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WHAT'S THE BEST GRAVEYARD DECK IN cEDH? - Play to Win Halloween Gameplay

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Decklists

Deck Strategies

  • Thrasios, Triton Hero

    Thrasios, Triton Hero

    A reanimator deck aiming to cheat big creatures like Worldgorger Dragon into play to generate infinite mana and combo off using Thrasios’s ability for card advantage and finding win conditions.

  • Razaketh, the Foulblooded

    Utilizes Razaketh’s tutor ability to find critical combo pieces and powerful spells, supported by strong draw engines and discard outlets to manipulate the graveyard and hand.

  • Muldrotha, the Gravetide

    Muldrotha, the Gravetide

    A slower midrange graveyard deck that leverages the ability to play permanents from the graveyard, aiming to assemble unique combos and value engines to outlast opponents.

  • Anje Falkenrath

    Anje Falkenrath

    Maximizes madness mechanics to reduce the effective deck size and cycle through cards quickly, aiming to generate value and apply pressure through aggressive discard and recursion.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    The Worldgorger Dragon + Animate Dead combo was the central infinite mana engine, allowing repeated exile and return of lands and other permanents to generate massive mana and advantage.

  • 2

    Players used discard and recursion effects effectively to funnel critical pieces into the graveyard and then reanimate or exploit them.

  • 3

    Interaction such as Chain of Vapor targeting key combo pieces delayed or disrupted infinite loops, showcasing the importance of timing and response in cEDH.

  • 4

    The use of mana acceleration spells and artifacts was crucial to enabling explosive turns and early combos.

  • 5

    Veil of Summer was cast proactively to protect key combo pieces and prevent disruption during critical phases of the game.

  • 6

    Multiple tutors like Imperial Seal and Entomb were used to dig for win conditions and support the graveyard-centric game plans.

  • 7

    The balance between fast combo execution and maintaining interaction defined the pace and flow of the game.

Notable Cards

  • Worldgorger Dragon

    Worldgorger Dragon

  • Animate Dead

    Animate Dead

  • Braids, Cabal Minion

    Braids, Cabal Minion

  • Consecrated Sphinx

    Consecrated Sphinx

  • Razaketh, the Foulblooded

    Razaketh, the Foulblooded

  • Veil of Summer

    Veil of Summer

  • Chain of Vapor

    Chain of Vapor

  • Carpet of Flowers

    Carpet of Flowers

  • Lion's Eye Diamond

    Lion's Eye Diamond

  • Imperial Seal

    Imperial Seal

  • Windfall

    Windfall

  • Tidespout Tyrant

    Tidespout Tyrant

  • Chrome Mox

    Chrome Mox

  • Lotus Petal

    Lotus Petal

Summary

The game showcased a high-powered cEDH match featuring graveyard-centric decks, each leveraging unique strategies to control the board and secure a swift victory. Early turns focused on ramping mana and establishing board presence with creatures like Noble Hierarch, Priest of Titania, and various mana-generators such as Lotus Petal and Chrome Mox. Key plays involved casting spells like Worldgorger Dragon combined with Animate Dead to generate infinite mana through the exile-and-return loop of permanents, enabling explosive turns. One player used this infinite mana to cast powerful spells like Braids and Consecrated Sphinx, aiming to draw their entire deck and overwhelm opponents. Other players focused on card advantage and disruption, using spells like Windfall and Razaketh to sculpt their hands and find critical combo pieces. The game featured a pivotal moment when the Worldgorger Dragon loop was enacted, generating massive resources that threatened to end the game quickly if uninterrupted. However, the presence of interaction such as Chain of Vapor and Veil of Summer kept the game dynamic and prevented immediate wins. The match emphasized the strengths and weaknesses of graveyard-based strategies in cEDH, highlighting the importance of timing, recursion, and resource management.

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This week for Halloween we’re taking another look at some graveyard decks!

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Triton Gorger - My own personal brew, a sans white Reanimator deck trying to reanimate worldgorger dragon for infinite mana and dumping that into Thrasios, Razaketh to find a win, or Tidespout Tyrant to loop some free mana rocks for infinite mana as well. - www.moxfield.com/decks/uFtPFrsql0K_sxI6HvsxvQ

Razakats - This deck seeks to use Razaketh primarily as a way to find a win, and relies on powerful draw engines in the command zone to back it up - www.moxfield.com/decks/CwZ4jijMkkWpvx7smX2-jQ

Muldrotha Midrange - A slower deck that makes great use of some strange cards and looks to win with a unique graveyard based combo- tappedout.net/mtg-decks/make-no-gravetide-image-1

Anje Madness Maxing out on madness cards, this deck looks to make its effective deck as small as possible and uses Anje to filter through as much of it as possible - www.moxfield.com/decks/PFGBjM5BnESfH9F8qBIIaw

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