High Power Commander with The Nitpicking Nerds! | EDH Gameplay ep 56

Deck Strategies

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  Atraxa, Praetors' Voice

  Apply poison counters to all opponents and use proliferate to increase those counters to ten, winning through poison damage.

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  Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer

  Utilize Madness and artifact sacrifice to generate value and mana, fueling continuous spell casting and board presence.

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  Ovika, Enigma Goliath

  Cheat high-cost non-creature spells onto the battlefield to create a large goblin army and gain mana and card advantage.

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  Najeela, the Blade-Blossom

  Produce numerous Warrior tokens and leverage infinite combat combos to deal lethal damage in a single turn.

Gameplay Insights

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  Casting Archfiend of Depravity via Madness forced opponents to sacrifice their highest-power creatures and shifted life totals, disrupting their board development.

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  Using Mystic Remora to draw extra cards pressured players to either pay mana or lose card advantage, enabling incremental gains.

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  Activating The One Ring early to draw cards provided consistent card advantage despite the upkeep life loss, balancing risk and reward.

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  Blocking decisions were complicated by poison and infect mechanics, forcing careful evaluation of trades and damage assignments.

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  Sacrificing goblins to Skirk Prospector generated needed mana for casting big spells, highlighting efficient resource management.

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  Building poison counters on multiple players simultaneously required spreading damage and proliferating effectively to reach the win condition.

Notable Cards

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  Virulent Sliver

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  Mystic Remora

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  The One Ring

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  Archfiend of Depravity

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  Venerated Rotpriest

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  Skirk Prospector

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  Young Pyromancer

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  Sardian Avenger

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  Professional Face-Breaker

Summary

The game featured four high-power Commander decks, each showcasing distinct strategies that shaped the early and mid-game dynamics. The players quickly established board presence with a mix of creatures and utility lands, setting the stage for various synergies to unfold. Early turns saw aggressive plays such as playing a Virulent Sliver with poisonous counters and setting up a Mystic Remora to generate card advantage, while others focused on ramp and value creatures. One pivotal moment occurred when a player utilized Madness to cast a powerful Archfiend, forcing opponents to sacrifice their strongest creatures and gaining life, significantly impacting board state and opposing strategies. Throughout the game, the poison and proliferate strategy aimed at escalating poison counters on all opponents, while another deck focused on creating an army of warriors and enabling infinite combat phases through combos. Meanwhile, a deck leveraging Madness and artifact sacrifice generated mana and card advantage to maintain pressure. The game featured tense interactions around infect and poisonous damage, with players navigating protection effects and removal carefully. Though the transcript ends before a clear winner emerges, key turning points included efficient use of Madness, proactive combat triggers, and managing poison counters to push towards a lethal board state.