Rograkh & Tevesh vs. Phelia - Duel Commander - EDH│MTG│bitzelberg

Deck Strategies

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  Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh & Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools

  This Rakdos midrange deck aims to leverage artifact synergies, disruption spells like Inquisition of Kozilek, and powerful creatures to generate card advantage and board control. It uses equipment like Skullclamp and Stoneforge Mystic to draw cards and equip threats, and Tevesh Szat’s ability to create Thrull tokens and enable blink combos to maintain pressure and value midgame. The deck looks to grind out opponents by incremental advantage and disruption.

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  Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd

  A White Weenie deck that uses Phelia’s ability to generate numerous cat tokens from creatures entering and leaving the battlefield. The deck focuses on building a wide board of small creatures and tokens that synergize with lifegain and anthem effects to overwhelm opponents through incremental damage and board presence. It aims to outpace opponents with a steady stream of threats and life gain.

Gameplay Insights

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  Using Skullclamp to draw cards by equipping it to small creatures and tokens was crucial for maintaining card advantage in the Rakdos deck.

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  Blinking Stoneforge Mystic to reset its equip ability and reuse its Stoneforge synergy maximized value across turns.

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  Musification was effectively used to exile Tevesh Szat, forcing it back to the command zone and disrupting the Rakdos player’s board state temporarily.

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  Phelia’s continuous generation of cat tokens helped stabilize the board and provided multiple chump blockers to slow aggressive attacks.

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  The Rakdos player prioritized disruption spells early to limit Phelia’s deployment of key creatures and maintain tempo advantage.

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  The interaction between lifegain from artifact and creature synergies allowed the Rakdos deck to survive through White Weenie’s early aggression.

Notable Cards

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  Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools

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  Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh

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  Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd

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  Stoneforge Mystic

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  Skullclamp

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  Inquisition of Kozilek

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  Thoughtseize

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  Greedy Freebooter

Summary

The game started with Rograkh and Tevesh Szat's midrange Rakdos deck facing off against Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd's White Weenie deck. Rograkh & Tevesh focused on a combination of aggressive creatures, artifact synergy with Skullclamp, and powerful disruption such as Inquisition of Kozilek and Thoughtseize. Early turns featured Rograkh developing board presence with creatures like Vder Epicure and recurring equipment like Stoneforge Mystic and Skullclamp to maintain card advantage and pressure. Phelia's White Weenie deck responded with a steady stream of tokens and small creatures, leveraging the synergy of Phelia to generate multiple cat tokens and apply incremental pressure while gaining life to stabilize against aggressive attacks. A key turning point came when Rograkh & Tevesh successfully cast Tevesh Szat, creating multiple Thrull tokens, and combining with artifact synergies to gain life and card draw, while also using blink effects to reset counters and maximize value from permanents like Stoneforge Mystic. The use of cards like Musification to exile Tevesh Szat and force his return to the command zone slowed down the Rakdos player, but they adapted by generating value from other sources on the board. Phelia's deck focused on overwhelming the Rakdos player with numerous small tokens and creatures, attempting to chip away life and contest board control. However, the Rakdos deck's combination of disruption, removal, and artifact draw engines allowed it to maintain a steady advantage, aiming to close out the game by out-valuing White Weenie in the midgame rather than racing outright.