Daretti vs Thrun vs Erebos EDH / CMDR game play for Magic: The Gathering

Deck Strategies

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  Daretti, Scrap Savant

  An artifact-focused deck leveraging ramp and sacrifice synergies to generate value and control the board. It uses cards like Rings of Brighthearth and Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle to deal damage and clear threats, aiming to outvalue opponents through repeated artifact activations and recursion.

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  Thrun, the Last Troll

  A green creature ramp deck focused on deploying efficient creatures and generating mana advantage through spells like Cultivate and Mindstone. It plays a resilient creature base and uses combat pressure alongside disruption like Reclamation Sage to control the battlefield.

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  Erebos, God of the Dead

  A mono-black deck emphasizing life manipulation, graveyard control, and creature recursion. It uses powerful black creatures and spells like Pestilence Demon, Chainer, Dementia Master, and Nirkana Revenant to maintain board presence and disrupt opponents' resources.

Gameplay Insights

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  Using Rings of Brighthearth to copy Burnished Heart's ability allowed multiple mountains to enter play, triggering Valakut repeatedly for significant damage and board clearing.

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  Beast Within was used to remove the problematic Rings of Brighthearth, disrupting Daretti's ramp engine and forcing a reset.

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  Ka, Silver Golem was repeatedly cast and used to clear key threats, showcasing the importance of artifact synergy and board control.

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  Mind Twist was leveraged early by Erebos's player to disrupt opponents' hands, gaining card advantage at the cost of life.

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  Natural Order was used to fetch Woodfall Primus, enabling powerful removal of Daretti's Valakut.

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  Silence the Believer was cast with additional targets to exile multiple impactful creatures, significantly shifting board advantage.

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  Players frequently sacrificed Codex Shredder to recur critical creatures, demonstrating effective graveyard recursion synergy.

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  The interplay of ramp, creature pressure, and artifact synergies created a dynamic game state with shifting control between all three players.

Notable Cards

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  Rings of Brighthearth

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  Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

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  Reclamation Sage

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  Pestilence Demon

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  Codex Shredder

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  Nirkana Revenant

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  Natural Order

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  Woodfall Primus

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  Chainer, Dementia Master

Summary

The game opened with a rapid development from the mono-black player, who quickly ramped and cast Erebos, God of the Dead, setting a strong early board presence. The Daretti player struggled initially with slower ramp and board development, while Thrun's player focused on green ramp and creature deployment. Early skirmishes involved targeted removal and disruption, including Reclamation Sage taking out key artifacts and Mind Twist pressuring hands. A significant turning point occurred when Daretti utilized Rings of Brighthearth combined with Burnished Heart to generate multiple mountain lands, triggering Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle's damage triggers to clear powerful threats like Pestilence Demon and Solemn Simulacrum, swinging momentum briefly in their favor. However, this artifact was soon removed by Beast Within, resetting the board state. Midgame saw intense interplay with multiple board wipes and strategic uses of planeswalker abilities, including Ka, who repeatedly cleared the board of dangerous creatures. Thrun's player leveraged efficient creatures and ramp spells like Cultivate and Mindstone to maintain pressure, while the mono-black player used powerful creatures like Pestilence Demon and Chainer, Dementia Master to control the battlefield and reanimate threats. Key moments included the casting of Natural Order to fetch Woodfall Primus and the use of Silence the Believer to exile crucial creatures, swinging the tempo between players. The game was marked by constant resource management, graveyard interactions, and artifact synergies, with each player trying to outpace the others through removal, ramp, and board control. The ongoing battle for board dominance revolved around maintaining a balance between aggression and disruption, with Daretti's artifact-centric ramp and sacrifice strategy clashing against Thrun's resilient creature base and Erebos's life drain and reanimation threats.