EDH Gameplay - Episode 70: Nekusar VS Sliver Overlord VS Klothys VS Ezuri

Deck Strategies

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  Sliver Overlord

  Swarm the board with synergistic sliver creatures that grant each other powerful abilities, using Training Grounds to activate Sliver Overlord's tutor and control abilities cheaply.

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  Klothys, God of Destiny

  Leverage graveyard interactions and removal spells to control the board while gaining life and card advantage, aiming to outvalue opponents with incremental advantages.

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  Ezuri, Claw of Progress

  Develop a board of creatures that gain +1/+1 counters and trigger additional counters through combat and spells, growing threats rapidly to overwhelm opponents.

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  Nekusar, the Mindrazer

  Use wheel effects and discard enablers to force opponents to discard cards and take damage, while maintaining card draw and control elements to disrupt opponents and win through attrition.

Gameplay Insights

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  The use of Incendiary Command by the Nekusar player to deal damage and force a wheel discard was a pivotal moment that disrupted players' hands and triggered multiple damage sources.

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  Sliver Overlord's synergy with Training Grounds allowed for efficient activation of its abilities, enabling rapid board development and pressure.

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  Azuri's experience counters combined with proliferate effects from creatures like Throwing Bird quickly enhanced board presence through +1/+1 counters.

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  Klothys's activated ability was used effectively to exile key cards from opponents' graveyards, punishing discard and graveyard strategies while gaining life and dealing damage.

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  The Nekusar player’s careful management of life and cards, including the use of enchantments like Liliana's Caress to amplify discard damage, created a taxing environment for creature-heavy decks.

Notable Cards

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  Training Grounds

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  Sliver Overlord

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  Klothys, God of Destiny

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  Liliana's Caress

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  Incendiary Command

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  Fevered Visions

Summary

The game featured four distinct decks: a Sliver tribal deck aiming to swarm with synergistic slivers, a Klothys, God of Destiny goodstuff deck focused on value and removal, an Ezuri, Claw of Progress +1/+1 counter-based deck, and a Nekusar, the Mindrazer wheel and discard deck. Early turns saw players developing their boards with ramp, lands, and key creatures. The Sliver Overlord player aggressively deployed slivers supported by Training Grounds, enabling cheap activation of powerful abilities. Meanwhile, the Ezuri player steadily built their board with creatures and counters, while the Nekusar player ramped mana and set up wheel effects with enchantments like Liliana's Caress and Incendiary Command to force discards and damage. Klothys provided removal and card advantage by punishing opponents' graveyards and drawing cards.