Magda vs Orvar vs Maelstrom Wanderer vs Licia EDH / CMDR game play for Magic: The Gathering

Deck Strategies

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  Maelstrom Wanderer

  Cascade into multiple spells each turn to generate card advantage and powerful creatures, leveraging synergy with creatures like Beast Whisperer to draw cards and maintain board presence.

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  Licia, Sanguine Tribune

  Utilize Necropotence for card filtering and life gain while applying incremental pressure through combat and Licia’s ability to pay life to grow and drain opponents.

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  Magda, Brazen Outlaw

  Build a dwarf tribal deck that generates treasures to ramp into large creatures and dragons, using treasure synergies to overwhelm opponents with aggressive beats and combo potential.

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  Orvar, the All-Form

  Copy instant and sorcery spells to create tokens and generate value, controlling the board with bounce effects and leveraging spell copying for tempo and advantage.

Gameplay Insights

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  Orvar’s use of Trait Doctoring to make island tokens and cipher it onto Orvar enabled multiple spell recasts, increasing blue mana and control options.

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  Adam’s dwarf tribal synergy with Metallic Mimic and Magda continuously generated treasures, fueling aggressive attacks and enabling high-impact plays like casting Balefire Dragon.

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  Scott’s Maelstrom Wanderer cascaded multiple times in a turn, generating card advantage and creatures to refill the board after board wipes.

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  Omar’s Necropotence allowed him to trade life for cards, maintaining resources while controlling the board with timely spells like To ferry's Protection.

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  The use of Inundate by Orvar to bounce non-blue creatures reset the aggressive boards, showing a strategic reset to slow down opponents.

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  Adam’s use of Aggravated Assault to gain an extra combat phase maximized damage output and treasure generation in a single turn.

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  Critical counters from Metallic Mimic on Taurean Mauler and Magda significantly increased threat levels and synergy effectiveness.

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  Swansong was used to counter a key protection spell, preventing Omar from phasing out and maintaining combat pressure.

Notable Cards

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  Necropotence

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  Smothering Tithe

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  Aggravated Assault

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  Metallic Mimic

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  Magda, Brazen Outlaw

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  Taurean Mauler

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  Beast Whisperer

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  Inundate

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  Chaos Warp

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  Trait Doctoring

Summary

The game started with each player developing their mana base and early board presence, with Adam's Magda deck quickly establishing a strong dwarf synergy by generating treasure tokens and applying pressure with aggressive creatures like Taurean Mauler. Scott's Maelstrom Wanderer deck ramped and utilized cascade spells to generate card advantage and board presence, setting up for powerful plays. Omar's Licia deck leveraged Necropotence to generate a large hand and recurring life gain while applying incremental pressure with Licia's life payment and counter abilities. The Orvar player focused on copying spells like Trait Doctoring to create tokens and control the tempo of the game. A key turning point occurred when the Orvar player cast Inundate to bounce all non-blue creatures back to their owners' hands, temporarily resetting the aggressive boards. Adam then re-established his dwarf army with Metallic Mimic and Magda, continuing to generate treasures and counters on creatures. Scott's Maelstrom Wanderer cascades into multiple creatures to refill the board, while Omar maintains control and card advantage with Necropotence and life gain. The game featured notable combat phases where Adam swung with a powered-up Taurean Mauler and Magda, and a tense interaction involving counters and blockers, further emphasizing the dwarf tribal synergy and the importance of treasure generation. Adam also used Aggravated Assault to gain an extra combat phase, increasing his offensive potential. The game displayed a dynamic balance of tempo swings, control elements, and aggressive combos focusing on treasure and creature synergies, with no clear winner at the point described.