Lavinia vs Sisay Superfriends vs Oloro vs Selvala | S2E2 | cEDH Gameplay | Casually Competitive

Deck Strategies

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  Oloro, Ageless Ascetic

  Utilizes passive life gain and Necropotence to generate card advantage while assembling combos like Sanguine Bond and Exquisite Blood or Laboratory Maniac with Demonic Consultation to win.

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  Sisay, Weatherlight Captain

  Builds a superfriends board state by tutoring and deploying low-cost legendary permanents and planeswalkers, controlling the board and assembling combos involving planeswalkers for value and eventual win.

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  Lavinia, Azorius Renegade

  Controls the board with stax elements like Winter Orb and Mind Sensor, locking opponents out of casting spells and protecting the lock with Lavinia’s ability to disrupt noncreature spells.

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  Selvala, Explorer Returned

  Ramps quickly with mana dorks and aims to generate infinite mana combos using creatures like Wirewood Symbiote combined with Isochron Scepter and The Great Creator to mill opponents out via Selvala’s ability.

Gameplay Insights

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  Lavinia’s timely Winter Orb and Mind Sensor established a powerful stax lock early, severely slowing down opponents’ ability to play spells and setting the tone for controlling the game.

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  Oloro’s use of Necropotence to pay life for card advantage allowed rapid assembly of combo pieces, but the life loss had to be carefully managed against pressure from other players.

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  Sisay’s deployment of Oko and activation of his ability to turn Winter Orb into a creature showed clever exploitation of opponents’ stax pieces for offensive value.

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  Selvala’s aggressive ramp and early casting of Mana Crypt and Hushbringer helped smooth out his curve and disrupt opponents, setting up for his infinite mana mill combo.

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  The interaction of Lavinia’s ability with other players’ spells created a strong political dynamic, forcing opponents to adapt their plays around her lockdown effects.

Notable Cards

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  Necropotence

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  Winter Orb

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  Oko, Thief of Crowns

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  Mana Crypt

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  Sanguine Bond

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  Exquisite Blood

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  Demonic Consultation

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  Isochron Scepter

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  Wirewood Symbiote

Summary

The game started with all players setting up their mana bases and early board presence. Oloro aimed to leverage life gain and card advantage through Necropotence and other life-based synergies while assembling combos involving Sanguine Bond and Exquisite Blood. Sisay focused on a superfriends strategy, deploying powerful planeswalkers like Oko, Thief of Crowns, to control the board and pump up Sisay by fetching legendary permanents. Lavinia's deck sought to lock down opponents by deploying Winter Orb and Mind Sensor to hamper their ability to play spells while using Lavinia herself to prevent noncreature spells. Selvala ramped aggressively and aimed to generate infinite mana combos with creatures like Wirewood Symbiote and cards such as Isochron Scepter and The Great Creator to mill the table out via Selvala's ability.