Zurzoth vs Runo vs Beledros vs Omnath EDH / CMDR game play for Magic: The Gathering

Deck Strategies

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  Zurzoth, Chaos Rider

  Create multiple devil tokens through combat and sacrifice triggers to generate card advantage and pressure opponents with incremental damage.

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  Omnath, Locus of Rage

  Ramp quickly to play multiple lands and generate elemental tokens that trigger damage and card draw, often amplified by Doubling Season.

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  Beledros Witherbloom

  Use sacrifice outlets and life-drain synergies like Blood Artist to control the board and gain incremental advantage through draining opponents' life totals.

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  Runo Stromkirk // Krothuss, Lord of the Deep

  Mill cards from opponents’ decks and reanimate powerful creatures to create large combat swings, supported by recursion and treasure tokens.

Gameplay Insights

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  Beledros' use of sacrifice and drain triggers consistently chipped away at opponents' life totals, creating pressure while gaining life.

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  Zurzoth’s ability to create devil tokens after combat damage and discard interactions helped maintain a steady stream of threats.

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  Runo’s milling and reanimation combo culminated in a huge Craterhoof Behemoth powered attack, swinging the game momentum.

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  Omnath’s token generation was heavily augmented by Doubling Season, allowing explosive board states that dealt damage and drew multiple cards.

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  Dom’s use of removal such as Beast Within on Beledros temporarily slowed down the drain synergy but gave Beledros a 3/3 Beast token, maintaining board presence.

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  The timing of natural order and convoke spells enabled Beledros to efficiently cast large threats like Hogak and Verdant Sun's Avatar, gaining significant life and board advantage.

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  Jesse’s mana flare combined with Wildfire Devils and Devil's Playground created multiple token generations and chaotic board interactions, but removal from opponents kept Zurzoth’s presence in check.

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  Miguel’s strategic use of Flutter Recollection to recycle Deadly Dispute and treasure tokens ensured a steady resource flow to support his big plays.

Notable Cards

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  Blood Artist

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  Vengeful Devil

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  Azusa, Lost but Seeking

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  Craterhoof Behemoth

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  Doubling Season

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  Deadly Dispute

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  Natural Order

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  Scute Swarm

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  Shattering Spree

Summary

The game started with players developing their boards conservatively, setting up mana bases and early creatures. Maxwell's Beledros deck quickly established a strong life gain and drain engine using Blood Artist and Pest tokens, while Jesse’s Zurzoth deck leveraged devil tokens to generate card advantage and board presence. Miguel’s Runo deck focused on milling and reanimating creatures from the graveyard, using powerful recursion spells and a large creature swing after casting Craterhoof Behemoth. Dom’s Omnath deck ramped aggressively with Azusa and Nature's Lore, generating multiple land drops and tokens, then amplified token production with Doubling Season and Perforos triggers, dealing damage and drawing cards.