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

Deck & Commander 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

Gameplay Summary