Deck & Commander Strategies
Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
Turbo Ad Nauseam style treasure storm deck that leverages sacrifice and reanimation to loop Dockside Extortionist for infinite treasures and mana, enabling massive card draw and combo wins.
Krark, the Thumbless
A deck with high interaction and stax elements designed to slow the game and finish with graveyard-based combos.
Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
Manual storm deck that uses the commanders to build arbitrarily large storm counts, aiming for wins with single or two-card combos.
Dina, Soul Steeper
Storm deck utilizing advantage engines like Ad Nauseam, Necropotence, and wheel effects to generate massive card advantage and quickly assemble combos.
Kess, Dissident Mage
A heavy control and reanimation deck leveraging spells and recursion to control the board and win through powerful combos.
Gameplay Insights
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Korvold player used sacrifice and reanimation loops effectively to generate infinite treasures, which was the core engine for the win.
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A misread of Peer into the Abyss led to a player drawing half their deck, significantly ramping up their combo potential.
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Timely use of Culling Ritual and survival effects helped manage graveyard resources and board state.
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Despite multiple combo attempts and interactions, the treasure storm engine maintained a strong board presence and resource advantage.
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Players recognized the importance of key cards like Underworld Breach and Lion's Eye Diamond to enable their combo lines.
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The game demonstrated how incremental advantage through treasure generation and recursion can overcome aggressive storm strategies.
Notable Cards
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Dockside Extortionist
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Jeweled Lotus
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Peer into the Abyss
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Culling Ritual
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Lion's Eye Diamond
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Imperial Seal
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Chrome Mox
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Dark Ritual
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Necrotic Ooze
Gameplay Summary
The game featured a highly competitive cEDH multiplayer match with five players piloting distinct, powerful decks.
Early turns were marked by setup plays including ramp, artifact deployment, and hand disruption.
Korvold, Fae-Cursed King, piloted by Justin Parnell, quickly established a strong treasure generation engine through sacrifice and reanimation loops involving Dockside Extortionist.
This setup allowed Korvold to generate massive mana and card advantage, applying pressure on the table.
Meanwhile, other players focused on their respective strategies, including graveyard combos, manual storm, and attrition tactics.
A turning point occurred when a player misread the card Peer into the Abyss, drawing a substantial portion of their deck and accelerating their combo potential.
Despite this, Korvold's treasure storm and recursive resource generation proved difficult to counter, eventually leading to a decisive advantage.
The game showcased several interactive moments, including timely responses, ritual casts, and strategic sacrifices that shaped the flow of the match.
Ultimately, the synergy of treasure production and sacrifice effects under Korvold's command dominated the late game, securing the win through an infinite mana and draw combo enabled by Dockside Extortionist loops and reanimation.
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