GREEN GOBLIN v LOTHO v ETALI v MALCOLM\VIAL SMASHER [cEDH GAMEPLAY]

Deck & Commander Strategies

• Green Goblin

  Focuses on aggressive early pressure using efficient creatures and resource disruption, leveraging Goblin synergies and direct damage to control the board and whittle down opponents' life totals.

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  Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff

  Utilizes graveyard exile and recursion disruption while applying pressure through sacrifice and token generation, aiming to disrupt opponents' resources and maintain board presence.

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  Etali, Primal Conqueror

  Aims to cheat out powerful creatures by attacking with Etali to cast spells from opponents' decks for free, creating huge tempo swings and card advantage.

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  Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

  Leverages artifact synergy and cheap interaction spells to generate value and control the board, while applying steady damage through repeated hits and spells.

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  Vial Smasher the Fierce

  Combines aggressive damage output with random spell damage triggers, aiming to disrupt opponents and quickly reduce life totals through a blend of spells and combat damage.

Gameplay Insights

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  Charitable Levy's taxing effect significantly hindered non-creature spellcasting, impacting key players' ability to execute their game plans and forcing adaptations.

• 2

  Deadpool's life loss and group card draw effect created tension and decision-making around when to sacrifice it, influencing players' resource management.

• 3

  Mayhem Devil's damage triggers on treasure sacrifices were used strategically to remove key creatures and apply pressure on opponents.

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  Counterspells like Mental Misstep and Deadly Rollick were timely and crucial for maintaining board control and preventing opponents from gaining overwhelming advantage.

• 5

  Fetching a Scrubland with Charitable Levy counters triggered demonstrated efficient mana fixing and synergy exploitation, helping stabilize the board in midgame.

• 6

  Players carefully balanced aggression with control elements, reflecting the high-level interaction and resource management characteristic of cEDH gameplay.

Notable Cards

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  Charitable Levy

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  Mayhem Devil

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  Mental Misstep

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  Deadly Rollick

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  Scrubland

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  Orcish Lumberjack

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  Mox Diamond

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  Esper Sentinel

Gameplay Summary