Yisan vs Elsha vs Rielle vs Kess | CEDH Gameplay

Deck Strategies

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  Yisan, the Wanderer Bard

  A midrange and toolbox deck that uses Yisan's ability to tutor creatures for interaction, hate bears, and combo pieces, aiming to generate infinite mana and overwhelm opponents with a creature combo finish.

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  Elsha of the Infinite

  A midrange artifact synergy deck leveraging Sensei's Divining Top and artifact-based card advantage to control the game and find key spells for value and interaction.

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  Rielle, the Everwise

  Focused on generating massive card advantage through Rielle's draw triggers, using looting effects and artifact synergies to fuel a midrange control game plan.

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  Kess, Dissident Mage

  A midrange deck with dual avenues to victory via storm combos or consultation combo, utilizing efficient disruption and recursion to maintain control and assemble a lethal combo.

Gameplay Insights

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  Trinisphere was a pivotal card that slowed down the game significantly, restricting early plays and mana acceleration for most players.

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  Folger’s repeated Yisan activations were crucial to tutoring up the exact creatures needed to assemble his infinite mana and card draw combo.

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  The infinite mana combo with Karametra's Acolyte, Quirion Ranger, and Ashaya allowed Folger to pay for multiple Smothering Tithe triggers and draw an overwhelming number of cards with Regal Force.

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  Despite multiple attempts at disruption, Folger used Eternal Witness and Teamer Sabertooth to recover key spells and continue his combo setup.

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  The final loop involving Teamer Sabertooth and Craterhoof Behemoth to bounce and recast Craterhoof provided a clean, infinite combat phase to win the game.

Notable Cards

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  Yisan, the Wanderer Bard

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  Trinisphere

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  Smothering Tithe

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  Wild Growth

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  Karametra's Acolyte

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  Quirion Ranger

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  Ashaya, Soul of the Wild

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  Regal Force

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  Craterhoof Behemoth

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  Swan Song

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  Thoughtseize

Summary

The game began with a slower, midrange development from all players, heavily influenced by the early play of Trinisphere which limited their mana acceleration and plays. Folger, piloting Yisan, the Wanderer Bard, focused on building a strong board presence with mana dorks and enchantments like Smothering Tithe and Wild Growth, while activating Yisan multiple times to tutor up key creatures for his combo. Despite some disruption from opponents, Folger managed to assemble infinite green mana using Karametra's Acolyte, Quirion Ranger, and Ashaya, Soul of the Wild, enabling him to draw massive amounts of cards with Regal Force. After drawing extensively, he eventually found and executed his Craterhoof Behemoth and Teamer Sabertooth combo to pump his team and repeatedly bounce Craterhoof for lethal damage, winning the game decisively.