So you heard we like tokens! Trostani vs Cadric vs Yidris vs Gavi #edh #cmdr game play

Deck Strategies

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  Trostani, Selesnya's Voice

  The Trostani deck strategy appears to be focused around ramping mana and generating tokens. The deck uses creature-based ramp and mill effects to generate value.

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  Gavi, Nest Warden

  The Gavi deck leverages cycling mechanics to generate a board presence with cat tokens, and aims to enhance these tokens with Shared Animosity and other pump effects.

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  Cadric, Soul Kindler

  The Cadric deck uses creature tokens and copies of powerful creatures to overwhelm opponents. It also leverages card draw from creature ETBs.

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  Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder

  The Yidris deck aims to deal combat damage to cascade into powerful spells. This deck also seems to adopt a wheel strategy, forcing players to discard and draw new hands.

Gameplay Insights

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  The Beast Within on Yidris was a strategic play to prevent possible cascade into more wheel effects.

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  Echo of Eons played by the Yidris player reshuffled everyone's hands and graveyards, which greatly influenced the game.

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  Maxim's use of Gavi's cycling ability, in synergy with Shared Animosity and Akroma's Will, led to a massive attack that took out two players.

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  The Trostani player's use of Court of Calling to fetch Serra's Emissary gave protection from creatures, a key defensive move late in the game.

Notable Cards

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  Echo of Eons

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  Shared Animosity

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  Akroma's Will

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  Beast Within

Summary

The game started off with each player developing their board states and ramping their mana. Trostani, piloted by the host, focused on milling and ramping in the early game, while Gavi utilized her cycling ability to generate cat tokens. Cadric was able to create token copies of creatures, notably a hasty token of Aurelia, The War Leader for multiple combat steps. Yidris, unfortunately, was a target of a Beast Within spell before it could deal any combat damage and thus was unable to utilize its cascade ability. A major turning point in the game was when Yidris player cast Echo of Eons, causing all players to shuffle their hands and graveyards into their libraries and draw seven cards. This reshuffled hand proved to be beneficial for the Gavi player who was able to cast Shared Animosity and Akroma's Will, leading to a massive combat phase which eliminated both Yidris and Cadric players from the game. The game ended in a showdown between Trostani and Gavi, with the outcome yet to be determined.