EPISODE #100 FEAT. SHATTERGANG EDH - S12E1 - MARNEUS v RAFFINE v TEVESH/AKIRI v CORMELA - GAMEPLAY

Deck Strategies

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  Raffine, Scheming Seer

  A midrange control deck focused on incremental card advantage through discard and draw triggers, disrupting opponents while building a resilient board presence.

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  Cormela, Glamour Thief

  A deck leveraging graveyard interactions and artifact synergies to gain incremental advantage and tempo, with flash and discard effects to disrupt opponents.

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  Marneus Calgar

  A combo/control deck aiming to generate infinite tokens and draw through the deck by repeatedly casting Marneus and activating his ability, enabling a massive board presence and eventual win through overwhelming force.

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  Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools

  A combo-centric deck focused on artifact interactions, utilizing powerful artifact synergies and recursion loops to control the board and set up game-winning combos.

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  Akiri, Line-Slinger

  An aggressive equipment-based deck that accelerates with artifacts and aims to apply pressure early while protecting key pieces through interaction and recursion.

Gameplay Insights

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  Repeated casting and activation of Marneus Calgar was used to generate infinite tokens and draw through the deck, creating a dominant board state.

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  The use of Chain of Vapor combined with Flusterstorm helped protect key combo pieces from disruption.

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  A timely flash-in of Containment Priest effectively shut down token strategies that threaten to overwhelm the board.

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  Players leveraged Wheel of Fortune to reset hands and fuel aggressive card draw and discard synergies.

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  Strategic use of discard and draw effects synergized well with commanders like Raffine to maintain card advantage and control tempo.

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  Grand Abolisher was deployed to protect critical plays from interaction during key combo turns.

Notable Cards

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  Grim Monolith

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  Mystic Remora

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  Wheel of Fortune

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  Lion's Eye Diamond

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  Chain of Vapor

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  Flusterstorm

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  Containment Priest

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  Grand Abolisher

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  Mox Diamond

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  Marneus Calgar

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  Demonic Consultation

Summary

The game featured a competitive multiplayer Commander match with five players piloting Raffine, Cormela, Marneus Calgar, Tevesh Szat, and Akiri. Early turns saw the establishment of mana acceleration and control elements, with players deploying artifacts like Grim Monolith and mana rocks such as Mox Diamond. Marneus Calgar's player quickly set up a combo involving repeated casting and activation of Marneus to generate infinite tokens and draw through their deck, culminating in a swift board presence and card advantage. Raffine's deck leveraged disruption and card filtering with discard and draw effects, while Tevesh Szat and Akiri focused on artifact synergies and combo potential, including intricate loops involving Lion's Eye Diamond and counterspells to maintain control over the game state. Significant moments included a Wheel of Fortune that reset hands and fueled aggressive plays, a strategic use of Chain of Vapor and Flusterstorm to protect key combo pieces, and a critical containment priest flash to disrupt token or sacrifice strategies. Despite several attempts at combos from multiple players, the Marneus player’s ability to generate infinite tokens and draw their deck proved pivotal. The game progressed with players managing resources carefully through discard, tutoring, and recursion effects, but the overwhelming momentum from Marneus’ combo led to a dominant board state and eventual victory.