Illuminor Szeras vs Kotis vs Breena vs Meren of Clan Nel Toth - EDH Gameplay video

Deck Strategies

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  Meren of Clan Nel Toth

  Utilizes experience counters gained from creatures dying to repeatedly reanimate creatures from the graveyard, focusing on a skeleton tribal theme to maintain board presence and value.

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  Breena, the Demagogue

  Encourages opponents to attack each other by punishing aggression towards her, while accumulating +1/+1 counters on herself and other creatures through combat damage to become an overwhelming threat.

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  Kotis, the Fangkeeper

  Acts like a recurring Villainous Wealth, dealing combat damage to exile cards from opponents' libraries and casting multiple spells for free, supported by indestructibility to stay on the battlefield longer.

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  Illuminor Szeras

  Leverages artifact creatures and sacrifice outlets to ramp black mana and generate value, aiming to out-resource opponents through artifact synergies and recursion.

Gameplay Insights

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  Meren's use of experience counters to repeatedly bring back skeletons from the graveyard allowed her to maintain a resilient board state despite removal.

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  Breena's combat manipulation forced players to attack opponents other than her, creating complex decision-making and favorable combat trades.

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  Kotis' ability to exile cards from libraries and cast them for free created a significant tempo swing, making him a priority threat to remove.

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  Illuminor Szeras used artifact sacrifice and mana ramp effectively to sustain pressure but had to navigate around Breena's combat deterrents and Kotis' growing threat.

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  The group recognized Kotis as a lethal threat after he amassed enough counters to deal lethal commander damage, prompting discussions on removal priorities and defensive plays.

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  Kosys' Prison was strategically used to deter attacks against its controller by imposing a cost on attackers, buying time to develop the board.

Notable Cards

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  Meren of Clan Nel Toth

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  Breena, the Demagogue

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  Kotis, the Fangkeeper

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  Illuminor Szeras

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  Lightning Greaves

Summary

The game began with a typical setup phase where players established their mana bases and deployed early creatures to begin executing their strategies. Meren of Clan Nel Toth focused on a graveyard recursion skeleton tribal theme, accumulating experience counters by sacrificing and returning creatures, steadily growing her board presence. Breena, the Demagogue aimed to manipulate combat dynamics by encouraging opponents to attack each other rather than her, while enhancing her creatures with +1/+1 counters and card draw triggered by combat damage. Kotis, the Fangkeeper emerged as a major threat with his ability to deal combat damage and exile cards from opponents' libraries, casting spells for free and leveraging indestructibility to maintain board presence. Illuminor Szeras built an artifact-based engine deck, generating value through sacrifice and mana production to maintain pressure.