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    Playing my Roon of the Hidden Realm morph/manifest/blink deck vs Oloro, Ageless Ascetic, Kytheon, Hero of Akros, and Nekusar, the Mindrazer. Oloro gets off to a fairly aggressive start(!) and I find myself knocked down to 10 life, but I get out a Wurmcoil Engine and Drogskol Reaver in an attempt to stabilize. However, Nekusar's turn begins, and he untaps with 9 mana and Nekusar + Jace's Archivist on the field; after his two draws during his draw step, the largest hand size anyone has is 7.

    He thinks for about two minutes and concludes that the best he can do is kill me along with Kytheon (who was at 20-something life) but not Oloro (53 life).

    He goes to combat and attacks Oloro player with Nekusar. I see what's coming, as does Oloro, who declines to block.

    Postcombat, he casts Howl of the Horde (yup).

    Plays a land.

    Casts Prosperity for X=5.

    Howl creates two copies of it.

    In response, I tap one of my two untapped lands. "Swords to Plowshares on Nekusar?"

    Oloro player bursts out laughing as we each draw 15, take no damage then wheel because of Archivist for another 22 cards, again taking no damage (for a total of 37 damage saved, 39 if you count the 2 I would have taken during my next draw step).

    Among the cards I discarded was a Mystic Snake; among the cards I drew were Temur Sabertooth, Prophet of Kruphix, Mirari's Wake, and Karmic Guide. My turn was next after Nekusar's, and I had 12 lands and a Sol Ring out by that point. Suffice to say, none of my opponents resolved anything of note for the rest of the game.
    Posted in: Commander (EDH)
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