This Game was In-TEN-se! - 10 CMC Commanders - EDH Gameplay #124

Deck & Commander Strategies

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  Reaper King

  Generate and double scarecrow tokens to control the board by destroying opponents' permanents, leveraging token synergy despite their initial fragility.

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  Kozilek, Butcher of Truth

  Ramp into large Eldrazi creatures using colorless mana acceleration and discounts, generating spawn tokens and dealing incremental damage through Eldrazi synergy.

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  Progenitus

  Cast high-cost multicolored spells to trigger powerful abilities and overwhelm opponents with a range of multicolor synergies and protection.

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  Eris, Roar of the Storm

  Manage instant and sorcery spells with various mana values to trigger prowess and surveil, generating card advantage and incremental damage while controlling the board.

Gameplay Insights

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  Early deployment of Lelay, Line of the Guildpack allowed Reaper King to treat all permanents as every color, enabling mana fixing and synergy with multicolor spells.

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  Kozilek player utilized Eye of Ugin to reduce casting costs and tutor Eldrazi creatures, enabling consistent ramp and board development despite the high commander cost.

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  A strategic counterspell exchange occurred involving Null Elemental Blast and Arcane Denial, highlighting the importance of timing and card advantage in high-cost decks.

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  Eris, Roar of the Storm player maximized mana value synergies by casting spells in a specific order to trigger prowess and surveil, efficiently drawing cards and dealing damage.

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  Use of tokens like Aragorn's 1/1s and spawn tokens from Glaring Flesher provided incremental board presence and damage output, crucial in a game where casting high CMC spells is slow.

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  The interaction between spell counters and card draw spells helped maintain hand size and tempo despite the slow pace of casting 10 CMC commanders.

Notable Cards

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  Thran Dynamo

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  Bloom Tender

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  Arcane Denial

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  Dragon's Rage Channeler

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  Eye of Ugin

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  Aragorn, the Uniter

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  Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove

Gameplay Summary