Deck & Commander Strategies
Tymna the Weaver / Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
A stax-oriented creature deck that uses hate bears and clones to tax opponents, limit their interactions, and protect key pieces, aiming to dominate the board and win through incremental advantage.
Silas Renn, Seeker Adept // Jeska, Thrice Reborn
A Grixis combo deck utilizing Jeska as an infinite mana outlet combined with Ad Nauseam or Isochron Scepter to generate large storm counts and win quickly.
Thrasios, Triton Hero / Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh
Leveraging Divergent Transformation to exile the commanders and search for a one-card combo with Thassa's Oracle and Leveler to win the game instantly.
Obeka, Brute Chronologist
Using Obeka’s ability to take multiple extra turns to generate overwhelming advantage and disrupt opponents’ game plans, aiming to close out the game through repeated actions.
Gameplay Insights
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Casting Opposition Agent early as a tempo play to disrupt opponent tutors and gain early control.
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Using cloning effects like Phantasmal Image and Sakashima to create difficult-to-remove threats and protect key creatures from opponent interactions.
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Deploying Thorn of Amethyst and Vryn Wingmare to tax opponents’ spells, increasing their costs and slowing down their game plans.
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Sanctum Prelate’s ability effectively shut down a powerful combo line involving Tainted Pact and Wheel effects, illustrating the strength of stax elements against combo decks.
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Players prioritized clearing counterspells and interaction early to enable their own win conditions, highlighting the importance of resource denial and tempo in cEDH.
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Repeated damage from Mana Crypt and Manicrypt was a consistent cost, emphasizing the risk-reward nature of fast mana in competitive multiplayer games.
Notable Cards
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Opposition Agent
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Phantasmal Image
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Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
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Gilded Drake
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Vryn Wingmare
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Thorn of Amethyst
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Sanctum Prelate
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Mana Crypt
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Mother of Runes
Gameplay Summary
The game started with each player establishing their mana base and early board presence, with notable plays including casting Opposition Agent early to disrupt tutors and using cloning effects with Phantasmal Image and Sakashima of a Thousand Faces to double powerful creatures like Gilded Drake and Vryn Wingmare.
The Tymna/Sakashima deck focused on stax elements, leveraging creatures that increase opponents' spell costs and protective clones to control the board and limit interactions.
Meanwhile, the Silas/Jeska Grixis deck aimed to generate infinite mana with Jeska as a mana outlet and planned to win through combo pieces like Ad Nauseam or Isochron Scepter.
Thrasios/Rograkh utilized Divergent Transformation to exile commanders and find a one-card combo win with Thassa's Oracle and Leveler.
Obeka's deck capitalized on repeated extra turns to gain advantage and disrupt opponents.
A key turning point was the Tymna/Sakashima player establishing a taxing board with Thorn of Amethyst and forcing opponents to pay extra for spells, combined with cloning effects that made removal inefficient.
There was also a significant moment where Sanctum Prelate shut down a major combo plan involving Tainted Pact and Wheel effects, illustrating the power of stax elements in the game.
The game’s tension revolved around counterspells, taxing effects, and strategic cloning, with each deck aiming to either lock down the board or assemble their combo pieces for a swift victory.
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