Tivit, Katilda, Anje, Jon Irenicus - #cEDH Gameplay Ep 118

Deck Strategies

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  Tivit, Seller of Secrets

  Focuses on assembling a fast combo with Time Sieve to generate infinite turns, using treasures and clues to ramp and dig for combo pieces while protecting them with counterspells and artifact recursion.

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  Katilda, Dawnhart Prime

  Utilizes stax elements and human tribal synergies to lock down opponents while ramping and drawing extra cards, aiming to combo off with Emiel, the Blessed and Finale of Devastation.

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  Anje Falkenrath

  Leverages madness and discard mechanics to filter cards and find key combo pieces such as Worldgorger Dragon and Animate Dead, despite a low land count, to establish a reanimation combo win condition.

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  Jon Irenicus, Shattered One

  Implements a disruptive tempo plan using bounce and copy effects like Mystic Reflection and Gilded Drake, combined with aggressive creatures to pressure opponents and protect its own game plan.

Gameplay Insights

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  Baal’s use of Lim-Dûl's Vault to pay 15 life and dig deep for Time Sieve and Jeweled Lotus set up a critical early game combo threat.

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  Rodrigo’s use of Collector Ouphe combined with stax creatures like Yasharn and Sylvan Safekeeper effectively slowed Baal’s combo attempts by forcing land sacrifices and protecting key creatures.

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  David’s strategic use of Mystic Reflection to copy Kitchen Imp disrupted Rodrigo’s ramp and board development while maintaining pressure with Gilded Drake and Jon Irenicus.

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  Leite’s repeated attempts to find lands and key combo pieces with Anje highlighted the challenge of operating a low land count deck but showed resilience through discard and madness cards.

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  The interaction where Baal used Chain of Vapor on his own Gilded Drake to bounce Collector Ouphe and force Rodrigo to sacrifice lands was a clever maneuver to break stax lock temporarily.

Notable Cards

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  Time Sieve

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  Jeweled Lotus

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  Lim-Dûl's Vault

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  Sylvan Library

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  Collector Ouphe

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  Gilded Drake

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  Mana Drain

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  Anje Falkenrath

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  Worldgorger Dragon

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  Animate Dead

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  Ebonblade Reaper

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  Mystic Reflection

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  Dauthi Voidwalker

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  Drumbellower

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  Finale of Devastation

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  Chain of Vapor

Summary

The game started with Baal on Tivit, Seller of Secrets, aggressively assembling combo pieces centered around Time Sieve for an extra turn combo win. He used powerful search and protection spells to ensure his combo pieces stayed safe. Rodrigo on Katilda, Dawnhart Prime built up a strong stax and ramp board with creatures like Collector Ouphe and Drumbellower, aiming to slow the game and assemble his combo with Emiel, the Blessed and Finale of Devastation. Leite piloted a madness-based Anje Falkenrath deck, struggling initially with a low land count but trying to leverage discard and madness synergies to find key combo pieces like Worldgorger Dragon and Animate Dead. David on Jon Irenicus played a disruption-heavy tempo deck using cards like Mystic Reflection and Gilded Drake to interfere with opponents' boards while advancing his own board state with creatures such as Ebonblade Reaper and Urza's Saga.