As You Wish - Princess Bride Cosplay | EDH Gameplay Ep 40

Deck Strategies

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  Sisay, Weatherlight Captain

  Focuses on legendary creature synergy, ramping mana to cast and cheat powerful legendary creatures onto the battlefield, overwhelming opponents with a large legendary army.

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  Marchesa, the Black Rose

  Utilizes dethrone and +1/+1 counters to grow creatures and recurs them from the graveyard, maintaining board presence and attrition through creature recursion.

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  Fynn, the Fangbearer

  Leverages infect and deathtouch creatures to quickly apply poison counters on opponents, aiming for a fast poison counter kill before others can stabilize.

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  Samut, Voice of Dissent

  Likely focuses on aggressive combat and double strike mechanics to put pressure on opponents through combat damage and tempo.

Gameplay Insights

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  Esper Sentinel was used early to tax opponents and generate card advantage.

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  Marchesa’s ability to return creatures with +1/+1 counters from the graveyard created a persistent threat that opponents had to answer repeatedly.

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  The poison deck applied early pressure with infect creatures and deathtouch to steadily increase poison counters on opponents.

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  Sisay’s ability to tutor and cheat legendary creatures onto the battlefield enabled explosive board development.

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  Sword of Truth and Justice was used to proliferate counters, synergizing well with Marchesa’s +1/+1 counter strategy.

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  Players used fetch lands and ramp spells aggressively to accelerate their game plans and deploy threats quickly.

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  Combat decisions, including selective blocking and attacking, were influenced by effects such as Dolmen Gate preventing combat damage to attacking creatures.

Notable Cards

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  Esper Sentinel

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  Noble Hierarch

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  Sword of Truth and Justice

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  Blight Mamba

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  Moss Viper

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  Marchesa, the Black Rose

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  Sisay, Weatherlight Captain

Summary

The game began with players establishing their mana bases and early board presence. Sisay, Weatherlight Captain focused on assembling a critical mass of legendary creatures to leverage her ability to cheat more legendary permanents into play. Meanwhile, Marchesa, the Black Rose worked to build a resilient boardstate through +1/+1 counters and recurring creatures from the graveyard, aiming to outlast opponents with value and incremental advantage. The poison-themed deck led by Fynn, the Fangbearer sought to apply early pressure using creatures with infect and deathtouch to rapidly accumulate poison counters on players. Samut, Voice of Dissent, although less detailed in the transcript, likely played an aggressive and combat-centric role given her abilities.