Deck & Commander Strategies
Mishra, Eminent One
Produces artifact creature tokens that provide early aggression and board presence, aiming to pressure opponents quickly and leverage artifact synergies and recursion.
Dargo, the Shipwrecker
Aggressive red-based deck focusing on disrupting opponents with direct damage and efficient creatures, aiming to seize tempo and control early.
Tymna the Weaver & Kraum, Ludevic's Opus
A tempo and card advantage deck that leverages draw and interaction, using both commanders to generate consistent incremental value and disrupt opponents.
Thrasios, Triton Hero & Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder
A Fresius-based ramp and combo deck utilizing a high land count and multiple activations of Fresius to dig deep into the deck, generate mana advantage, and outvalue opponents with continuous activations and card filtering.
Gameplay Insights
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The Fresius player carefully manages activations to filter the deck and find key cards while maintaining mana efficiency through ramp creatures and lands.
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Mishra aggressively attacks with artifact tokens each turn to pressure opponents and disrupt their game plans.
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Force of Negation is used proactively to counter important spells like Heuristic Study, denying opponents card advantage and tempo.
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Pyroblast is strategically held to prevent Mishra from gaining life and drawing cards, reflecting awareness of key threats.
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The Fresius player cycles lands and uses fetchlands actively to ensure mana fixing and maximize activation potential.
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Despite a slow start and mana issues, the Fresius deck remains resilient by focusing on incremental value and continuous activations.
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Players carefully weigh when to attack or hold back to avoid opening themselves to counterattacks or combo setups.
Notable Cards
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Lotus Cobra
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Tireless Provisioner
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Mana Crypt
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Gemstone Caverns
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Force of Negation
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Pyroblast
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Tainted Pact
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Arcane Signet
Gameplay Summary
The game features a four-player cEDH match with powerful commanders including Mishra, Eminent One, Dargo, the Shipwrecker, and a Thrasios & Bruse Tarl team.
The gameplay begins with typical early mana development and minor skirmishes involving artifact tokens generated by Mishra's eminent one, swinging early damage at opponents and pressuring life totals.
The Thrasios & Bruse player focuses on ramping and controlling the board state, leveraging Fresius activations to dig through their large land-focused deck.
Despite some early mana struggles, they eventually stabilize by assembling mana accelerants like Lotus Cobra and Tireless Provisioner to enable continuous Fresius activations. Throughout the midgame, players jockey for position with Mishra aggressively creating artifact tokens and attacking, while the Thrasios & Bruse deck uses card draw and land synergy to build resources.
The Dargo and Tymna/Kraum players add to the dynamic with their own board presence and interaction.
Key moments include Mishra's repeated token creation and attacks reducing opponents' life totals, and the Fresius player carefully managing activations to filter through the deck and maintain pressure.
Spells like Force of Negation and Pyroblast are used tactically to control threats.
The game progresses slowly with careful resource management, and the Fresius deck looks to eventually dominate by leveraging its unique activation mechanic to outvalue opponents and establish a winning board state.
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