Playing YOUR Decks with Maldhound and Megan | EDH Gameplay Ep 33

Deck & Commander Strategies

• Alenda and Azor

  Leverages life payment and manipulation with effects like Lich's Mastery to survive high life loss, redistributing life totals to create a winning advantage through life manipulation and attrition.

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  Karn, Legacy Reforged

  Generates massive mana and ramps artifacts aggressively to create large artifact creatures, then uses Karn’s scaling power to attack hard and close out the game quickly.

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  Falco Spara, Pactweaver

  Focuses on accumulating shield and +1/+1 counters on creatures, converting these counters into card advantage and board presence to outvalue opponents.

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  Runo Stromkirk // Krothuss, Lord of the Deep

  Transforms Runo into Krothuss to produce multiple token copies of large sea creatures with evasion and enter-the-battlefield triggers, leveraging value and beatdown through big evasive threats.

Gameplay Insights

• 1

  Using Runo's transform ability to consistently generate powerful token copies of large sea creatures proved critical for board presence and pressure.

• 2

  The Karn deck’s artifact ramp and synergy with cards like Chief of the Foundry allowed Karn to quickly become a large threat, emphasizing the importance of artifact interaction.

• 3

  The Alenda and Azor deck’s life manipulation combo with Lich's Mastery enabled survival through massive life payments and effectively redistributed life totals, influencing player dynamics.

• 4

  Players balanced mana development and card advantage carefully, with the Falco Spara deck delaying early deployment to avoid removal and ensure a strong start with counters.

• 5

  The use of artifact ramp tools like Manifold Key and Everflowing Chalice supported flexible plays and tempo, demonstrating the value of efficient mana acceleration in Commander.

Notable Cards

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  Lich's Mastery

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  Runo Stromkirk // Krothuss, Lord of the Deep

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  Karn, Legacy Reforged

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  Manifold Key

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  Chief of the Foundry

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  Everflowing Chalice

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  Likeness Looter

Gameplay Summary