Merry Melee #5: Seton vs Jodah vs Trostani vs Derevi EDH / CMDR game play

Deck Strategies

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  Jodah, Archmage Eternal

  Focuses on casting powerful and expensive spells at reduced mana costs by paying one of each color, enabling big board wipes and game-altering creatures to dominate the battlefield.

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  Derevi, Empyrial Tactician

  Utilizes tapping and untapping mechanics to control the board, protect permanents, and generate incremental advantage through spells and creatures that interact with tapping.

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  Trostani, Selesnya's Voice

  Builds a resilient board with token generation and life gain, while leveraging graveyard interactions to maintain a steady flow of creatures and incremental value.

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  Seton, Krosan Protector

  Focuses on ramping with creatures and spells to flood the board with tokens and large creatures, aiming to overwhelm opponents through sheer board presence and synergy.

Gameplay Insights

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  Chris’s use of Insurrection with Jodah’s color-fixing allowed him to steal and untap multiple permanents, swinging momentum heavily in his favor mid-game.

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  Oliver’s deployment of Derevi to tap down key threats and protect his board with Heroic Intervention showed effective tempo control and interaction.

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  The Heartwood Storyteller repeatedly triggered to draw cards for all players, creating a dynamic environment of shared card advantage and strategic decisions about resource management.

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  Chris’s casting of Time Stretch and Show-and-Tell on extra turns demonstrated his plan to leverage additional turns for overwhelming board development and combos.

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  Interactions with Myojin of Knights' Reach forced opponents to discard their hands, significantly disrupting their resources and plans.

Notable Cards

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  Heartwood Storyteller

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  Sylvan Library

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  Grim Monolith

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  Heroic Intervention

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  Insurrection

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  Greater Good

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  Scroll Rack

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  Chromatic Lantern

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  Time Stretch

Summary

The game started with all four commanders developing their mana bases and playing ramp spells, setting the stage for mid-game interactions. Early plays involved drawing cards from Heartwood Storyteller and Sylvan Library, fueling card advantage for all players. Oliver, playing Derevi, utilized tempo plays with counterspells and protection spells like Heroic Intervention, while also enabling powerful mana acceleration with Grim Monolith and other artifacts. Chris, on Jodah, leveraged the commander’s color flexibility and spellcasting to cast impactful spells such as Insurrection and Myojin of Knights' Reach, which disrupted the board and forced opponents into discarding. The interactions between creatures tapping and untapping, plus spells like Procreate and Greater Good, kept the board fluid and dynamic.