❄️ It's Snow (Dad) Joke! ❄️ft. Obzedat, Svella, Jorn & Shorikai | Elder Dragon Hijinks #14

Deck Strategies

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  Obzedat, Ghost Council

  A life-gain focused deck that leverages life as a resource to control the board and pressure opponents, often aiming to outlast others through incremental advantage and attrition.

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  Svella, Ice Shaper

  A snow-themed deck that plays heavy creatures for free by tapping snow permanents, creating big threats and leveraging the snow theme for card advantage and board dominance.

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  Shorikai, Genesis Engine

  A unique white reanimator deck that draws and discards large creatures into the graveyard to reanimate them, combining card draw and graveyard recursion without black mana.

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  Jorn, God of Winter

  A snow synergy deck that untaps snow permanents during combat and flips into an artifact allowing the player to recur snow creatures from the graveyard, focusing on snow permanents and recursion.

Gameplay Insights

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  Ramp spells such as Cultivate and Burgeoning were pivotal in accelerating mana development, allowing players to cast bigger threats earlier than usual.

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  The snow theme synergy enabled powerful interactions, such as casting creatures for free and recurring them from the graveyard, which created a strong midgame board presence.

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  Managing life gain with Obzedat allowed the player to build a defensive position while pressuring opponents with incremental advantages.

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  The Shorikai deck’s approach of discarding large creatures for later reanimation was a clever way to bypass color restrictions and use graveyard recursion innovatively.

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  Players actively balanced drawing cards and deploying threats, understanding that drawing the right cards at the right time was key to progressing toward their win conditions.

Notable Cards

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  Cultivate

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  Burgeoning

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  Shambling Vent

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  Syr Faren, the Hengehammer

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  Shorikai, Genesis Engine

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  Jorn, God of Winter // Kaldring, the Rimestaff

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  Svella, Ice Shaper

Summary

The game featured a lively multiplayer Commander match with four players piloting decks led by Obzedat, Ghost Council, Svella, Ice Shaper, Shorikai, Genesis Engine, and Jorn, God of Winter. Early turns saw players developing their mana bases quickly, with green ramp spells such as Cultivate and Burgeoning enabling faster deployment of threats and board presence. One player focused on a snow-themed deck, leveraging snow permanents and synergies to enable powerful effects and card advantage, while another piloted a reanimator strategy without black, utilizing Shorikai to draw and discard large creatures to the graveyard for reanimation. Obzedat’s deck aimed to gain life and leverage that resource advantage for controlling the board and outlasting opponents. Key moments involved players carefully managing their resources and ramping into impactful plays, including activating snow synergies and casting big creatures for free or reduced costs. The interplay between snow permanents and card draw/discard mechanics created interesting dynamic turns, with some players aiming to capitalize on their graveyards while others focused on life gain and board control. The match showcased a mix of combo potential, synergy exploitation, and interactive gameplay, setting the stage for a tense mid-game where players jockeyed for position through both board presence and resource accumulation.