PRIDE cEDH PART 1 FEAT. OOPS...ALL SALT/ONE MANA SHORT - IMPLEMENTS OF cEDH - S28E2 - #MTG #PRIDE

Deck Strategies

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  Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools

  Focuses on generating incremental advantage through token copies of planeswalkers and creatures, leveraging +1/+1 counters and ultimate abilities to overwhelm opponents, often combining with combo pieces for a game-ending sequence.

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  Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar

  Utilizes card draw and planeswalker abilities to control the board and generate value over time, while supporting combos and protecting key permanents with incremental advantage.

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  Norin the Wary

  Acts as a flicker engine and disruption tool, repeatedly bouncing creatures and triggering enter-the-battlefield effects to generate card advantage and disrupt opponents' plans.

• Kai Carurus Pride

  Aggressive tempo deck leveraging evasive creatures to chip away at opponents’ life totals and facilitate early board presence while supporting synergy with other creatures and planeswalkers.

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  Purphoros, God of the Forge

  Generates damage through token creation and synergy with other creatures entering the battlefield, using burn damage to finish off opponents quickly.

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  Saheeli Rai

  Combo-centric deck focused on artifact synergies and creating infinite or near-infinite combos, often leveraging artifact tokens and value engines.

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  Satoru, the Infiltrator

  Utilizes evasive creatures and disruption to maintain board control, enabling tempo plays and supporting combo or control strategies.

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  Huatli, Radiant Champion

  Focuses on creature tokens and anthem effects to build a strong board presence, often supporting aggressive strategies and synergy with other creatures.

Gameplay Insights

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  The use of Norin the Wary as a flicker effect facilitated repeated triggers on creatures and planeswalkers, enabling strong synergy with commanders like Tevesh Szat and Tamiyo.

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  Activating Tevesh Szat's ultimate to copy Deepglow Skate created a massive number of counters that significantly boosted planeswalkers and creatures, shifting board control decisively.

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  Players demonstrated precise sequencing by using tutors such as Imperial Seal and Mystical Tutor to assemble combo pieces quickly, highlighting the efficiency required in cEDH gameplay.

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  The timely deployment of disruption spells like Mental Misstep and counterspells such as Swan Song and Force of Negation shaped the interaction dynamic, forcing opponents to adapt or fail their key plays.

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  The final winning sequence involved leveraging Demonic Consultation combined with discard and recursion spells to execute a swift and reliable combo finish, showcasing classic cEDH combo execution.

Notable Cards

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  Esper Sentinel

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  Mox Diamond

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  Deepglow Skate

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  Demonic Consultation

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  Food Chain

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  Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools

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  Norin the Wary

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  Purphoros, God of the Forge

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  Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar

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  Pack Rat

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  Mystic Remora

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  Imperial Seal

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  Chain of Vapor

Summary

The game featured a fast-paced, high-interaction cEDH match with multiple commanders and aggressive plays from the start. Early turns revolved around setting up mana bases, dropping key creatures like Esper Sentinel and deploying powerful commanders such as Tamiyo and Kai Car to generate incremental advantages. Players quickly utilized tutors and mana acceleration to ramp into impactful spells, including uncounterable Tevesh Szat and Purphoros, God of the Forge, which began to shape the board state with tokens and value generation. A pivotal moment occurred when Tevesh Szat's ultimate was activated, copying Deepglow Skate and generating numerous counters on planeswalkers and creatures, enabling a massive board presence and damage output. Norin the Wary’s recurring flicker ability synergized with other creatures, facilitating repeated triggers and card draws. The game reached a climax when a player successfully resolved a Demonic Consultation combo, leveraging tutors, discard, and recursion spells to win quickly, showcasing the explosive potential of cEDH decks. The match ended with a demonstration of precise sequencing, resource management, and timely interaction to achieve a swift victory.