EDH Gameplay - Episode 75: Seizan VS Feather VS Unesh VS Rograkh & Ardenn

Deck Strategies

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  Seizan, Perverter of Truth

  A hand disruption deck that forces opponents to discard and mills cards, gaining incremental value while weakening enemy resources to control the game.

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  Feather, the Redeemed

  A spellslinger deck that casts cheap instants and sorceries to draw cards and buff Feather’s power, enabling swift commander damage and board presence.

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  Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh & Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist

  An equipment Voltron deck that rapidly attaches powerful equipment to commanders, using synergy to create a high-impact aggressive threat capable of winning through commander damage.

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  Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign

  A Sphinx tribal deck focused on casting multiple Sphinx creatures, generating card advantage through Sphinx-related triggers and drawing spells to maintain hand size and board presence.

Gameplay Insights

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  Using God's Willing to protect Feather from removal allowed her to survive a pongify attempt and continue building board presence.

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  Scroll Rack was effectively used to filter hands, enabling players to find lands or key spells as needed.

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  The combination of Ardenn's ability to attach equipment for free and Rograkh's natural synergy with equipment allowed for explosive damage output in a single combat phase.

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  Seizan's discard and mill strategy slowed opponents but was insufficient to keep up with the aggressive equipment Voltron combo.

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  Psychotic Fury was leveraged to pump creatures and draw cards, maintaining pressure and card advantage simultaneously.

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  Unesh's use of Sphinx-related triggers to generate card advantage kept the deck competitive but did not prevent decisive damage from Rograkh's combo.

Notable Cards

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  Pongify

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  Colossus Hammer

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  Commander's Plate

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  Scroll Rack

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  Sphinx of the Final Word

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  Psychotic Fury

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  Sword of the Animist

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  Runaway Steam-Kin

Summary

The game started with players establishing their board states through ramp, equipment, and early creatures. Feather the Redeemed focused on casting cheap spells to draw cards and buff her commander, while Rograkh and Ardenn aimed to build a formidable equipment Voltron strategy, rapidly attaching powerful artifacts like Colossus Hammer and Commander's Plate. Seizan attempted to disrupt opponents’ hands through discard and milling effects to gain incremental advantage. Meanwhile, Unesh deployed a Sphinx tribal deck, generating value from casting multiple Sphinx creatures and recurring cards with Sphinx's Revelation and Sphinx of the Final Word. Key turning points included a failed attempt to remove Feather with Pongify, countered by God's Willing granting protection, allowing Feather to grow and deal commander damage early. Rograkh took advantage of equipment synergy and commanders’ abilities to quickly amass lethal damage, culminating in a powerful double strike attack that dealt 20 commander damage to Seizan’s player, eliminating him from the game. This Voltron surge significantly shifted the board state, highlighting the potency of fast equipment combos in Commander. Throughout the game, players balanced aggressive attacks with cautious resource management, using cards like Scroll Rack to filter hands and God's Willing to protect key creatures. Despite Seizan's disruptive tactics and Unesh's card draw engine, the raw power of equipment and commander damage proved decisive, with Rograkh and Ardenn's deck capitalizing on their loadout to secure the win.