Deck & Commander Strategies
Magda, Brazen Outlaw
Focus on generating Treasure tokens through dwarf synergy and artifact creatures to ramp quickly into powerful spells like Portal to Phrexia, which forces opponents to sacrifice creatures and provides recursion, enabling a strong midgame board control and attrition plan.
Francisco, Fowl Marauder & Kraum, Ludevic's Opus
Leverage fast mana sources like Mana Crypt and Gaea's Cradle to accelerate into high-impact plays. The deck aims to set up a combo or overwhelming board presence quickly, using tutors like Vampiric Tutor to find key pieces and disruption to control the early game.
Animar, Soul of Elements
Develop a resilient board with efficient creatures and protect key threats with interaction spells like Pyroblast. The deck seeks to outvalue opponents through creature synergy and counter manipulation but can struggle against early disruption.
Queen Marchesa
Use the Monarch mechanic to gain incremental card advantage and protect the board with removal and political plays. The deck aims to control the board state while slowly advancing toward a win condition through attrition or combo.
Gameplay Insights
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Nate’s explosive start with Magda and Clown Car rapidly generated treasures, enabling casting of Portal to Phrexia, which severely disrupted opponents by forcing mass sacrifices.
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Vu’s aggressive ramp with Mana Crypt and Gaea's Cradle allowed him to execute a strong midgame plan despite being behind on tempo early due to Opposition Agent stealing his lands.
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Cody’s Animar deck faced early disruption and struggled to establish board presence, highlighting the importance of interaction and tempo in cEDH games.
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Queen Marchesa’s use of the Monarch mechanic provided steady card advantage and political leverage, but the game ended quickly before she could fully capitalize.
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The use of Opposition Agent early on to steal key cards from opponents was a pivotal disruption tactic that shifted momentum.
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The quick sacrifice effect from Portal to Phrexia was a game-changing board wipe that paved the way for Nate’s victory.
Notable Cards
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Magda, Brazen Outlaw
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Opposition Agent
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Vampiric Tutor
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Mana Crypt
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Gaea's Cradle
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Clown Car
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Pyroblast
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Queen Marchesa
Gameplay Summary
The game opened with Nate on Magda, quickly establishing a strong early board presence by using treasures generated from Magda’s ability and the Clown Car artifact to ramp into impactful plays, including casting Portal to Phrexia to enforce a mass creature sacrifice on opponents.
Meanwhile, Vu piloting Francisco and Kraum had a greedy but potentially winning hand, opting to accelerate his mana quickly with cards like Mana Crypt and Gaea's Cradle to set up a strong midgame.
Cody on Animar tried to interact with Pyroblast and Pongify but struggled to develop a board presence due to early disruption and resource denial from Nate’s Opposition Agent and aggressive tempo plays.
Queen Marchesa, played by Tyler, stayed patient, establishing a political position as Monarch to gain card advantage and applying pressure with removal spells.