EDH Gameplay - Episode 59: Anje VS Chulane VS Muldrotha VS Horde of Notions

Deck Strategies

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  Anje Falkenrath

  A madness and discard synergy deck that aims to drain opponents’ life through repeated discard triggers and aggressive damage, leveraging haste and value from Madness creatures and enchantments.

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  Chulane, Teller of Tales

  A tempo and value deck focused on casting creatures and bouncing lands to draw cards, building a growing board presence and overwhelming opponents with incremental advantage.

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  Muldrotha, the Gravetide

  A graveyard recursion deck that plays permanents from the graveyard each turn to generate value and board presence, using powerful lands and creatures to grind out the game.

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  Horde of Notions

  An Elemental tribal deck utilizing landfall and enter-the-battlefield synergies, supported by Birthing Pod and Risen Reef to ramp and flood the board with Elemental creatures.

Gameplay Insights

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  Plaguecrafter’s sacrifice trigger was a key shift, removing multiple commanders and creatures, impacting board states significantly.

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  Anje’s use of Madness and discard synergy to repeatedly generate damage and life drain applied strong pressure on opponents.

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  Horde of Notions leveraged Birthing Pod and Risen Reef interactions to efficiently develop board presence and ramp mana.

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  Chulane’s ability to bounce lands and cast creatures repeatedly enabled consistent card draw and board growth.

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  Muldrotha’s use of powerful lands like Lotus Field and Mosswort Bridge to generate incremental advantage through graveyard recursion was effective.

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  Strategic blocking and flashes, such as Anje flashing in Even Mind Sensor, allowed for timely card draw and board manipulation.

Notable Cards

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  Plaguecrafter

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  Anger

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  Birthing Pod

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  Risen Reef

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  Faith of the Devoted

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  Lotus Field

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  Mosswort Bridge

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  Peregrine Drake

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  Oko, Thief of Crowns

Summary

The game began with players establishing their mana bases and early board presence, with Anje Falkenrath starting to leverage her madness and discard synergy to drain opponents’ life, while Chulane, Teller of Tales built up card advantage and board presence through creature casts and land drops. Muldrotha, the Gravetide focused on graveyard recursion and value, while Horde of Notions developed an Elemental tribal strategy backed by powerful landfall and etb synergies. A pivotal moment occurred when Plaguecrafter forced a sacrifice, leading to Anje's temporary removal but also enabling a shift in the board state. Anje then capitalized on the graveyard with haste granted by Anger, recasting her commander to deal significant damage and pressure opponents. Horde of Notions demonstrated synergy with Birthing Pod and Risen Reef, accelerating elemental deployment and mana development. Chulane continued to generate value by bouncing lands to hand and drawing cards with each creature cast, while Muldrotha utilized powerful lands like Lotus Field and Mosswort Bridge to gain incremental advantage. Throughout the midgame, key interactions involved multiple recasts of commanders and strategic use of value engines like Ristic Study and Faith of the Devoted for life gain and card draw. The game featured ongoing combat exchanges and tactical responses to threats, including flash plays and targeted removals. The overall win conditions revolved around Anje’s aggressive damage and life drain, Chulane’s incremental board and card advantage, Muldrotha’s grindy recursion, and Horde’s elemental tribal burst damage powered by landfall triggers.