Breaking the Color Pie w/ CovertGoBlue and Maldhound | EDH Gameplay Ep 54

Deck Strategies

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  Burakos, Party Leader

  A Boros deck focused on combat damage and creature synergy to drain opponents while generating value through repeated attacks and abilities that boost creatures.

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  Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive

  Mono-blue deck leveraging unblockable small creatures and incremental damage, using Malcolm to accumulate counters and cast discarded cards for free, aiming to win through attrition and card advantage.

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  Jenny, Generated Anomaly

  Boros landfall deck that bounces lands to hand to replay them, triggering multiple landfall effects to generate card advantage and board presence.

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  Thrasta, Tempest's Roar

  Green storm deck that accelerates mana quickly to cast spells in rapid succession and deploy a large dinosaur threat at a reduced cost, aiming for a burst finish.

Gameplay Insights

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  Jenny's use of land bouncing to trigger landfall multiple times per turn allowed for explosive value generation despite limited card draw otherwise.

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  Malcolm's ability to accumulate counters and cast discarded cards without paying mana costs created a flexible and resilient threat that pressured opponents steadily.

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  The decision by the mono-black player to avoid blocking early aggressive creatures to prevent empowering the leader player highlighted nuanced threat assessment.

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  Throa, Tempest's Roar's storm approach in green was facilitated by mana acceleration artifacts and enchantments, enabling a large creature to enter the battlefield at an absurdly low cost, shifting board state quickly.

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  Use of Lotus Field and sacrificing lands to ramp was a pivotal play enabling access to diverse colors and high mana availability for complex spells.

Notable Cards

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  Jenny, Generated Anomaly

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  Bitterblossom

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  Lotus Field

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  Boros Garrison

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  Rogue's Passage

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  Emerald Medallion

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  Scalding Tarn

Summary

The game featured four distinct decks that challenged their color identities by pursuing unconventional win conditions. Early turns saw the Boros decks establishing board presence through land manipulation and aggressive combat. Jenny, Generated Anomaly leveraged landfall triggers by bouncing lands and generating card advantage, while Burakos, Party Leader focused on combat damage and creature synergy to drain opponents incrementally. Meanwhile, Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive enabled unblockable small creatures to apply pressure, complementing a mono-blue paper-cut style deck that aimed to chip away at opponents incrementally through evasive creatures and card draw, exemplified by the use of Malcolm, a flyer that accrued counters to cast discarded cards for free. CovertGoBlue's Throa, Tempest's Roar deck surprised by using storm mechanics in green, accelerating mana and deploying a large dinosaur threat rapidly. Throughout the game, strategic land plays, combat decisions, and card selection shaped the flow, with players navigating around each other's strategies and threats.