The Duke Returns! Ramos vs Siani | Radiant vs Daretti vs Ramos EDH / CMDR game play

Deck Strategies

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  Daretti, Scrap Savant

  This deck revolves around artifact synergies, using Daretti's ability to discard and draw, and then bring back powerful artifacts from the graveyard.

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  Ramos, Dragon Engine

  The Ramos decks aim to cast multi-coloured spells to put +1/+1 counters on Ramos, and then remove those counters for a massive burst of mana to cast even more spells.

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  Radiant, Serra Archangel and Siani, Eye of the Storm

  This deck focuses on flying creatures and making use of Radiant's ability to deal damage to multiple creatures simultaneously, while Siani helps with card draw.

Gameplay Insights

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  The Daretti player casting a Blasphemous Act to wipe the board early in the game had a major impact on the tempo of the game.

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  Max's use of the Prismatic Bridge was instrumental in maintaining pressure on the field, despite the early board wipe from Daretti.

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  Em Jae's use of the Soulfire Grandmaster and Boros Charm combo was a critical point in the game, causing significant damage and potentially deciding the game.

Notable Cards

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  Savage Knuckleblade

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  Boros Charm

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  Planar Bridge

Summary

The game started off with players ramping up slowly, with Max and Em Jae playing their Ramos, Dragon Engine commanders, and Nick playing Siani, Eye of the Storm and Radiant, Serra Archangel. An early game board wipe from the Daretti player cleared the field, but Max managed to recover well with his Prismatic Bridge and a Savage Knuckleblade. The game became tense with Max and Em Jae going head to head, with Em Jae casting multiple charms with Ramos. Em Jae's Soulfire Grandmaster and Boros Charm combo took Nick out of the game. Although the transcript was cut off, this suggests that Em Jae might have had the upper hand with the ability to repeatedly cast Boros Charm for direct damage.