Deck & Commander Strategies
Najeela, the Blade-Blossom
Leverages a five-color warrior tribal theme with combos involving Derevi and Underworld Breach to generate infinite combat steps and tokens for a lethal board presence.
Winota, Joiner of Forces
Utilizes aggressive creature-based combat where Winota's ability cheats in powerful non-human attackers during combat, aiming to overwhelm opponents quickly.
Omnath, Locus of Creation
Focuses on landfall and mana ramping to fuel combos such as Underworld Breach and Brain Freeze, enabling storm-like milling and a combo finish through repeated casting of spells from the graveyard.
Norman Osborn // Green Goblin
Centers around discard disruption and graveyard recursion, using Green Goblin’s ability to replay discarded spells and setting up for combo wins by chaining spells from the grave.
Gameplay Insights
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The Omnath player’s use of Underworld Breach combined with Brain Freeze to mill their entire library was a critical turning point that set up the combo finish.
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The interaction where the Omnath player escaped Displacer Kin and Eternal Witness multiple times to flicker Eternal Witness and generate infinite Lightning Bolts demonstrated high-level combo execution.
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The players’ use of Rristic Study and Esper Sentinel generated significant card advantage for opponents, influencing timing and sequencing of spells.
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Winota’s aggressive strategy was slowed due to opponents prioritizing disruption and counterspells like Swansong and Flusterstorm, highlighting the importance of interaction in CEDH.
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The Green Goblin player’s discard and recursion plan was consistently pressured by other players’ counterspells and removal, preventing the deck from establishing its combo.
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Key combat steps with Najeela generating warrior tokens added pressure but were ultimately outpaced by the Omnath player’s combo finish.
Notable Cards
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Underworld Breach
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Brain Freeze
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Eternal Witness
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Noble Hierarch
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Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
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Flusterstorm
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Gamble
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Esper Sentinel
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Winota, Joiner of Forces
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Voice of Victory
Gameplay Summary
The game featured a high-powered multiplayer match between four competitive Commander decks, each leveraging potent combos and synergies to gain advantage.
Early turns saw players establishing critical mana bases and deploying key creatures like Noble Hierarch, Ragavan, and Sarah Ascendant to build board presence and card advantage.
The Najeela player focused on assembling a powerful warrior token engine with combos involving Derevi and Underworld Breach, while Winota's deck aimed to flood the board with creatures and leverage aggressive combat triggers.
Omnath’s player utilized landfall and mana acceleration strategies, including Underworld Breach and food chain synergies to generate explosive mana and card draw.
Meanwhile, the Green Goblin deck centered on a discard-focused disruption plan combined with Green Goblin's ability to replay spells from the graveyard, setting up for a combo finish.
The game’s pivotal moment came when the Omnath player executed a well-timed Underworld Breach and Brain Freeze storm combo, milling the majority of their library, followed by an escape sequence involving Displacer Kin and Eternal Witness to repeatedly cast Lightning Bolt until knocking out all opponents and securing the win.
![A real THORN in my side [S2G12] cEDH Gameplay - KINNAN v WINOTA v KRARK/SILAS v ROG/THRAS thumbnail](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uequfW-mbI4/sddefault.jpg)
