Meren vs Tuvasa vs Greven vs Jhoira [EDH Gameplay] 2020

Deck & Commander Strategies

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  Meren of Clan Nel Toth

  Utilizes graveyard recursion and sacrifice outlets to generate value and experience counters, aiming to create a board state that leads to a combo finish involving infinite sacrifice and recursion triggers.

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  Greven, Predator Captain

  Focuses on aggressive combat damage with menace and haste, leveraging early drops and disruption spells to pressure opponents and close out games quickly.

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  Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain

  Centers around artifact synergy, card draw, and casting powerful spells cheaply using artifacts like Mystic Forge and Everflowing Chalice to chain combos and gain card advantage.

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  Tuvasa the Sunlit

  Builds around enchantment synergy to generate card draw and protection, aiming to outvalue opponents through incremental advantage and buffing Tuvasa for combat damage.

Gameplay Insights

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  Meren's use of Grave Pact was a key board control play, forcing opponents to sacrifice creatures and allowing her to maintain dominance.

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  Greven's timely Chaos Warp on Grave Pact was an important disruption play that delayed Meren's combo but ultimately could not prevent it.

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  Jhoira's artifact-based ramp and card draw engine with Mystic Forge and Everflowing Chalice facilitated powerful plays and sustained mana advantage.

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  The Protean Hulk combo leveraged multiple sac outlets and recursion targets to generate an infinite damage loop, demonstrating the potency of graveyard synergies in a Meren deck.

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  Sacrificing creatures to scry and draw at critical moments helped Meren find the necessary combo pieces efficiently.

Notable Cards

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  Protean Hulk

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  Zulaport Cutthroat

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  Body Snatcher

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  Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

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  Walking Ballista

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  Grave Pact

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  Mystic Forge

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  Everflowing Chalice

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  Chaos Warp

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  Torpor Orb

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  Voltaic Key

Gameplay Summary