CEDH w/ B-rad from Highground gaming! Kinnan Vs. Etali Vs. Thrasios/Tymna Vs. Derevi

Deck & Commander Strategies

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  Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy

  Kinnan's deck aims to ramp heavily with mana dorks and artifacts to quickly draw extra cards and cast large spells, often winning through explosive mana production and combo finishers.

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  Etali, Primal Conqueror

  Etali's deck is built around powerful creatures and disruption, using Etali's ability to attack and exile cards for advantage, while leveraging efficient tutors and interaction to control the game.

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  Thrasios, Triton Hero and Tymna the Weaver

  This deck focuses on maximizing card draw and value through commanders' abilities, Rhystic Study, and efficient spells, controlling the board with counterspells and winning through incremental advantage and combos.

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  Derevi, Empyrial Tactician

  Derevi's deck plays a value-oriented control game using flicker effects, disruption, and efficient creatures to lock down opponents and gain incremental advantage, eventually winning through combat or combo.

Gameplay Insights

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  An early Demonic Tutor play by Etali's pilot, enabled by a fortunate topdeck, created a significant tempo swing and set the tone for aggressive plays.

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  The casting of Time Twister reset the board state by forcing all players to shuffle their hands and graveyards into their libraries and draw new hands, impacting resource availability and momentum.

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  Force of Negation was used to counter a key spell despite the player being tapped out, showing the importance of free counterspells in preserving board state in cEDH games.

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  Gilded Drake was used strategically to steal key creatures, though opponents debated the best flicker targets to maximize value from the stolen creature.

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  Players demonstrated careful mana management and sequencing to maximize the value of their spells and maintain pressure despite heavy disruption and interaction.

Notable Cards

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  Mox Diamond

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  Veil of Summer

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  Rhystic Study

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  Demonic Tutor

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  Force of Negation

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  Bloom Tender

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  Gilded Drake

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  Elvish Mystic

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  Tarnished Citadel

Gameplay Summary