Deck & Commander Strategies
Thalia and The Gitrog Monster
Utilizes landfall and sacrifice synergies to generate card advantage and control the board, aiming to outvalue opponents with incremental resource gain and disruption.
The Red Terror
Employs aggressive creatures and artifact disruption to punish opponents, leveraging combat damage to grow the Red Terror and close out the game through incremental pressure.
Starscream, Power Hungry // Starscream, Seeker Leader
Focuses on artifact synergy and ramp to establish board control, using tempo plays and powerful artifact creatures to dominate the battlefield.
Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
Leverages powerful legendary creatures and combos, tutoring key pieces like Hulk and draw engines to assemble game-winning combos and maintain card advantage.
Gameplay Insights
- 1
Leyline of the Void was a critical disruption that severely hindered graveyard recursion strategies, forcing affected players to adapt their game plan.
- 2
Kinnan's activation and subsequent card draw was a turning point, enabling the player to clear key threats with Fury and generate card advantage.
- 3
The use of artifact disruption through Kataki and targeted removal helped slow down opponents' ramp and combo potential.
- 4
Players had to carefully balance life loss from Mana Crypt with aggressive board development and interaction.
- 5
Sacrificing lands and creatures to trigger value engines like The Gitrog Monster was a nuanced decision impacted by opposing graveyard hate.
- 6
Combat damage was used not just to reduce life totals but also to trigger synergistic abilities that fueled board presence and card draw.
Notable Cards
-
Leyline of the Void
-
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
-
Kataki, War's Wage
-
Fury
-
Gemstone Caverns
-
Mana Crypt
-
Allosaurus Shepherd
Gameplay Summary
The game started with players carefully selecting their opening hands, with particular focus on establishing early board presence and mana acceleration.
The Red Terror player focused on deploying efficient creatures and disruption like Kataki and Kinnan to punish artifact-heavy decks, while Sisay aimed to assemble key combos involving Hulk and powerful enchantments.
Thalia and The Gitrog Monster established control elements and card draw engines, leveraging land sacrifice and landfall synergies.
Starscream worked on ramping and controlling the board with powerful artifact interactions and tempo plays. Leyline of the Void early in the game significantly hindered graveyard-based strategies, particularly affecting The Gitrog Monster player who relied on graveyard recursion.
Despite this, Red Terror steadily accrued counters and pressure through combat damage and triggered abilities.
Sisay managed to stabilize by tutoring key creatures like Orange Frostfang to generate card advantage.
A pivotal moment occurred when Kinnan activated and resolved, generating value by drawing cards and triggering removal spells like Fury to clear opponents’ key creatures.
The game featured various combat phases with incremental damage trading, artifact and creature removal, and some players losing life to Mana Crypt and other effects, but no immediate game-ending combos materialized within the observed segment.
The gameplay highlighted the tension between board control, resource denial, and incremental advantage in a competitive cEDH setting.
![Ivy vs Tor Wauki vs The Red Terror vs Severina [EDH/Commander, Magic The Gathering Gameplay 2022] thumbnail](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/icOuNw_KCn0/sddefault.jpg)
![Commander VS: Ghoulcaller Gisa VS Torbran VS Chulane VS Sisay [From SCGCON] thumbnail](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/D0eveMMHDz0/sddefault.jpg)
