Deck & Commander Strategies
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
Leverages Phyrexian mana cost to accelerate black spells, aiming to combo or overwhelm opponents using fast mana and life payment synergy.
Derevi, Empyrial Tactician
Utilizes Derevi's ability to tap and untap creatures to combo with creatures like Birthing Pod and Guardian, focusing on control and stax elements to disrupt opponents.
Thrasios, Triton Hero and Tymna the Weaver
Combines Thrasios's card advantage and ramp with Tymna's incremental card draw through combat damage, aiming to assemble combos while maintaining efficient interaction and tempo plays.
Talion, the Kindly Lord
Focuses on value creatures and recursion, using life gain and control elements to stabilize the board and outlast opponents.
Gameplay Insights
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Casting Silence effectively shut down opponents' ability to respond with spells, providing a window to establish board state and execute plays.
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Using Gilded Drake early to steal a key creature disrupted opponents' tempo and plans.
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Timna's combat damage triggers combined with card draw engines such as OBM created steady card advantage, crucial in a multiplayer cEDH environment.
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The decision to hold back counterspells and interaction at critical moments allowed for setup of bigger plays, such as casting Hoarding Broodlord and Necropotence.
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Players leveraged incremental damage and life gain effects (e.g., Crick lifelink interactions) to gain small advantages while setting up win conditions.
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Strategic sequencing, like playing OBM followed by Timna triggers, maximized card draw and board development.
Notable Cards
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Gilded Drake
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Hoarding Broodlord
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Necropotence
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Silence
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Esper Sentinel
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Birthing Pod
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Birds of Paradise
Gameplay Summary
The game began with players establishing early board presence and ramping mana, with some initial tempo plays such as casting Gilded Drake to steal opponents' creatures.
Early interaction was light, but threats like Hoarding Broodlord and Necropotence started to shape the board state.
A key turning point was the casting of Silence, which limited opponents' ability to cast spells temporarily, shifting the momentum.
Timna the Weaver's draw triggers and synergy with creatures like Esper Sentinel and Birds of Paradise allowed for incremental card advantage and ramp.
Players jockeyed for control while setting up their combos and win conditions, including a near win attempt early on and strategic use of recursion and value creatures.
The game featured several instances of players holding back interaction, preserving resources, and carefully sequencing plays such as casting Obelisk of Urd (OBM) with Timna triggers to generate card draw and board presence.
