Deck & Commander Strategies
Nymris, Oona's Trickster
A blue-black control deck leveraging counterspells, card draw, and disruption to maintain board control and win through a combo involving Thoracle.
Magda, Brazen Outlaw
A red dwarf tribal deck that generates treasures by tapping dwarves with Magda, using artifact synergies and disruptive permanents like Winter Orb to control the pace and assemble game-winning combos.
Marwyn, the Nurturer
A green storm deck that pumps Marwyn to produce large amounts of mana through untap effects, aiming to generate infinite mana and storm count to win the game.
Borborygmos and Fblthp
A red-green combo deck using infinite mana generation and bounce effects with Borborygmos to draw through the deck and finish opponents via damage or combo.
Gameplay Insights
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Cal used Rhystic Study effectively to pressure opponents into paying mana or allow him to draw extra cards, maintaining card advantage throughout the game.
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Ryan leveraged Magda's treasure generation to ramp into multiple threats and disrupt opponents with Winter Orb, significantly slowing down Marwyn's deck.
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Shaun's Borborygmos deck capitalized on Dockside Extortionist to generate multiple treasures, enabling explosive mana production and combo assembly despite heavy disruption and counters.
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Brandon’s Marwyn attempted to pump and untap Marwyn for infinite mana but was stifled early by Lightning Bolt and Winter Orb, demonstrating the impact of timely removal and disruption in cEDH.
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Cal’s use of Force of Will to counter Barrin, Master Wizard was a pivotal moment preventing a major combo from resolving and maintaining control over the game state.
Notable Cards
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Rhystic Study
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Mana Crypt
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Dockside Extortionist
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Underworld Breach
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Winter Orb
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Spell Pierce
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Force of Will
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Jeweled Lotus
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Smuggler's Copter
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Eldritch Evolution
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Lion's Eye Diamond
Gameplay Summary
The game began with each player establishing their board presence and setting up their respective strategies.
Nymris, Oona's Trickster piloted by Cal, focused on controlling the game with counterspells like Spell Pierce and Force of Will while drawing cards via Rhystic Study and aiming for a combo finish involving Thoracle.
Ryan on Magda, Brazen Outlaw quickly ramped with dwarves to generate treasures and deployed disruptive elements like Winter Orb to slow opponents.
Brandon's Marwyn, the Nurturer deck aimed to grow Marwyn through pump spells and untapping effects to generate infinite mana for a storm finish, but was disrupted early by targeted removal from Magda.
Shaun, commanding Borborygmos and Fblthp, aggressively pushed damage while assembling infinite mana combos involving Dockside Extortionist and Underworld Breach to draw his deck and close out the game.