When milling goes WRONG! Phenax vs Osgir vs Kalamax vs Teysa Karlov #edh #cmdr game play

Deck Strategies

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  Teysa Karlov

  This deck is centered around creature death triggers, amplifying them with Teysa's ability. The game plan is to have a strong board presence with creatures that have death triggers and then using board wipes to trigger a multitude of effects.

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  Osgir, the Reconstructor

  This deck aims to use Osgir's ability to bring back artifact cards from the graveyard as tokens. The strategy is to amass a range of useful artifacts in the graveyard, then use Osgir's ability to create token copies, doubling their effects.

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  Kalamax, the Stormsire

  The Kalamax deck is a spell-slinging deck, aiming to double the effects of instant and sorcery cards using Kalamax's ability. The strategy is to control the board state through copied spells until a win condition can be achieved.

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  Phenax, God of Deception

  The Phenax deck is built around milling opponents, using Phenax's ability to turn creature toughness into a mill engine. The potential win condition is to mill out opponents, causing them to lose by drawing from an empty library.

Gameplay Insights

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  Marie's 'Vanquish the Hordes' play significantly disrupted the board state, showing the power of board wipes in a multiplayer game.

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  The interaction between 'Massacre Wurm' and 'Sanguine Bond' in Marie's deck had the potential to create a powerful drain effect, but was unfortunately countered.

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  Maxim's strategic use of Osgir's ability to create multiple copies of 'Ironshell Beetle' significantly swung the game in his favor, demonstrating the power of artifact recursion.

Notable Cards

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  Massacre Wurm

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  Ironshell Beetle

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  Sanguine Bond

Summary

This game was a showcase of strategies and responses, with each player demonstrating the unique mechanics of their chosen commanders. Early on, each player started building up their game plans, with Teysa Karlov focusing on creature death triggers, Osgir working on artifact recursion, Kalamax doubling spells, and Phenax focusing on mill. A key turning point was when Teysa Karlov player Marie cast a board wipe with 'Vanquish the Hordes', significantly disrupting the board state and the plans of the other players. However, the game ended in favor of Osgir, piloted by Maxim, who managed to leverage the artifact recursion capabilities of his deck to create a formidable board state. Maxim used Osgir's ability to exile an Ironshell Beetle and create multiple copies of it, which he used to swing the game in his favor and secure the victory.