🐟 Fish Are Our Friends, Not Food 🐠 ft. Runo, Felisa, Najeela & Lathril | Elder Dragon Hijinks #12

Deck Strategies

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  Runo Stromkirk

  A sea creature tribal deck focused on bouncing creatures back to hands to disrupt opponents while building a strong board presence with big creatures.

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  Felisa, Fang of Silverquill

  A token and counters deck that generates value through creating numerous tokens and using recursion to overwhelm opponents.

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  Najeela, the Blade-Blossom

  An aggressive combat-oriented deck that forces fights between creatures to win through attrition and exploiting combat damage triggers.

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  Lathril, Blade of the Elves

  An elf tribal deck that aims to build a large board of elves and use their synergies for overwhelming combat and board control.

Gameplay Insights

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  Humble Defector was used strategically to draw cards and then passed among players, creating an interesting dynamic of card advantage sharing and cooperation.

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  Corpse Knight’s ability to drain opponents for life whenever another creature enters the battlefield provided steady incremental pressure.

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  Runo’s use of bounce effects helped to slow down opponents’ board development while building up their own sea creature forces.

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  The interplay between aggressive combat from Najeela and token generation from Felisa created tension as board presence fluctuated between wide and aggressive strategies.

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  Players showed patience in ramping and setting up key creatures before engaging in more aggressive plays, reflecting a balanced and casual approach to the game.

Notable Cards

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  Humble Defector

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  Corpse Knight

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  Drana, Liberator of Malakir

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  Reconnaissance

Summary

The game began with each player developing their board state in typical fashion for their decks, with a focus on setting up their respective strategies. Runo Stromkirk's deck centered around a sea creature tribal theme with bounce effects, aiming to control the board by returning creatures to players’ hands. Felisa, Fang of Silverquill focused on creating tokens and placing counters to generate incremental value, likely building toward a wide board presence. Najeela, the Blade-Blossom pursued an aggressive 'fight club' style, leveraging combat to whittle down opponents and winning by attrition. Lathril, Blade of the Elves aimed to flood the battlefield with elves before capitalizing on their synergy for explosive plays. Early plays included mana ramp and card draw, with key creatures like Corpse Knight and Drana, Liberator of Malakir entering the battlefield to start pressuring opponents.