Radha vs Karador vs Surrak vs Wort EDH / CMDR game play for Magic: The Gathering

Deck Strategies

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  Grand Warlord Radha

  An aggressive combat-focused deck that uses elves to ramp mana and produce large, trampling creatures boosted by synergy cards to quickly deal commander damage and overwhelm opponents.

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  Karador, Ghost Chieftain

  A graveyard recursion deck that utilizes dredge and sacrifice mechanics to control the board, generate value, and grind out opponents through repeated creature recursion and value spells.

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  Wort, the Raidmother

  A +1/+1 counter and token generation deck that capitalizes on Doubling Season and Parallel Lives to create a wide board presence with snakes and hydras, applying pressure through incremental growth and value.

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  Surrak Dragonclaw

  A ramp and spell-copying deck focusing on accelerating mana and copying impactful spells and creatures to maintain tempo and apply pressure through efficient threats.

Gameplay Insights

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  Radha's player expertly used Immaculate Magistrate to rapidly build +1/+1 counters on Radha, enabling a massive commander damage strike that heavily damaged Jeff early in the game.

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  Matt leveraged dredge and recursion with Life from the Loam repeatedly to maintain board presence and value, enabling multiple sacrifice and reanimation plays that kept him competitive.

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  Chris's use of Doubling Season combined with Parallel Lives allowed for explosive token and counter generation, creating a high threat level that pressured opponents significantly.

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  The interaction between Wirewood Lodge untapping Immaculate Magistrate multiple times in response to combat damage allowed Radha's player to exponentially increase Radha's power, showcasing a powerful synergy and timing play.

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  The use of Soul the Harvest to draw cards on creature deaths helped maintain momentum and card advantage for Radha's deck during combat exchanges.

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  Discarding cards to Evolutionary Leap allowed Radha's player to trade less impactful cards for continued board development and card draw, sustaining pressure throughout the midgame.

Notable Cards

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  Immaculate Magistrate

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  Regal Force

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  Life from the Loam

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  Fleshbag Marauder

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  Doubling Season

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  Parallel Lives

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  Hooded Hydra

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  Bramblewood Paragon

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  Throne of the God-Pharaoh

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  Wirewood Lodge

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  Evolutionary Leap

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  Skullclamp

Summary

The game started with players developing their mana bases and deploying early ramp and utility creatures. Radha's aggressive token and combat-focused strategy quickly became apparent as she used elves to generate mana and cast powerful creatures like Immaculate Magistrate and Regal Force, enabling a strong card draw engine and board presence. Matt, playing Karador, capitalized on graveyard interactions and dredge mechanics, repeatedly bringing back key cards like Life from the Loam and Fleshbag Marauder to maintain board control and card advantage. Chris, with Wort, the Raidmother, leveraged Doubling Season and Parallel Lives to maximize the value of +1/+1 counters and token generation, creating a threatening board state with creatures like Hooded Hydra and multiple snake tokens. Jeff, piloting Surrak Dragonclaw, focused on ramp and copied spells to maintain pressure and board presence, though he fell behind after taking significant damage from Radha's enhanced creatures.