Commander Adventures #19 - Yawgmoth v. Bosh v. Klothys v. Derevi [EDH GAMEPLAY]

Deck Strategies

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  Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

  Yawgmoth’s deck revolves around sacrificing creatures to draw cards, proliferate poison counters, and control the board through disruption and attrition. The win condition usually involves grinding opponents down with poison or overwhelming card advantage.

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  Bosh, Iron Golem

  Bosh’s deck focuses on generating and sacrificing treasure tokens to ramp into powerful artifacts and explosive draws, maintaining pressure through artifact synergies and big threats.

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  Klothys, God of Destiny

  Klothys utilizes recurring damage and life drain effects, paired with continuous land destruction and threat recursion to slowly burn out opponents and gain endurance through life gain.

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  Derevi, Empyrial Tactician

  Derevi’s deck aims to control the board with tap/untap effects, leveraging creatures that draw cards and combo pieces to assemble a winning combo, while disrupting opponents’ plays.

Gameplay Insights

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  Mark leveraged Dockside Extortionist early to generate five treasures, enabling explosive artifact plays including Metalwork Colossus and a Wheel of Fortune to refill hands.

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  Randall used Zealous Conscripts to steal Karn Liberated, exiling himself to remove a major threat while swinging for early damage.

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  Michael’s Derevi deck gained card advantage through creatures like Mole Drifter and Durov II combined with Reconnaissance, enabling multiple attacks and untap triggers.

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  RJ took advantage of Yawgmoth’s sacrifice ability to draw cards and recur Vindictive Vampire, maintaining pressure despite heavy board control from opponents.

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  Austere Command was pivotal in wiping the board of large creatures and artifacts, significantly setting back Mark’s artifact-heavy board state.

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  Torment of Hailfire was cast by RJ to deal significant damage to multiple players, forcing them to make tough decisions and lose resources.

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  Mark used Goblin Welder to swap Metalwork Colossus with Staff of Nin, ensuring continuous card draw and artifact synergy.

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  Klothys’s Stormbreath Dragon was monstrous and dealt damage equal to opponents’ hand sizes, pressuring multiple players simultaneously.

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  Michael’s Mystic Remora generated substantial card draw, fueling his control and combo setup despite taking damage from opponents’ attacks.

Notable Cards

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  Dockside Extortionist

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  Mana Vault

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  Zealous Conscripts

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  Stormbreath Dragon

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  Mystic Remora

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  Austere Command

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  Torment of Hailfire

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  Mind's Eye

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  Metalwork Colossus

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  Goblin Welder

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  Blasphemous Act

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  Vindictive Vampire

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  Sterling Grove

Summary

The game began with all four players setting up their mana bases and early board presence, with Yawgmoth focusing on card advantage and sacrifice synergies, Bosh generating treasure tokens to ramp into large artifacts, Klothys steadily pressuring opponents with damage and life gain, and Derevi aiming to control the board and assemble a combo. Early plays included mark ramping with mana vault and dockside extortionist, Randall casting Klothys and stormbreath dragon for board dominance, and Michael establishing control with Derevi and drawing cards with creatures like mole drifter and Durov II. RJ’s Yawgmoth deck aimed to generate card advantage through repeated sacrifice effects and oppressive disruption, while Mark’s Bosh leveraged treasures and artifact synergies to maintain board presence and draw cards.