Deck & Commander Strategies
Thrasios, Triton Hero & Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
This deck focuses on generating incremental value through ramp, card draw, and sacrificing creatures to Tevesh's ability to cast spells from exile, leveraging Thrasios's scry and draw for card advantage. It aims to assemble combo pieces or overwhelm opponents with efficient interaction and value engines.
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator & Tymna the Weaver
A midrange aggro-control deck that uses Tymna’s combat damage triggers for card draw and Malcolm’s evasive threats and tutors to find key spells. It applies consistent pressure while maintaining interaction and card advantage through life payment and combat.
Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
Sisay leads a toolbox strategy by tutoring legendary permanents to build a versatile board presence. It aims to assemble combos or powerful synergies by fetching specific legends and leveraging their abilities to control the game and win through value or combo finishers.
Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin
Kefka’s deck focuses on chaos and disruption, generating value through random effects and damage triggers. It uses Kefka’s planeswalker side to finish the game by dealing damage to all opponents while controlling the board with spells and creatures that create unpredictable outcomes.
Gameplay Insights
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Using Demonic Consultation to exile large parts of the deck enabled a powerful Underworld Breach reanimation sequence that provided significant card advantage and board presence.
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Carpet of Flowers was leveraged early to generate massive blue mana, allowing for explosive plays and fueling combo attempts.
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The players frequently used instant-speed interaction like Abrupt Decay and Blusterstorm to disrupt opponents' key spells and combos, demonstrating the importance of timing and response in cEDH.
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The use of creature sacrifice to activate Tevesh Szat's ability created additional value streams, allowing the casting of spells from exile and accelerating the deck's game plan.
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Tymna's combat damage triggers provided consistent card draw, keeping the deck fueled and maintaining pressure on opponents.
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The storm combo attempt was a critical moment that showcased the high-risk high-reward nature of combo decks, but it was ultimately countered, highlighting the importance of disruption in cEDH.
Notable Cards
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Underworld Breach
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Demonic Consultation
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Carpet of Flowers
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Beseech the Queen
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Abrupt Decay
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Enduring Vitality
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Lion's Eye Diamond
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Hypergenesis
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Talisman of Dominance
Gameplay Summary
The game began with all players establishing early mana ramp and setting up their board states with key utility lands and mana rocks.
Early turns saw some interaction around resource generation and card draw, with notable plays including Carpet of Flowers fueling blue mana and various tutors fetching important combo or utility pieces.
A significant sequence occurred when a player used Demonic Consultation combined with other cards to exile a large portion of their deck, enabling a powerful reanimation turn with Underworld Breach, bringing back key creatures to the battlefield and gaining card advantage.
Throughout the midgame, players engaged in aggressive combat and targeted removal, with Tymna the Weaver generating card draw through combat damage and Tevesh Szat enabling value through sacrificing creatures and casting spells from exile.
A pivotal moment involved a cascade of spells and storm triggers as one player attempted a storm combo that was ultimately disrupted.
The game showed intense interaction and disruption attempts, with powerful instant-speed responses including Abrupt Decay and Blusterstorm shaping the flow of play.
Ultimately, the match was defined by the high level of synergy and the players’ ability to leverage their commanders’ unique strengths, with the game concluding after key combo attempts and board control plays shifted the balance decisively.
