cEDH except it's all GREEN | Animar VS Selvala VS Selvala VS Etali

Deck & Commander Strategies

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  Selvala, Heart of the Wilds

  A mono-green creature combo deck that buffs Selvala’s power and uses untapping and mana generation combos to produce large amounts of mana quickly, aiming to win through infinite mana and damage.

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  Selvala, Explorer Returned

  A green-white creature combo deck that utilizes the Parlay ability to generate infinite mana and then leverages that mana to win through infinite damage with cards like Walking Ballista or Finale of Devastation.

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  Animar, Soul of Elements

  A creature-based deck focused on casting low-cost creatures repeatedly to grow Animar and create a large board presence, often needing additional combos or finishers to close out the game.

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  Etali, Primal Conqueror

  A Food Chain combo deck that aims to loop casting Etali repeatedly with Food Chain, stealing opponents’ cards and accumulating overwhelming advantage to win.

Gameplay Insights

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  Using Cavern of Souls to cast key elf creatures uncountered was crucial for establishing early board presence and enabling combo setup.

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  Players carefully managed mana acceleration through elves and mana rocks to prepare for infinite mana combos.

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  The Parlay mechanic on Selvala, Explorer Returned allowed generating large mana pools by revealing nonland cards, turning card advantage into mana advantage.

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  Etali’s Food Chain combo threatened to destabilize the game by stealing opponents’ permanents and casting Etali repeatedly.

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  Animar’s protection from white and black provided resilience against removal, but required other pieces to finish the game.

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  Manglehorn was used effectively to destroy problematic artifacts like Vexing Shusher, preventing counterspells and protecting combos.

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  Players utilized synergy between creatures and mana-producing lands like Gaea’s Cradle to maximize mana generation for combo execution.

Notable Cards

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  Llanowar Elves

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  Vexing Shusher

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  Mana Vault

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  Gaea's Cradle

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  Elvish Mystic

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  Wall of Roots

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  Manglehorn

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  Gemstone Caverns

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  Ancient Tomb

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  Green Sun's Zenith

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  Finale of Devastation

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  Walking Ballista

Gameplay Summary