Ravnica Remastered Home brew Edition EP: 28 Rakdos v Krenko v Aurelia v Borborygmos [EDH gameplay]

Deck Strategies

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  Rakdos, Lord of Riots

  Focuses on dealing damage to opponents to reduce the cost of casting large creatures quickly, leveraging life loss triggers to deploy threats efficiently and dominate the board.

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  Krenko, Mob Boss

  Generates massive numbers of goblin tokens and utilizes sacrifice outlets to deal damage and maintain board presence, aiming for overwhelming swarm tactics combined with damage spells.

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  Aurelia, Exemplar of Justice

  Builds an aggressive red-white flying army enhanced by Mentor triggers and combat buffs, focusing on attacking to grow creatures and apply pressure through flying vigilance threats.

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  Borborygmos Enraged

  Uses land discard and direct damage to control the battlefield, drawing extra lands to maintain resources while dealing incremental damage to opponents and their creatures.

Gameplay Insights

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  Rakdos’s ability to cast creatures cheaper after opponents lose life creates a strong incentive for early life loss triggers from cards like Night Market Lookout.

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  Krenko’s token generation combined with sacrifice outlets sets up potential explosive turns for wide board presence and damage output.

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  Aurelia’s Mentor mechanic synergizes well with multiple attackers, making incremental growth on creatures a key to maintaining aerial dominance.

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  Borborygmos’s land discard ability provides both card advantage and removal options, enabling control over threats while advancing his damage plan.

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  Players are cautious in early exchanges to avoid unnecessary retaliation, setting up for more impactful plays as mana bases develop.

Notable Cards

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  Rakdos, Lord of Riots

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  Krenko, Mob Boss

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  Aurelia, Exemplar of Justice

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  Borborygmos Enraged

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  Night Market Lookout

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  Myriad Landscape

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  Sunset Pyramid

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  Goblin Cratermaker

Summary

The game begins with each player setting up their board and establishing early mana bases. Chris leads with Rakdos, Lord of Riots, focusing on making opponents lose life to cast powerful creatures cheaply. Ken pilots Krenko, Mob Boss, with a goblin token and sacrifice synergy, aiming to flood the board with goblins and leverage damage through sacrifice outlets. Vince plays Aurelia, Exemplar of Justice, utilizing her Mentor ability and buffs to grow an aggressive flying army. Dan commands Borborygmos Enraged, leveraging land discard and direct damage to control threats and gradually chip away at opponents. Throughout the early turns, players develop their mana and board presence with creatures and utility lands while trading minor damage and life loss effects, such as Night Market Lookout's life drain. Rakdos benefits from opponents losing life, enabling cheaper creature casts, while Krenko builds goblin tokens to threaten explosive board states. Aurelia looks to mentor her attackers to create larger threats, and Borborygmos uses land discard and damage abilities to remove key creatures and maintain pressure. The game features several key interactions with sacrifice and damage-based triggers, shaping the evolving battlefield tensions. The match is poised for explosive turns as each commander seeks to capitalize on their synergies and board control to claim victory.