Battle for cEDH Staples: Red cEDH Webcam Tournament Round 1 with @1ManaFloating

Deck Strategies

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  Winota, Joiner of Forces

  Leverages aggressive combat and exploits non-human creatures entering the battlefield to cheat powerful Humans into play for rapid damage and board control.

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  Sisay, Weatherlight Captain

  Focuses on legendary creature toolboxing, using Sisay's ability to tutor and cheat legendary permanents to assemble powerful combos or control elements.

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  Nadu, Winged Wisdom

  Utilizes spell recursion and card advantage by repeatedly casting spells from the graveyard, combined with efficient ramp and value creatures to control the board.

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  Najeela, the Blade-Blossom

  Aggressively generates combat phases and warriors tokens to overwhelm opponents, often winning through combat damage and infinite combo lines.

Gameplay Insights

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  The play involving Rhystic Study's trigger and casting Mystical Tutor highlighted the importance of timing and priority understanding in cEDH, resulting in a judge call to clarify the interaction.

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  Players frequently used mana acceleration and card tutoring to maintain pressure and find key pieces for combos or board control.

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  Bouncing creatures and strategic removal were employed to disrupt opponents' tempo and prevent early combo assembly.

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  Treasure token generation and artifact mana sources were leveraged to enable multiple spells per turn and maintain resource advantage.

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  Combat damage was carefully allocated to maximize damage output while managing incoming threats and triggers.

Notable Cards

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  Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer

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  Rhystic Study

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  Lotus Cobra

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  Mystical Tutor

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  Scalding Tarn

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  Hedge Maze

Summary

The game started with players ramping mana aggressively and developing board presence using powerful cEDH staples like Ragavan, Lotus Cobra, and various fetchlands. Early plays included casting efficient creatures and value engines such as Drath Magistrate and setting up Treasure generation with cards like Looting and Treasure tokens. There was interaction involving bouncing creatures to disrupt tempo and multiple tutors to find key cards. A pivotal moment occurred when one player cast the backside of Slicer, triggering a complex interaction with Rhystic Study that led to a rules dispute and a judge call, indicating the high-stakes precision required in cEDH. Players continued to build their board states with legendary creatures and combos, preparing for aggressive attacks and synergy enablers. The game featured typical cEDH tension with resource denial, combat damage distribution, and recursive value generation moving towards decisive plays.