Murders at Karlov Manor EDH Game - Mirko, Duskana, Voja, Anzrag - Commander Gameplay MKM MTG

Deck Strategies

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  Mirko, Obsessive Theorist

  Utilizes surveil to fill the graveyard and reanimates powerful creatures to control the board and gain incremental advantages while disrupting opponents.

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  Duskana, the Rage Mother

  Focuses on tribal synergy with bears and disguise mechanics, leveraging morph and manifest to create flexible and surprise threats.

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  Voja, Jaws of the Conclave

  Builds a board of elves and wolves that grow with +1/+1 counters, drawing cards and overwhelming opponents through tribal buffs and aggressive combat.

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  Anzrag, the Quake-Mole

  Capitalizes on extra combat phases and equipment to deliver multiple high-impact attacks per turn, aiming to close out games through burst damage.

Gameplay Insights

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  Reanimating Massacre Worm was a pivotal play that significantly weakened Scott's board and shifted the life totals of all opponents, providing the narrator with breathing room.

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  J Man’s use of Gwenna to reduce casting costs and boost his board allowed him to quickly develop a threatening army of wolves and elves with large +1/+1 counters.

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  Kovac’s Anzrag deck effectively used equipped haste creatures and extra combat steps to pressure multiple opponents, forcing defensive plays.

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  Scott’s Panoptic Projector enabled efficient deployment of face-down creatures, doubling their flip triggers and accelerating his tribal strategy.

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  The narrator’s repeated use of surveil combined with enhanced surveillance maximized card selection and graveyard setup, enabling timely reanimation plays.

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  Blocking Voja with chump blockers and Massacre Worm demonstrated careful resource management to mitigate commander damage and preserve board control.

Notable Cards

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  Imperious Perfect

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  Skullclamp

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  Augur of Autumn

Summary

The game began with each player establishing their mana base and early board presence, with Scott setting up a disguise and morph-themed deck led by Duskana, J Man deploying a wolf and elf tribal strategy with Voja, Kovac focusing on extra combat phases with Anzrag, and the narrator playing a surveil and reanimation deck with Mirko. Early turns featured ramp, card advantage engines, and tactical creature deployments, such as Scott's Panoptic Projector enabling cheap face-down creatures and J Man's Gwenna boosting his board. The first major turning point came when the narrator reanimated Massacre Worm, which decimated Scott's board and applied life loss pressure on opponents, helping to stabilize the game. J Man's Voja deck quickly became a dominant threat, leveraging +1/+1 counters and card draw from his elves and wolves, forcing others to chump block and manage his growing board carefully. Kovac's Anzrag deck made aggressive swings with haste and trample from equipment and extra combat steps, pressuring opponents with high damage output. The narrator relied on surveil triggers and reanimation to maintain board presence and disrupt opponents' strategies. The game featured intense combat phases, with players managing blockers, triggers, and reanimation effects to control the flow of damage and card advantage. The interaction between Massacre Worm's death triggers and the tribal synergies on the board created dynamic shifts in tempo, culminating in focused attempts to neutralize key threats and survive until a winning strike could be delivered.