Lazav vs Hofri vs Yasharn vs Thrasios / Breeches | CM S1 E6 | EDH MTG Gameplay

Deck Strategies

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  Breeches, Brazen Plunderer & Thrasios, Triton Hero

  A pirate-themed deck that aims to deal damage through Pirates triggering treasure generation, alongside enchantments that punish opponents. It uses treasure tokens to ramp into bigger plays and leverage card advantage by exiling and playing cards from the top of the library.

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  Lazav, the Multifarious

  A graveyard-centric deck that uses surveil and transformation mechanics to build a large board presence. Lazav can copy creatures in the graveyard and become a significant threat while maintaining card advantage through milling and recursion.

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  Hofri Ghostforge

  A reanimation combo deck that looks to cheat powerful creatures back onto the battlefield multiple times. With several combo lines, it aims to overwhelm opponents with recurring threats and synergistic interactions involving graveyard and artifact synergies.

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  Yasharn, Implacable Earth

  A ramp and control deck focused on building a strong board presence with big creatures and disruption. Yasharn leverages landfall and other effects to control the battlefield while slowly advancing toward a win condition involving overwhelming creatures and control elements.

Gameplay Insights

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  Countering Vanquish the Horde prevented a massive board wipe that would have reset the game's tempo.

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  Strategic use of Smothering Tithe generated treasure tokens that accelerated mana production and enabled explosive plays.

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  The pirate deck's ability to exile and play cards off the top of the library provided consistent card advantage and pressure.

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  Players carefully managed life payments and counter spells to protect key combo pieces and maintain board presence.

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  The reanimation deck's combo lines required careful sequencing to avoid disruption and maximize threat recurrences.

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  Using training ground to reduce commander costs was a pivotal play, allowing more efficient deployment of threats.

Notable Cards

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  Breeches, Brazen Plunderer

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  Thrasios, Triton Hero

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  Lazav, the Multifarious

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  Hofri Ghostforge

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  Yasharn, Implacable Earth

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  Mother of Runes

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  Smothering Tithe

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  Vanquish the Horde

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  Demonic Tutor

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  Unfulfilled Desires

Summary

The game started with players developing their mana bases and deploying early ramp and utility creatures. The Thrasios and Breeches player focused on a pirate synergy strategy, dealing incremental damage and generating treasure tokens by attacking with Breeches and other pirates. Lazav utilized graveyard interactions and surveil effects to manipulate his deck and maintain card advantage. Hofri Ghostforge's player aimed to assemble multiple reanimation combos, looking to bring back key creatures from the graveyard to dominate the board. Meanwhile, Yasharn, Implacable Earth, played a more controlling and ramp-centric game plan, focusing on board presence and disruption. A major turning point occurred when a board wipe was attempted with Vanquish the Horde, which was countered and met with complex interactions involving counter spells and life payments, slowing down the pace of the game. The game featured strategic use of Smothering Tithe to generate treasures and mana acceleration, and the pirate deck leveraged its ability to exile and play cards off the top of the library for tempo advantage. Key cards such as Mother of Runes and various tutors enabled players to maintain pressure and protect critical pieces. The gameplay showcased a mix of aggressive pirate damage, graveyard recursion, and careful resource management, setting up for explosive late-game combos and control plays.