BAYLEN 🆚 VREN 🆚 YGRA 🆚 FLUBS | Bloomburrow EDH / Casual Commander

Deck Strategies

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  Baylen, the Haymaker

  Baylen's strategy revolves around generating tokens and taking advantage of the Idol of Oblivion for card draw.

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  Vren, the Relentless

  Vren's deck is a rat tribal strategy that focuses on creating a massive rat army and using them for both offensive and defensive purposes.

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  Ygra, Eater of All

  Ygra's strategy involves graveyard manipulation and generating value from creatures entering and leaving the battlefield.

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  Flubs, the Fool

  Flubs' strategy is built around landfall triggers and generating value from playing multiple lands per turn.

Gameplay Insights

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  John's casting of Gravelighter early in the game set the tone by forcing each player to sacrifice a creature.

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  Extra's use of Escape to the Wilds allowed him to make a series of impactful plays in a single turn.

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  Tom's Insidious Roots created an ongoing synergy with his deck, generating plant tokens each time a land entered the battlefield.

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  John's successful casting of Wrangle's Prank forced each player to lose life and sacrifice creatures, shifting the game decisively in his favor.

Notable Cards

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  Gravelighter

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  Insidious Roots

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  Escape to the Wilds

Summary

The game began with players laying down their initial lands and setting up their board states. The first significant plays were Sam casting his commander, Baylen, the Haymaker, and John casting Gravelighter to have each player sacrifice a creature. As the game progressed, players continued to cast their commanders and built up their armies. Extra cast Kadama's Reach for ramp and Tom cast Insidious Roots, starting an in-game synergy with his deck. Extra then made a significant play casting Escape to the Wilds, exiling his top five cards and enabling him to cast multiple spells in a single turn. John managed to take control of the board by casting Z's Will, triggering Tom's Roots and creating a plant token. He then attacked Extra with Ren, creating three rats. In the end, John cast Wrangle's Prank, forcing each player to lose life and sacrifice creatures, then attacked with his rats, taking out his opponents and claiming victory.