EDH Gameplay | Eriette V Gisela V Twelfth Doctor & Vislor V Zimone | EP 33

Deck Strategies

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  Gisela, Blade of Goldnight

  Utilizes damage redirection and doubling effects to control combat interactions, aiming to swiftly eliminate opponents through powerful combat damage and board presence.

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  Zimone, Mystery Unraveler

  Leverages landfall triggers to manifest cards and generate incremental advantage, focusing on playing lands aggressively to unlock powerful creature flips and value plays.

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  Eriette of the Charmed Apple

  Controls the board by enchanting creatures and planeswalkers to prevent attacks against her, while draining opponents' life at the end of turns through aura synergies.

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  The Twelfth Doctor & Vislor Turlough

  Employs spell-copying mechanics to replicate and steal spells cast from non-hand zones, paired with a hand size punishment engine that drains opponents' life based on cards in hand.

Gameplay Insights

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  Gisela's damage doubling on opponent sources and damage halving on herself created a tense dynamic, deterring attacks and encouraging political play.

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  Zimone's landfall and manifest abilities rewarded frequent land drops, enabling continuous card advantage and pressure by flipping manifested cards into threats.

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  Eriette’s strategy of enchanting opponents’ creatures forced opponents to reconsider attacks, while steadily draining life through auras created a slow but effective win condition.

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  The Twelfth Doctor and Vislor Turlough’s interaction of copying spells cast from alternate zones generated complex decision trees, with opponents receiving copies first before the player resolving their own, balancing risk and reward.

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  Casting spells like Wild Wasteland to exile and play cards outside the hand provided a unique advantage, synergizing well with the Twelfth Doctor’s ability to copy those spells.

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  The use of treasure tokens and artifacts such as Curse of Opulence added incremental value and resource advantage, supporting longer-term strategies.

Notable Cards

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  Sword of the Animist

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  Curse of Opulence

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  Wild Wasteland

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  Reliquary Tower

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  Bitterblossom

Summary

The game began with each player establishing their board state and mana base, setting the stage for varied strategies. Gisela, Blade of Goldnight focused on manipulating combat damage, halving damage dealt to herself while doubling damage dealt between opponents, aiming to leverage her flying 5/5 first strike body to push through heavy damage. Zimone, Mystery Unraveler centered on a Simic landfall theme, playing multiple lands to manifest and flip cards, thereby generating value and pressure through land-based triggers. Eriette of the Charmed Apple played a control-oriented approach by enchanting creatures and planeswalkers to prevent attacks on her, while draining life from opponents based on the number of auras she controlled. The Twelfth Doctor paired with Vislor Turlough operated a unique spell-copying mechanism, where spells cast from anywhere but hand were copied and given to opponents, creating a chaotic but potentially powerful interaction to steal and replicate effects. Vislor Turlough also punished opponents by causing life loss equal to their hand size when controlled.