Our Favorite Creature Types | Goblin - Sliver - Vampire - Human | EDH Gameplay Ep 12

Deck Strategies

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  Krenko, Mob Boss

  Flood the board with goblin tokens and use damage amplifiers like Cavalcade of Calamity to overwhelm opponents through wide attacks.

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  Katilda, Dawnhart Prime

  Build a robust human army with +1/+1 counters and incremental life gain while using utility creatures to disrupt opponents and maintain board presence.

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  The First Sliver

  Develop a board full of synergistic slivers that grant abilities to each other, dealing incremental damage and protecting the group against artifacts and enchantments.

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  Olivia Voldaren

  Utilize life gain and sacrifice effects, generating blood tokens to fuel removal and life drain, aiming to control the board and slowly drain opponents’ life totals.

Gameplay Insights

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  The Sliver player used Hibernation Sliver to create resilience by paying life to return creatures from the graveyard, enhancing board sustainability.

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  Krenko’s token generation was carefully timed to maximize damage triggers from Cavalcade of Calamity, turning a wide board into lethal swings.

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  The Human deck leveraged Bounty Agent as a targeted removal option against legendary threats like Krenko, attempting to disrupt token production early.

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  Olivia’s Glass Casket Heart posed a significant threat by allowing mass life drain, forcing opponents to consider damage trades to avoid heavy losses.

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  Slivers’ Shifting Sliver ability made their creatures hard to block except by other slivers, increasing offensive pressure while controlling combat interactions.

Notable Cards

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  Krenko, Mob Boss

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  Cavalcade of Calamity

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  Hibernation Sliver

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  Bounty Agent

Summary

The game began with each player developing their board around their tribal themes: Goblins, Humans, Slivers, and Vampires. Krenko, Mob Boss quickly started building a swarm of goblin tokens, leveraging token generators like Cavalcade of Calamity to boost damage output. The Sliver player focused on assembling a synergistic board with key slivers such as Hibernation Sliver and Lava Belly Sliver, aiming to stack incremental damage and utility effects. Meanwhile, the Humans deck aimed to grow creatures with +1/+1 counters and generate value through creatures like Bin Doomssayer and Bounty Agent to control the board by removing problematic permanents. Olivia Voldaren’s Vampire deck concentrated on incremental growth through life gain and blood token generation, with a plan to leverage Olivia’s removal abilities and a Glass Casket Heart to drain opponents’ life totals.