Oops All Food Chain - Helga - Etali - Atraxa - Loot - cEDH

Deck Strategies

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  Etali, Primal Conqueror

  Utilizes aggressive combat damage combined with powerful spells cast through Etali's ability, enabling tutor and combo setups to generate overwhelming card advantage and finish games quickly.

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  Helga, Skittish Seer

  Focuses on Food Chain enabled infinite mana combos by repeatedly sacrificing and recasting creatures, leveraging the synergy to generate large amounts of mana and eventually overwhelm opponents.

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  Loot, the Pathfinder

  Leverages efficient card draw and direct damage abilities from creatures to control the board and maintain card advantage, supporting combo pieces and interaction.

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  Atraxa, Grand Unifier

  Utilizes proliferate and +1/+1 counters synergy while supporting an interactive toolbox, generating value and controlling the board state to prepare for a combo or attrition win.

Gameplay Insights

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  The use of Mold Drifter combined with Twinflame to generate explosive card draw and mana was a pivotal combo that shifted the momentum.

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  Players leveraged intricate stack interactions and multiple draw triggers to maximize card advantage, showcasing deep knowledge of timing and interaction.

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  The decision to repeatedly bounce and recast Displacer Kitten with Eldritch Evolution and Mox Opal facilitated infinite mana generation, a crucial turning point in the game.

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  Smothering Tithe provided significant resource advantage, underscoring the importance of tax effects in cEDH environments.

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  Players carefully managed interaction and responses to prevent opponents from easily executing their combos, leading to a complex web of counterplays and resource management.

Notable Cards

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  Food Chain

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  Carpet of Flowers

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  Twinflame

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  Gilded Drake

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  Smothering Tithe

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  Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer

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  Seething Song

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  Eldritch Evolution

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  Mox Opal

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  Lion's Eye Diamond

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  Verdant Catacombs

Summary

The game showcased a high-powered cEDH match centered around the Food Chain archetype, featuring commanders Etali, Helga, Loot, and Atraxa. Early turns involved players developing their mana bases and setting up essential combo pieces like Carpet of Flowers, Chromox, and various mana rocks. The board quickly filled with card draw engines and value creatures as players jockeyed for position. Key moments included a sequence where Etali’s player executed a powerful tutor and combo sequence involving Twinflame and Mold Drifter, generating tremendous card advantage. Concurrently, Helga’s Food Chain synergy enabled aggressive mana generation and creature recursion, while Atraxa and Loot players leveraged their draw and utility to maintain pressure and interaction.