Raffine 🆚 Mishra 🆚 Shanna 🆚 Atraxa | Quality EDH Commander Gameplay

Deck Strategies

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  Raffine, Scheming Seer

  Raffine's deck revolves around connive mechanics and artifact synergy, using card draw and discard to filter and generate value while building a board presence through tokens and incremental advantage.

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  Mishra, Eminent One

  Mishra's strategy focuses on artifact token generation and copying, utilizing Mishra Warform to double artifact effects and create large threats quickly, supported by efficient artifact ramp and sacrifice outlets.

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  Shanna, Purifying Blade

  Shanna's deck leverages life gain and land recursion through dredge and life from the loam effects, combined with control elements like Glacial Chasm to outlast opponents and stabilize until a win condition is established.

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  Atraxa, Grand Unifier

  Atraxa's deck uses life gain, proliferate, and reanimation to maintain board control, repeatedly returning powerful creatures with ETB effects to overwhelm opponents, while drawing cards off her triggers to maintain advantage.

Gameplay Insights

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  Adam's use of Raffine's connive ability to discard and draw cards effectively filtered his hand and built up counters, enabling powerful artifact interactions and board development.

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  Mishra's token copying with Mishra Warform and Stonic Resonator allowed explosive turns, turning artifacts into large threats and dealing significant damage quickly.

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  Will's use of Glacial Chasm and life from the loam repeatedly helped stabilize his board and buy time despite aggressive attacks from opponents.

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  Jeff leveraged Atraxa's life gain and proliferate triggers to draw multiple cards and reanimate key creatures like Sun Titan, maintaining pressure and board presence.

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  Adam capitalized on card draw and artifact synergies, using The One Ring and Mystic Forge to filter draws and assemble a winning board state with flying damage overwhelming other players.

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  Counterspell interactions involving Arcane Denial and Offer You Can't Refuse highlighted a tense control battle, with Adam ultimately gaining the upper hand by generating treasure tokens and maintaining artifact untaps with Unwinding Clock.

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  The final sequence saw Adam pushing flying damage through with multiple artifact-generated flyers and Mishra Warform tokens, forcing opponents to concede when unable to respond effectively.

Notable Cards

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  Mystic Forge

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  Sun Titan

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  Life from the Loam

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  Glacial Chasm

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  Vault of Whispers

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  The One Ring

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  Stitch Together

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  Meticulous Archive

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  Talisman of Dominance

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  Unwinding Clock

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  Demonic Tutor

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  Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle

Summary

The game unfolded with each player developing their board and leveraging their commanders' unique abilities. Early turns involved setting up mana bases and casting key artifacts and creatures, such as Mystic Forge and various token generators. Adam, piloting Raffine, Scheming Seer, used a combination of connive triggers and artifact synergies to generate card advantage and board presence. Mishra, Eminent One, focused on creating artifact tokens and leveraging Mishra Warform to copy powerful artifacts, gaining tempo through aggressive plays and artifact synergies. Will, playing Shanna, Purifying Blade, utilized life gain and dredge mechanics combined with life from the loam to recur lands and control the board, eventually stabilizing with defensive plays like Glacial Chasm. Jeff on Atraxa, Grand Unifier, played a versatile game with life gain, proliferate, and reanimation, returning threats like Sun Titan to the battlefield and drawing cards off Atraxa's triggers.