Tatyova vs Locust God vs Scarab God vs Daretti EDH / CMDR game play for Magic: The Gathering

Deck Strategies

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  Tatyova, Benthic Druid

  Utilizes landfall triggers to gain life and draw cards, aiming to outvalue opponents through incremental card advantage and board presence with elemental tokens.

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  The Locust God

  Generates flying insect tokens through drawing cards, creating a large evasive army to apply pressure and deal consistent damage over time.

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  The Scarab God

  Leverages zombie tokens and recurring key creatures from graveyards, combining with sacrifice outlets and Phyrexian Altar to enable infinite or repeated creature recasts for overwhelming board state and damage.

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  Daretti, Scrap Savant

  Focuses on artifact ramp and recursion to generate value and control the board, but relies on finding key mana sources early to keep pace with faster combo decks.

Gameplay Insights

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  Matt’s use of Diagraph Colossus combined with Phyrexian Altar and Grave Crawler created a powerful combo loop that ultimately won the game.

• 2

  Mike’s large army of flying insect tokens under Locust God was a missed opportunity to apply lethal pressure earlier, which could have shifted the game dynamics.

• 3

  Countering the Arjun, the Shifting Flame commander spell early prevented a potentially game-changing effect from Daretti.

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  Sacrificing zombie tokens to produce mana with Phyrexian Altar enabled Scarab God to maintain board presence and fuel recursion despite removal attempts.

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  The absence of graveyard hate allowed Scarab God’s combo to flourish, highlighting the deck’s vulnerability to disruption.

• 6

  Tatyova’s incremental advantage through landfall and card draw provided solid value but was insufficient to stop the fast combo decks.

Notable Cards

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  Phyrexian Altar

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  Wheel of Fortune

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  Impact Tremors

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  Seedborn Muse

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  Lightning Greaves

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  Chaos Warp

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  Mirage Mirror

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  Tatyova, Benthic Druid

Summary

The game started with players setting up their mana bases and early board presence, with Daretti deploying mana rocks and Locust God establishing a token engine. Tatyova leveraged lands and life gain to maintain card advantage, while Scarab God focused on zombie token creation and recurring creatures from the graveyard. Early turns saw the use of wheel effects and ramp spells to accelerate development. A crucial turning point occurred when Scarab God player Matt assembled a combo involving Diagraph Colossus and Grave Crawler with Phyrexian Altar, enabling repeated creature recasts and overwhelming the board with zombies. Despite efforts by others to disrupt this combo, including counterspells and bounce effects, Matt succeeded in closing out the game through attrition and combo synergy. Meanwhile, Mike’s Locust God deck generated a large army of insect tokens, but missed opportunities to pressure key opponents earlier, allowing Matt to stabilize and execute his win condition. Daretti struggled to find early ramp and impactful plays, limiting his influence on the game.