Deck Strategies
Etali, Primal Conqueror
Utilizes Food Chain to generate infinite mana by repeatedly casting Etali and Squee, then uses infinite mana to cast spells and overwhelm opponents quickly.
Tymna the Weaver // Thrasios, Triton Hero
A midrange infinite mana deck focused on drawing the entire deck and casting all spells with efficient value generation.
Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan
Graveyard-centric deck leveraging sacrifice and reanimation synergies to gain incremental advantage and disrupt opponents.
Vial Smasher the Fierce // Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
Combines aggressive damage output with copy and trickery effects to pressure opponents and execute combos.
Gameplay Insights
- 1
The player with Etali uses Rionia to multiply Etali's triggers, generating multiple opportunities to tutor and cast spells in a single turn.
- 2
Sacrificing the original Etali to its own token copy enables repeated activations of Food Chain for infinite mana generation.
- 3
The sequencing of tutors like Worldly Tutor and Vampiric Tutor is crucial to find combo pieces such as Food Chain and Squee quickly.
- 4
Opponent's graveyard recursion and sacrifice synergies provide strong midgame resilience but are unable to disrupt the early combo.
- 5
Banishing Knack was used to protect key combo pieces by bouncing opponent threats, showcasing the importance of interaction even in fast combo decks.
Notable Cards
Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
Food Chain
Squee, the Immortal
Vampiric Tutor
Worldly Tutor
Heat Shimmer
Banishing Knack
Summary
The game is a fast-paced cEDH match featuring four powerful decks vying for victory. The player piloting Etali, Primal Conqueror capitalizes on the synergy between Etali and Food Chain to generate infinite mana and cast multiple spells quickly. Early on, they pay significant life to establish critical board presence and set up their combo with key tutors. With careful sequencing involving Rionia and multiple Etali triggers, they manage to find important pieces like Squee and Food Chain, enabling a lethal turn two win. Other players, including a Tymna and Thrasios midrange deck, a Felothar graveyard synergy list focused on sacrifice and recursion, and a Vial Smasher and Sakashima combo deck, all attempt to develop their boards and execute their strategies but are ultimately outpaced by the explosive Food Chain combo.
