Light Paws VS Korvold VS Varina EDH/CMDR Gameplay

Deck Strategies

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  Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice

  A white-based deck focused on creature buffs, vigilance, and protection effects to control the board while applying steady pressure with efficient creatures and combat tricks.

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  Varina, Lich Queen

  An undead tribal deck centered on generating and sacrificing zombie tokens for card draw and incremental advantage, leveraging powerful zombie anthem effects and recursion to overwhelm opponents.

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  Korvold, Fae-Cursed King

  A Jund sacrifice deck that ramps quickly to deploy value creatures and sacrifice outlets, drawing cards and gaining life through continuous sacrifices to maintain board presence and pressure.

Gameplay Insights

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  The use of Wrangle Master combined with sacrifice outlets allowed Korvold to draw multiple cards and maintain board presence despite pressure.

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  Varina’s deployment of Endless Ranks of the Dead and Anointed Procession created a large zombie token army that proved difficult to handle.

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  Light-Paws’ timely Ward and indestructibility effects provided temporary protection but were insufficient against Varina’s token swarm and mass board wipes.

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  Divine Reckoning was a pivotal board wipe that allowed Varina to control the battlefield and set up for a winning attack.

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  Korvold’s ramp and sacrifice synergies created consistent value but could not overcome the overwhelming number of tokens generated by Varina.

Notable Cards

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  Endless Ranks of the Dead

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  Divine Reckoning

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  Anointed Procession

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  Arcane Signet

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  Timely Ward

Summary

The game opened with standard early plays from all three players, developing their mana bases and deploying key creatures to set up their strategies. Light-Paws quickly established a board presence with creatures like Esper Sentinel and Blacksmith Skill, while Varina ramped with Soul Ring and set up a zombie token engine using Endless Ranks of the Dead. Korvold focused on mana ramp and value creatures such as Arcane Signet, Zport Cutthroat, and Wrangle Master, leveraging sacrifice synergies to draw cards and generate incremental advantage. As the midgame progressed, Varina’s zombie tokens began to overwhelm the board, aided by cards like God Eternal Ketra, creating a wide and resilient board state. Korvold used Wrangle Master and sacrifice interactions to chip away at opponents while drawing cards, but ultimately faced heavy pressure from Varina’s token army. Light-Paws attempted to maintain board control with timely Ward and indestructibility effects, but was eventually overwhelmed. The game reached a turning point when Varina cleared Light-Paws’ board with Divine Reckoning and followed up with aggressive swings, supported by anointed procession and God Eternal Ketra, leading to a decisive attack that eliminated Light-Paws. Korvold’s attempts to stabilize were insufficient against the token swarm, resulting in Light-Paws conceding the game. Varina’s synergy between zombie tokens and sacrifice outlets proved to be the winning formula in this match.