Ezuri vs Atraxa vs Sidisi vs Xenagos EDH / CMDR game play for Magic: The Gathering

Deck Strategies

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  Ezuri, Claw of Progress

  Ezuri’s deck focuses on deploying numerous elves and creatures with evolve and +1/+1 counters, using ramp and anthem effects to grow the board and deliver damage. The deck aims to overwhelm opponents with swarm tactics combined with powerful creatures and spells like Genesis Wave.

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  Atraxa, Praetors' Voice

  Atraxa’s deck centers around infect and proliferate mechanics, spreading poison counters to all players and pressuring opponents with incremental damage and life gain. Atraxa also supports artifact and ramp strategies to maintain board control.

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  Sidisi, Undead Vizier

  Sidisi’s deck uses graveyard recursion and self-exploit to generate value, drawing cards and recurring creatures while controlling the board. It supports a midrange strategy with some combo elements and removal.

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  Xenagos, God of Revels

  Xenagos’s deck is an aggressive ramp and big creature strategy, quickly generating mana and boosting creatures with haste to deal significant combat damage early and often.

Gameplay Insights

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  Using Genesis Wave to flood the board with impactful creatures and lands created a large swing in board presence for Ezuri.

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  Atraxa’s proliferate triggers at the end of turns steadily increased infect counters on all players, creating a tense atmosphere and forcing defensive plays.

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  Max’s attempt to cast Rise of the Dark Realms to reclaim creatures was countered, preventing a potential comeback and keeping the board from swinging back in his favor.

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  Uliss’s use of Zenos’s ability to pump creatures and generate mana enabled multiple big plays and lethal attacks, demonstrating effective use of Xenagos’s hasted aggression.

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  The strategic sacrifice of Blood Vassal and activation of Cabal Coffers by Max to generate massive mana highlights the synergy between land ramp and powerful spellcasting.

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  The timely removal of Plague Myr by Ezuri prevented Atraxa’s infect strategy from snowballing uncontrollably early on.

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  Aura and +1/+1 counter synergies, especially with Primal Vigor and various evolve creatures, provided strong combat boosts that pressured opponents consistently.

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  Defensive plays like casting Merciless Executioner forced sacrifices at crucial moments, disrupting potential combos and board states.

Notable Cards

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  Genesis Wave

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  Hornet Queen

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  Craterhoof Behemoth

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  Plague Myr

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  Cabal Coffers

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  Beast Within

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  Rise of the Dark Realms

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  Merciless Executioner

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  Thunderfoot Baloth

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  Spellbreaker Behemoth

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  Bow of Nylea

Summary

The game began with each player establishing their mana base and early board presence, with Ezuri deploying ramp and elves to build a strong creature foundation while Atraxa focused on infect counters and proliferate strategies. Sidisi utilized self-exploit and graveyard recursion, and Xenagos ramped aggressively into large creatures with haste. Atraxa’s infect plan became a significant threat as the game progressed, with multiple players accumulating infect counters. Ezuri leveraged powerful spells like Genesis Wave to flood the board with creatures and enhance their power with +1/+1 counters and anthem effects, while also animating Ink-Moth Nexus to become a lethal threat. Atraxa’s proliferate triggers kept increasing the infect counters on everyone, creating tension and forcing players to respond to the ever-growing danger.