Hello! I've been away for quite a long time due to "mysterious" reasons (which probably had to do with trying to assemble a real life Pikmin army) but I am almost settled and ready to make more posts. It's Elder Dragon Sunday so here I am to offer up another report on the matches that MGR and I have been conducting.

Today it's two new decks: Lyzolda (MGR) vs Reaper King (Me). Both powerful additions added to the ever increasing roster of EDH decks we own and actively use. Fortunately we've set a hard ceiling on the total number of decks in contention for the year so we won't ruin our ability to see which is the top deck. Unfortunately, that year ends in just two months and we've already added 5 or 6 new decks. EDH sure does inspire fun new builds that can be relatively cheap. More on that process in a future article I'm sure.

So MGR piloted the aggressive, sacrificial, land hating Lyzolda of the Rakdos Guild and I piloted the artifact and land loving Reaper King. Seems like a funny battle of resources. Will Lyzolda waste the lands before Reaper King reaps and sows? We'll find out after the break!

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...Okay break over. Game 1 was not the best showing for Lyzolda. Stuck on two lands for a while, MGR was unable to destroy lands nor start his Lyzolda card advantage engine while I just ramped more and more till I was able to drop Reaper King unmolested and eventually win. These games are the worst showcases of a deck's ability and unfortunately sometimes that just happens with variance. But we're not here to showcase fixed games and thus Game 1 counted and went to Reaper King.

He didn't do much this time but he's an all-star in Lyzolda.

Game 2 fared much better for MGR in the mana and land destruction department. However, I was able to draw into Summer Bloom and other sources of additional land plays and make the single land destruction spells less effective. Eventualy I controlled the board with the Sunforger and charm package and won.

A great card when you can't afford Exploration or Azusa.

Result: Lyzolda vs Reaper King: 0-2

This wasn't the best opening act for Lyzolda but later matches will prove that her land destruction abilities are rather potent and demand that you not keep a shaky hand with too high a curve. This game also displayed just how powerful Sunforger is if you can afford the mana to equip and use it within the same turn. And at 5 mana, that's not that tough. Especially versatile with access to all five colors. This match showed MGR it's power and he's decided to it into one of his EDH decks as well. A great card that I'll talk about more this Tuesday as that's when I'll post Reaper King's deck tech article.