BLUE FARM WHO? IT'S DINO TIME | MAMTG #cEDH S5 E3 | cEDH Gameplay | Etali, Primal Conqueror, Kess

Deck Strategies

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  Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists

  This deck mimics the power of Kinon with added recursion and synergy from the Jurassic Park Universes Beyond set. It focuses on creature combos and board presence to overwhelm opponents, leveraging recursion spells like Noxious Survival and powerful dino interactions.

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  Kess, Dissident Mage

  Kess operates as a midrange control deck with a strong focus on spell recursion and disruption. It uses its commander to repeatedly cast key instants and sorceries, grinding out card advantage while controlling the board and disrupting opponents’ plays.

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  Etali, Primal Conqueror

  Etali decks are storm-combo oriented, focusing on ramp and casting multiple spells per turn to trigger Etali’s ability repeatedly. This allows casting powerful spells exiled from opponents’ libraries for free, generating card advantage and lethal combos.

Gameplay Insights

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  The use of Noxious Survival to protect key artifacts like Mana Crypt early demonstrated strong synergy with recursive spells to maintain mana advantage.

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  Brain Freeze combined with Confluence allowed a player to set up significant card draw and milling disruption, pressuring opponents’ libraries.

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  Kess’s Mystic Remora and Mystic Rora interaction created continuous card advantage and disruption, highlighting the value of enchantment-based control in a fast-paced environment.

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  The presence of Manglehorn effectively shut down artifact ramp and disrupted Etali’s fast combos, showing the importance of targeted hate cards.

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  Eldritch Evolution was used to upgrade smaller creatures into critical threats, facilitating aggressive board development and combo enablers.

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  The game featured multiple timely uses of counterspells and mana acceleration that defined the tempo shifts, especially around key spells like Time Twister and Demonic Tutor.

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  Players frequently sequenced plays to maximize Etali’s ability to exile and cast spells from opponents’ libraries, enabling explosive turns and significant card advantage.

Notable Cards

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  Brain Freeze

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  Mystic Remora

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  Manglehorn

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  Eldritch Evolution

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  Mana Crypt

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  Lotus Bloom

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  Demonic Tutor

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  Dark Ritual

Summary

The game features a high-powered cEDH multiplayer match with three aggressive, combo-oriented decks: a new Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists deck, and two Etali, Primal Conqueror decks, alongside a Kess, Dissident Mage midrange control deck. Early turns see players setting up mana acceleration and disruption, with Ellie and Alan leveraging strong synergy around creatures and recursion to apply early pressure. Kess's deck focuses on midrange value and control elements, using spells like Brain Freeze and Mystic Remora to maintain card advantage and disrupt opponents' plans. The Etali decks aim to leverage storm and aggressive top-deck disruption, using Etali’s ability to exile and cast spells from opponents' libraries, ramping quickly into powerful threats and combos.