COMPOSER - IMPLEMENTS OF cEDH - S21E7 - SLICER v TEVESH/ROG v KINNAN v DARGO/IKRA - MTG GAMEPLAY

Deck Strategies

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  Slicer, Hired Muscle // Slicer, High-Speed Antagonist

  Aggressively bounce and replay Slicer to chip away at opponents while generating card advantage through its transform ability. Uses creatures like Imperial Recruiter and clone effects to maintain constant pressure.

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  Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools

  Control and value generation through artifact synergies and incremental advantage. Utilizes spells and creatures to disrupt opponents while building a threatening board presence.

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  Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh

  Aggressive red-based strategy focused on generating tokens and value from sacrifice effects, using haste and combat tricks to close out the game quickly.

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  Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy

  Ramp and treasure generation to quickly amass mana and cast large spells or combos. Relies on mana dorks and artifact synergies to accelerate and out-resource opponents.

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  Dargo, the Shipwrecker

  Combo and card draw engine utilizing Greater Good and Treasure generation to dig for key combo pieces and overwhelm opponents with value.

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  Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper

  Life gain and attrition-based control, leveraging life as a resource to stabilize and outlast opponents.

Gameplay Insights

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  Using the transform mechanic on Slicer combined with cloning effects allowed for repeated threats and card draw, maintaining pressure and resource flow.

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  Dargo's use of Greater Good and Treasure generation enabled multiple card draw steps in a single turn, searching deeply for combo pieces.

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  The Twinflame and Dualcaster Mage combo was a decisive finisher, generating an arbitrarily large hasty army to close out the game.

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  Players balanced aggressive attacks with careful resource management, such as Rograkh choosing not to sacrifice himself to maintain blockers.

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  Skullclamp proved pivotal for card draw, especially when combined with tokens generated or creatures returned repeatedly by Slicer and cloning effects.

Notable Cards

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  Slicer, Hired Muscle // Slicer, High-Speed Antagonist

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  Jeweled Lotus

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  Lotus Petal

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  Imperial Recruiter

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  Greater Good

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  Twinflame

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  Dualcaster Mage

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  Skullclamp

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  Mana Crypt

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  Chromatic Lantern

Summary

The game began with players quickly establishing their mana bases and deploying fast mana artifacts such as Jeweled Lotus and Lotus Petal to accelerate into powerful plays early on. Slicer was aggressively attacking, bouncing around the table thanks to its transform mechanic and interactions with cards like Imperial Recruiter and Metamorph, which created a dynamic exchange of threats. Key early plays included Dargo utilizing Greater Good to draw deeply into his deck and set up combo pieces, while Rograkh used Tevesh Szat's ability to generate threats and card advantage. Mid-game saw a sharp increase in tempo as players leveraged their commanders' abilities, with Kinnan tapping mana dorks to ramp and generate treasures, and multiple instances of card draw, damage, and board presence shifts.