Deck & Commander Strategies
Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
A treasure storm combo deck leveraging sacrifice outlets and powerful draw engines to generate massive card advantage and mana, aiming to close out the game with explosive storm combos.
Najeela, the Blade-Blossom
An aggressive combat-focused deck that uses additional combat phases and warrior tribal synergies to quickly pressure opponents and close out games through combat damage.
Tymna the Weaver and Tana, the Bloodsower
A Protean Hulk combo deck that assembles a combo through creature sacrifice and token production, winning via combat damage or combo finishers like Mayhem Devil and infinite sacrifice loops.
Slicer, Hired Muscle // Slicer, High-Speed Antagonist
An aggro and Voltron style deck that leverages Slicer's haste and growing power through multiplayer interactions to apply early pressure and win through combat damage.
Gameplay Insights
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The players carefully managed combat steps around Slicer and Ranger-Captain to control damage distribution and force opponents into attacking, highlighting the importance of threat negotiation in multiplayer cEDH.
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Using Sylvan Library early allowed for card selection and filtering, enhancing consistency in assembling combo pieces.
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Korvold’s treasure generation and sacrifice combo lines pressured opponents to disrupt him quickly or face a storm finish.
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The interaction between Protean Hulk’s creature sacrifice combo and token generators like Mayhem Devil provided a robust secondary win condition beyond combat damage.
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Players used low-cost spells and rituals to accelerate mana development for quick deployment of key threats and combos.
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Clever use of cards like Chalice of the Void helped lock down opposing decks, particularly on zero-cost spells, impacting the game tempo.
Notable Cards
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Slicer, Hired Muscle // Slicer, High-Speed Antagonist
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Protean Hulk
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Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
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Najeela, the Blade-Blossom
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Tymna the Weaver
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Tana, the Bloodsower
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Ranger-Captain of Eos
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Mayhem Devil
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Sylvan Library
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Lotus Petal
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Dark Ritual
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Chalice of the Void
Gameplay Summary
The game featured a high-level competitive four-player duel involving aggressive and combo-centric decks.
Early turns saw players setting up their mana bases and crucial pieces, such as ramp with Dark Ritual and Sylvan Library, while also deploying threats like Slicer and assembling combo components.
One key moment revolved around managing the aggressive creature Slicer, which grows stronger with more players in the game and was poised to deal significant damage if left unchecked.
The players negotiated attacks carefully, with threats like Ranger Captain being used strategically to force attacks or prevent lethal swings. Korvold’s treasure storm approach, alongside Protean Hulk’s combo potential with sacrifice outlets and token generation, set the stage for explosive turns.
Meanwhile, Najeela’s aggressive combat synergies and Tymna and Tana’s Hulk combo provided multiple avenues for victory.
The tension peaked when players debated attacking decisions around Slicer and Ranger Captain interactions, highlighting the delicate balance of threat management in cEDH.
The game was characterized by careful sequencing, combo assembly, and threat mitigation until a critical turn where one player could capitalize on the board state for a decisive win.
