Excalibur Pittsburgh Tournament cEDH: Kinnan v Turtles v RogSi v RogIshai

Deck & Commander Strategies

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  Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy

  Ramp mana quickly using creatures that produce additional mana, then leverage this mana advantage to deploy powerful spells and combos to win rapidly.

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  Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh

  Aggressively use Rograkh's abilities and other synergy cards to pressure opponents with fast damage, disrupting their development and closing out the game quickly.

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  Silas Renn, Seeker Adept

  Utilize artifact recursion and tempo plays to control the board and generate incremental advantage, eventually winning through value and combat damage.

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  Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker

  Build a growing threat by buffing Ishai and other creatures over time, leveraging incremental attack power to overwhelm opponents in longer games.

Gameplay Insights

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  Turtle Soup's use of Opposition Agent combined with Braids created a taxing environment that limited opponents' ability to execute their combos smoothly.

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  Kinnan's mana ramp capabilities allowed for explosive turns, often outpacing opponents in resource generation and enabling early combo attempts.

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  The absence of copy spells in the Turtle Soup deck indicated a focus on clean, resilient disruption and efficient threats rather than combo replication.

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  Players prioritized deploying value engines early to maintain board presence and pressure, understanding that the meta favored fast combo wins around turn two or three.

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  Strategic sequencing of spells like Emercle and Drift of Fantasm helped Kinnan maintain control over the game state and forced opponents to respond to multiple threats simultaneously.

Notable Cards

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  Opposition Agent

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  Braids, Cabal Minion

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  Manamorphose

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  Snapback

Gameplay Summary