NIKO 🆚 WINTER 🆚 BALLOON MAN 🆚 MARINA | Duskmourn EDH / Casual Commander

Deck Strategies

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  Winter, Misanthropic Guide

  This deck aims to control the board with mill and discard mechanics, utilizing cards like Blood Chief Ascension and Liliana's Caress to drain opponents' life totals.

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  The Jolly Balloon Man

  This deck revolves around creating copies of creatures and dealing damage to opponents through triggered abilities. The win condition relies on amassing enough mana to repeatedly activate The Jolly Balloon Man's ability for lethal damage.

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  Niko, Light of Hope

  This deck generates value through casting spells and creating Shard tokens. It aims to control the board and whittle down opponents' life totals through combat damage.

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  Marina Vendrell

  This deck focuses on enchantments and card advantage, using Marina Vendrell's ability to reveal the top cards of the deck and add enchantments to hand.

Gameplay Insights

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  Extra's use of Dark Deal after setting up Liliana's Caress and Blood Chief Ascension caused a massive shift in the game, draining significant life from all players and eliminating Jon.

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  Tom's strategic use of The Jolly Balloon Man's copy ability allowed him to deal bursts of damage and maintain control of the board.

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  Sam's repeated recast of his commander Nico, Light of Hope generated a defensive line of Shard tokens, which helped him survive longer in the game.

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  The final play from Tom, where he activated The Jolly Balloon Man's ability repeatedly to deal lethal damage, was a game-winning move.

Notable Cards

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  Dark Deal

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  Liliana's Caress

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  The Jolly Balloon Man

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  Niko, Light of Hope

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  Marina Vendrell

Summary

This game started with a mix of land plays and minor spellcasting, with Extra drawing first blood by casting Blood Chief Ascension. The conflict escalated when Tom began leveraging his commander, The Jolly Balloon Man, to create copies of impactful creatures and dealing damage to all opponents. Extra managed to turn the tables by casting Dark Deal after setting up Liliana's Caress and Blood Chief Ascension, causing a massive drain on the life totals and eliminating Jon from the game. While Sam and Tom attempted to fight back, the game concluded in Tom's favor as he masterfully utilized The Jolly Balloon Man to deal bursts of damage, eventually eliminating Extra and becoming the sole victor of the game.