Kraum & Ikra v Sisay v Slimefoot and Squee v Baylen Bracket 5 cEDH Commander Gameplay

Deck Strategies

• Kraum & Ikra

  A Jeskai-focused deck combining card draw and lifegain with efficient interaction. It aims to control the board while building incremental advantage, eventually winning through value and combat damage.

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  Sisay, Weatherlight Captain

  A green-white legendary creature toolbox deck that uses Survival of the Fittest to tutor and assemble powerful legendary creatures, aiming to dominate the board through synergy and value creatures.

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  Slimefoot and Squee

  A Golgari-based deck focused on sacrificing creatures and generating value through tokens and drain effects, aiming to stabilize and win via incremental life loss to opponents.

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  Baylen, the Haymaker

  An aggressive red-white deck that builds board presence quickly and uses efficient combat tricks and equipment to apply pressure and close out the game through combat damage.

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  Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper

  A green-black lifegain and control deck that uses removal and value creatures to outlast opponents, winning via attrition and incremental lifegain synergies.

Gameplay Insights

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  The use of Survival of the Fittest early on allowed Sisay's player to assemble a powerful board presence by tutoring key creatures.

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  A flicker combo involving planeswalkers and treasure generation created an infinite mana loop, enabling repeated activation of ping effects to control and eventually eliminate opponents.

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  Players carefully managed their mana sources including Mox Diamond and Chromatic Orrery to fuel powerful combos and spells efficiently.

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  Responding to opponents' plays with timely removal and interaction was critical to maintain board presence and prevent early combos.

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  The flicker and treasure combo proved a game-ending sequence by generating incremental damage each turn while maintaining infinite mana.

Notable Cards

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  Survival of the Fittest

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  Mana Crypt

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  Mox Diamond

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  Worldly Tutor

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  Chromatic Orrery

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  Sensei's Divining Top

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  Zulaport Cutthroat

Summary

The game featured a high-powered cEDH multiplayer match with five distinct decks led by Kraum & Ikra, Sisay, Baylen the Haymaker, Slimefoot and Squee, and Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper. Early turns focused on ramping and setting up board states, with players deploying key mana accelerants like Mana Crypt and Mox Diamond, and tutors such as Worldly Tutor. Sisay's deck leveraged Survival of the Fittest to sculpt the board, while other players developed their mana bases and prepared combo pieces. A pivotal moment occurred when one player executed a flicker combo involving planeswalkers and treasure generation, enabling repeated mana production and incremental damage to opponents. This infinite mana and ping loop created a lethal advantage that pressured the table heavily. Despite the strong presence of Sisay and the other decks, the flicker and treasure combo proved decisive, eventually allowing the player to close out the game by overwhelming the opponents with incremental damage and resource denial.