Deck & Commander Strategies
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin
Focuses on assembling a combo that leverages sacrifice outlets and powerful mana acceleration to quickly reduce opponents' life totals. Utilizes hand disruption and card draw to maintain pressure and protection.
Y'shtola, Night's Blessed
Uses Necropotence and card advantage engines to draw into key spells and control the game. Provides interaction and disruption to stall opponents while setting up a win condition.
Dargo, the Shipwrecker
Relies on artifact and enchantment destruction alongside efficient creatures to disrupt opponents’ boards and generate value. Aims to control the pace and support synergy with +1/+1 counters.
Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
Utilizes +1/+1 counter synergies to grow creatures and transfer counters on death triggers, aiming to build a resilient board presence and combo with sacrifice outlets.
Fire Lord Azula
Focuses on aggressive burn and elemental synergies to pressure opponents early and capitalize on damage-based combos. Uses fast mana and disruption to maintain tempo.
Gameplay Insights
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Keeping multiple Mystic Remoras early created tension around card draw and resource feeding, heavily influencing players’ interaction and pacing.
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The Ob Nixilis player’s willingness to keep a risky hand without protection paid off by relying on other players’ inability to stop key combo pieces.
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Necropotence, while typically risky, synergized well with Ob Nixilis by turning life loss into card advantage, accelerating the combo setup.
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Use of Silence and Mystical Tutor protected crucial spells during critical turns, demonstrating the importance of timing and interaction in cEDH.
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The sacrifice and ping combo with Walking Ballista and Ob Nixilis was the primary win condition, showcasing efficient combo execution in a multiplayer setting.
Notable Cards
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Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin
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Mystic Remora
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Agatha's Soul Cauldron
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Dark Ritual
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Walking Ballista
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Necropotence
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Mystical Tutor
Gameplay Summary
The game began with players developing their mana bases and setting up early interaction, highlighted by Mystic Remora and Soul Cauldron providing card advantage and graveyard interaction.
The Ob Nixilis player kept a risky hand focused on assembling a combo but lacked protection, relying heavily on blue players' interaction to stall opponents.
The key turning point was the successful casting of Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin, supported by Dark Ritual and sacrifice outlets like Walking Ballista, enabling a combo kill that ended the first game swiftly.
The presence of multiple Mystic Remoras created tension around card draw and resource feeding, influencing strategic decisions. In the second game, early Necropotence by Y'shtola accelerated card draw and fueled spellcasting, setting up a strong hand.
The Dargo, Reyhan, and Fire Lord Azula players developed their board states, but the Ob Nixilis player again took decisive action by casting Ob Nixilis and leveraging fast mana and burn spells like Flame Breather to threaten opponents.
Interaction such as Silence and Mystical Tutor were used to protect key spells and maintain control.
Despite Necropotence often being a double-edged sword, the synergy with Ob Nixilis allowed the player to capitalize on the life loss for card advantage.
The game showed high-level interplay between combo setup, disruption, and resource management typical of competitive EDH matches.
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