Indoraptor vs. Leovold - Duel Commander - EDH│MTG│bitzelberg

Deck Strategies

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  Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid

  An aggressive Dinosaur tribal deck that seeks to quickly deploy threats and use burn spells and combat damage to reduce opponents' life totals rapidly. The deck uses creatures with haste and reanimation effects to maintain pressure and close out games before control decks can stabilize.

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  Leovold, Emissary of Trest

  A control-focused Sultai deck that relies on hand disruption, counterspells, and card draw to manage threats. It aims to stabilize the board, lock opponents out with Leovold’s taxing draw effect, and eventually win through incremental advantage or a combo finish.

Gameplay Insights

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  The Dinosaur deck effectively used reanimation and haste creatures to maintain offensive momentum despite disruption from the control deck.

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  Leovold’s taxing ability was a constant threat, forcing the aggressive deck to race against time to close the game.

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  The control player prioritized using hand disruption on key threats like Lightning Skelemental and reanimation spells to slow down the opponent’s attacks.

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  The aggressive player carefully chose when to deploy the Indoraptor to avoid counterspells and maximize impact.

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  The interaction between Goblin Bombardment and reanimated creatures provided a powerful damage engine that helped the Dinosaur deck push lethal damage quickly.

Notable Cards

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  Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid

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  Leovold, Emissary of Trest

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  Lightning Skelemental

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  Tasigur, the Golden Fang

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  Goblin Bombardment

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  Brainstorm

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  Demonic Tutor

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  Unearth

Summary

The game featured a match-up between a fast, aggressive Dinosaur deck led by Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid, and a control-oriented Sultai deck helmed by Leovold, Emissary of Trest. The Dinosaur player aimed to apply early pressure with creatures and burn spells, while the Sultai player focused on disrupting threats with counterspells and hand disruption. Early plays from the Dinosaur deck included deploying threats like Flame-Skull elemental and Tasigur, followed by aggressive combat that chipped away at the opponent's life total. The control player consistently used hand disruption and countermagic to handle the Indoraptor and accompanying threats, trying to stabilize and leverage card advantage through effects like Brainstorm and fetchlands. Key turning points included the aggressive swings from the Dinosaur deck involving Lightning Skelemental and reanimation plays that dealt significant damage, forcing the control player to discard vital cards. Despite this, the Sultai deck managed to cast Leovold multiple times, aiming to lock down the board and control the pace of the game. However, the Dinosaur deck’s relentless aggression and burn spells kept the pressure high, making it difficult for the control deck to establish its full game plan. The match revolved around the Dinosaur deck trying to close out the game before the control player could stabilize and lock the game with Leovold’s taxing abilities.