Hazezon vs Melek vs Zur vs Caesar | EDH Gameplay | SmoothBrainEDH

Deck Strategies

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  Hazezon, Shaper of Sand

  This deck focused on land strategies and flooding the board with token creatures. The deck used Hazezon's ability to play deserts from the graveyard and generate tokens.

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  Melek, Reforged Researcher

  This deck used Melek as a cost reducer for big splashy spells or as a beater after filling the yard with instances and sorceries. The deck aimed to control the game through spell-slinging and large spell impacts.

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  Caesar, Legion's Emperor

  The deck is a creature token strategy that aimed to go wide with tokens and use Caesar to generate value by sacrificing them.

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  Zur, Eternal Schemer

  This Esper deck focused on enchantment creatures, using Zur to give them keywords and swing them in for damage.

Gameplay Insights

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  Ethan's use of Aetherize to clear Jason's aggressive board of tokens was a key turning point in the game, stalling Jason's momentum.

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  Ethan's casting of Thousand-Year Storm and the subsequent series of spells created a massive amount of Storm Splitters, leading to his victory.

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  The use of deflecting swat by Ethan to change the target of Jason's land exile spell to Jason's own Field of the Dead was a strategic move that disrupted Jason's plans.

Notable Cards

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  Hazezon, Shaper of Sand

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  Melek, Reforged Researcher

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  Caesar, Legion's Emperor

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  Zur, Eternal Schemer

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  Aetherize

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  Thousand-Year Storm

Summary

The game started with each player setting up their respective strategies. Jason's Hazezon deck focused on land plays and generating token creatures, Ethan's Melek deck aimed at casting big splashy spells, Caden's Caesar deck used a creature token strategy with sacrifice value, and Matt's Zur deck was enchantment-centric. Jason had an early aggressive start, flooding the board with tokens via his commander, Hazezon, and land activations. However, Ethan managed to mitigate this by playing Aetherize, clearing Jason's board. Meanwhile, Caden and Matt were building their board states and setting up their strategies. Ethan then took control of the game by casting Thousand-Year Storm and followed it with a series of spells causing multiple copies due to the storm mechanic, eventually leading to a massive field of hasty Storm Splitters.