EDH Gameplay - Episode 46: Pir & Toothy VS Samut VS Yargle VS Brudiclad

Deck Strategies

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  Pir, Imaginative Rascal & Toothy, Imaginary Friend

  Utilizes +1/+1 counters and card draw synergies to incrementally grow Toothy, while generating tokens and leveraging counter-based buffs to dominate the board.

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  Samut, Voice of Dissent

  Giant tribal deck that uses large creatures and equipment to quickly apply aggressive combat pressure and leverage Samut’s haste and double strike abilities.

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  Yargle, Glutton of Urborg

  Voltron style, focusing on equipping Yargle with auras and equipment to create an evasive, high-damage commander with lifelink and death touch for one-hit knockout potential.

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  Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer

  Token generation and doubling strategy that creates a large army of golem tokens, then transforms them into powerful dragon tokens with haste to overwhelm opponents in a sudden burst.

Gameplay Insights

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  Martin’s use of Broodclyd to copy Wing Splicer tokens and then turn all of them into 5/5 dragons with haste was a game-winning combo that rapidly escalated his board state and overwhelmed opponents.

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  Thomas’s aggressive use of equipment and auras on Yargle created a commander that was nearly impossible to block or kill, applying significant pressure early.

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  Dylan’s strategy of growing Toothy with multiple +1/+1 counters and drawing cards off that growth allowed for steady incremental advantage but was vulnerable to fast, overwhelming board states.

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  Danny’s giant tribal deck leveraged combat tricks and untap effects to maximize damage output, but struggled against the explosive token and dragon army generated by Martin’s deck.

Notable Cards

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  Wing Splicer

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  Hardened Scales

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  Lightning Greaves

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  Whispersilk Cloak

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  Dragonmaster Outcast

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  Collective Voyage

Summary

The game started with each player establishing their board presence according to their unique deck strategies. Thomas, playing Yargle, Glutton of Urborg, focused on a Voltron-style build, equipping his commander with powerful auras and equipment to create a large, lethal threat. Martin, piloting Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer, aimed to build a massive token army by copying his Wing Splicer tokens and then transforming them into dragon tokens for a sudden overwhelming attack. Danny’s Samut, Voice of Dissent deck played a giant tribal strategy, generating large creatures and using equipment to enhance their combat effectiveness. Dylan’s paired commanders, Pir, Imaginative Rascal, and Toothy, Imaginary Friend, leveraged +1/+1 counters and card draw synergies to grow Toothy quickly, while also taking advantage of token generation and incrementally increasing board presence. Key turning points included Martin’s explosive token generation with Broodclyd and Wing Splicer that quickly flooded the board with 14 haste-enabled golems, followed by turning them all into 5/5 dragons, which led to massive combat damage and the elimination of Dylan. Meanwhile, Thomas’s Yargle deck was aggressively applying pressure with a large evasive frog commander equipped with several auras granting double strike, lifelink, death touch, and shroud, making it a formidable threat. Danny’s Samut deck consistently applied pressure with giant creatures, but ultimately could not keep pace with Martin’s overwhelming token-dragon army. The game concluded when Martin transformed his entire token army into dragons and decisively defeated Danny, claiming victory with a massive aerial assault.