HARVEST FEAT. WE CAME AS ROMAS - cEDH - S24E7 - STELLA v EZURI v MOTHMAN v CORMELA - #MTG GAMEPLAY

Deck Strategies

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  Ezuri, Renegade Leader

  Focuses on building a strong board presence with elves and using combat tricks and overrun effects to close out the game through damage.

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  Stella Lee, Wild Card

  Utilizes efficient tutoring and disruption spells to control the board and assemble a combo finish, relying on powerful artifact and spell interactions.

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  Cormela, Glamour Thief

  Leverages Grixis colors for powerful spells and tempo plays, including counterspells and removal to protect combo enablers and disrupt opponents.

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  The Wise Mothman

  Executes Food Chain and reanimation combos to generate infinite mana and storm count, enabling lethal storm or mill finishes.

Gameplay Insights

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  The Wise Mothman player’s Food Chain combo was disrupted by a timely Winds of Rebuke, showcasing the importance of interaction timing in cEDH.

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  Using Winter Orb early slowed down aggressive mana development, creating a strategic tempo advantage for disruptive players.

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  Casting Tooth and Nail late in the game to tutor key combo pieces facilitated a swift and decisive victory after a series of card draw and reanimation plays.

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  Players carefully managed resources, such as sacrificing treasures for mana and fetching lands to optimize their plays despite limited mana availability.

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  The Ezuri player leveraged combat damage and overrun effects to pressure opponents, but was ultimately unable to close the game before combo execution.

Notable Cards

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  Food Chain

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  Winter Orb

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  Demonic Tutor

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  Tooth and Nail

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  Brain Freeze

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  Underworld Breach

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  Mox Diamond

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  Lotus Petal

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  Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer

Summary

The game featured four competitive commanders battling for dominance in a tightly contested cEDH match. Early turns saw ramp spells and mana acceleration as players developed their boards with dorks, fetchlands, and mana artifacts like Lotus Petal and Mox Diamond. Key plays involved tutoring for powerful cards such as Demonic Tutor and Food Chain, and several players set up disruptive elements like Winter Orb to slow opponents. A pivotal moment occurred when the player piloting The Wise Mothman executed a Food Chain combo attempt, although it was interrupted by a Winds of Rebuke bounce, delaying their win condition. Meanwhile, aggressive combat phases by Ezuri, Renegade Leader, pushed opponents' life totals dangerously low. Another significant turn involved casting Tooth and Nail to put major threats or combos into play, followed by a classic cEDH brain freeze finish enabled by Underworld Breach and reanimation effects. The game concluded rapidly after this sequence, with the player leveraging a well-timed combo to secure the victory, despite the efforts of other decks to disrupt or stabilize the board.