cEDH Gameplay Thrasios/Tymna Vs. Kinnan Vs. Magda Vs. Hashaton (bracket 5)

Deck Strategies

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  Thrasios, Triton Hero and Tymna the Weaver

  Generate incremental card advantage through Tymna's card draw from combat damage and Thrasios's ability to scry and draw, combined with control elements and disruption to stay ahead while setting up a combo finish.

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  Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy

  Ramp aggressively with artifacts and creatures to generate large amounts of mana quickly, enabling combos that produce infinite mana and allow for overwhelming board presence or combo finishes.

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  Magda, Brazen Outlaw

  Ramp via treasure tokens and dwarf synergies to generate mana and value, then capitalize on treasure production and artifact interactions to pressure opponents and enable combos.

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  Hashaton, Scarab's Fist

  Utilize artifact synergies and disruption to control the board, leveraging powerful artifact recursion and stax elements to slow opponents and assemble a combo to win.

Gameplay Insights

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  Reanimating Sire of Stagnation was a crucial disruption, forcing opponents to exile cards on land drops and drawing extra cards for its controller, which tilted card advantage.

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  Kinnan's combo with Assault Monolith and Transit Artifact to generate infinite colorless mana was the game-changing interaction, setting up a strong win condition.

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  The presence of Vexing Shusher complicated counterspell interactions, enabling spells to resolve that might otherwise have been countered.

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  Players carefully timed their removal and counterspells to protect or dismantle combos, exemplified by the Force of Will response to the key artifact combo.

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  Magda's treasure token generation and sacrifice plays helped maintain board presence and ramp, but the threat of infinite combos pressured her game plan.

Notable Cards

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  Sire of Stagnation

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  Vexing Shusher

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  Mystical Tutor

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  Reanimate

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  Survival of the Fittest

Summary

The game started with each player developing their board and mana base, with early plays including ramp spells, mana rocks, and some disruption. Skylar on Thrasios/Tymna focused on card advantage and disruption, while Zach on Kinnan quickly established a mana engine with Kinnan and artifact ramp, aiming for a powerful combo. Ryan on Magda utilized treasure tokens and dwarf synergies to generate value and pressure the table. The narrator, playing Hashaton, Scarab's Fist, worked on assembling critical artifact and disruption pieces to control the board. A pivotal moment occurred when Sire of Stagnation was reanimated, significantly impacting land drops for opponents and drawing extra cards for its controller. This card created tension as players had to carefully consider playing lands, knowing that they would lose cards from their libraries. Kinnan managed to assemble a combo involving Assault Monolith and Transit Artifact, enabling infinite colorless mana. The board state was tense with counterspells and responses to protect or disrupt this combo, but the infinite mana setup positioned Kinnan strongly as the game progressed toward a potential win condition involving infinite activations.