Muldrotha, Tayam, Tymna & Kodama, Atraxa - #EDH Gameplay Ep 44

Deck Strategies

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  Muldrotha, the Gravetide

  Utilizes graveyard recursion to generate value each turn by casting permanents from the graveyard, leveraging card advantage and controlling the board with versatile spells.

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  Tayam, Luminous Enigma

  Focuses on proactive ramp and card draw engines like Sylvan Library and Carpet of Flowers, applying pressure through creatures and incremental advantage while disrupting opponents with Null Rod.

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  Tymna the Weaver & Kodama of the East Tree

  Combines aggressive card draw from Tymna with ramp and combo potential through Kodama and utility creatures, aiming for fair play with disruption and incremental advantage.

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  Atraxa, Praetors' Voice

  A stax build employing disruption elements like Narset Parter of Veils, Smothering Tithe, and Null Rod to lock down opponents' resources and slow the game, while generating value from proliferate and counters.

Gameplay Insights

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  David's early Mystic Remora helped him fish for lands despite a poor start, showcasing the importance of resource filtering in slow opening hands.

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  Baal’s use of Carpet of Flowers and Sylvan Library allowed him to accelerate mana and dig for key cards, enabling early pressure with Tayam.

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  Sequeira’s decision to protect Narset and cast Atraxa early aimed to stifle card draw and ramp from other players, typifying a stax approach.

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  Baal’s Null Rod effectively shut down artifact ramp and Smothering Tithe triggers, forcing Sequeira to consider Rod removal to regain advantage.

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  Luis leveraged ramp and card draw engines alongside creatures like Opposition Agent to disrupt Baal’s Ranger-Captain of Eos and slow down search effects.

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  The interplay between Oko’s transformation abilities and Chalice of the Void created dynamic board interactions impacting Baal and Luis’ creatures.

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  Luis casting Deafening Silence was a pivotal move to suppress opponents’ spellcasting while maintaining his own card advantage, demonstrating timing and resource management in stax-heavy games.

Notable Cards

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  Mystic Remora

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  Narset, Parter of Veils

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  Sylvan Library

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  Carpet of Flowers

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  Null Rod

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  Smothering Tithe

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  Opposition Agent

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  Allosaurus Shepherd

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  Deafening Silence

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  Drannith Magistrate

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  Aven Mindcensor

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  Oko, Thief of Crowns

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  Chalice of the Void

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  Ranger-Captain of Eos

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  Bloom Tender

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  Gaea's Cradle

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  Llanowar Elves

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  Birds of Paradise

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  Deathrite Shaman

Summary

The game began with a slow start, with David on Muldrotha struggling to find lands and ramp early, relying on Mystic Remora to generate card advantage. Baal’s Tayam deck established early pressure and card draw through Sylvan Library and Carpet of Flowers, while Luis on Tymna and Kodama’s Fair Junk deck focused on ramp and card draw with Weathered Wayfarer and Gaea's Cradle, setting up for combo and board control. Sequeira’s Atraxa stax deck aimed to disrupt opponents with Narset Parter of Veils, Smothering Tithe, and Null Rod, attempting to lock down the table with stax elements. Key early plays included Baal removing Narset to unlock card draw and Luis deploying disruptive creatures like Allosaurus Shepherd and Opposition Agent to hinder opponents' plans. As the game progressed, Baal leveraged his ramp and card draw engines to maintain pressure and board presence, while Luis capitalized on ramp and card advantage engines like Bloom Tender and Tymna’s draw triggers. Sequeira’s stax elements, including Trinisphere and Null Rod, slowed down the other players but were met with timely removal attempts and interaction. David finally stabilized with ramping creatures and began using Muldrotha to recur threats. Luis’s casting of Deafening Silence represented a strategic move to slow down opponents’ spells while maintaining his own card advantage. The gameplay revolved around balancing card advantage, interaction, and stax effects, with win conditions hinging on board dominance and combo locks enabled by ramp and disruption.