowed down the aggressive advances. Daretti focused on artifact synergies, using cards like Mine Stone and Mirrorworks to generate multiple value creatures and triggers, dealing significant damage with Precursor Golem copies and Purphoros triggers.