Duskmourn Not So Early Access - EDH Gameplay Ep 67

Deck Strategies

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  Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls

  Punish opponents for playing lands and casting spells by dealing damage, while drawing cards and gaining incremental value to control the board and win through attrition.

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  Winter, Cynical Opportunist

  Fill the graveyard with a variety of card types to enable graveyard recursion of permanents each turn and draw cards from creature deaths, effectively using the graveyard as an additional hand.

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  Aminatou, Veil Piercer

  Utilize miracles and enchantments along with surveil to manipulate the top of the deck, reduce casting costs, and maintain card advantage for efficient and powerful plays.

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  Zimone, Mystery Unraveler

  Manifest creatures from the top of the library and flip them face up for free by playing lands, generating a steady stream of threats and board presence with minimal mana investment.

Gameplay Insights

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  Manifesting creatures and enchantments was leveraged to maintain pressure and board presence while minimizing mana expenditure.

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  Winter’s use of delirium to maximize graveyard diversity enabled strong recursion plays and card draw through Morbid Opportunist.

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  Valgavoth’s punishing land and spell plays forced opponents into difficult resource management and incremental life loss.

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  Surveil and miracle mechanics allowed Aminatou to sculpt her draws and reduce spell costs, increasing efficiency and consistency.

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  Haywire Mite’s ability to exile artifacts and enchantments provided valuable removal triggered by opponent creature deaths.

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  Players prioritized setting up mana bases and graveyard synergies early to enable their commanders’ core strategies in mid to late game.

Notable Cards

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  Gnarlwood Dryad

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  Haywire Mite

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  Scroll of Fate

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  Otherworldly Gaze

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  Telling Time

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  Myriad Landscape

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  Yavimaya Elder

Summary

The game featured four new DuskMourn precon decks, each piloted by a player showcasing their unique mechanics. Early on, the board state developed slowly with players ramping mana and setting up their synergies. Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls focused on punishing opponents for playing lands and casting spells by dealing damage to them, while generating card advantage. Winter, Cynical Opportunist aimed to fill the graveyard with diverse card types to trigger the return of powerful permanents to the battlefield each turn, effectively using the graveyard as an extended hand. Aminatou, Veil Piercer leveraged enchantments and miracle cards while surveilling to control the top of her deck for reduced-cost plays. Zimone, Mystery Unraveler manifested creatures off the top of the library and flipped them for free, taking advantage of consistent land drops to fuel this strategy. Key turning points included Winter establishing a critical mass of card types in the graveyard to recur threats and draw cards from creature deaths, and Valgavoth deploying board control elements that forced opponents into painful choices when playing lands or spells. Manifest and surveil mechanics were heavily utilized to manipulate the top of libraries, enabling efficient plays and card selection. The Haywire Mite artifact creature and Scroll of Fate enchantment played pivotal roles in manifesting threats and disrupting opponents. The game progressed with incremental board development and strategic removal plays, setting the stage for each deck's win condition to unfold through attrition, value generation, and graveyard recursion.