Sowing Discord | Game 3 | cEDH | Aminatou v Vannifar v Tymna/Kraum v Marwyn (Magic: The Gathering)

Deck Strategies

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  Aminatou, the Fateshifter

  Uses blink effects to generate incremental advantage through enter-the-battlefield triggers and card manipulation, aiming to control the game and win via value and synergy.

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  Prime Speaker Vannifar

  Focuses on assembling a creature combo by tutoring specific creatures to transform and generate infinite mana or damage, leveraging creature toolbox interactions.

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  Marwyn, the Nurturer

  Deploys elf creatures rapidly to ramp mana exponentially with Marwyn's ability and Gaea's Cradle, aiming to overwhelm opponents with massive spells or combos.

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  Kraum, Ludevic's Opus / Tymna the Weaver

  Utilizes aggressive card draw from combat damage and efficient creatures to maintain pressure and generate incremental advantage, often aiming to combo out or control the board.

Gameplay Insights

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  Early use of Jeweled Lotus and Demonic Tutor set up explosive early turns, enabling fast combo assembly.

• 2

  Windfall disrupted hands and slowed down key combo development, forcing players to adapt their strategies midgame.

• 3

  Grand Abolisher was used strategically to prevent opponents from responding during critical plays.

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  Snapcaster Mage was leveraged to reuse Demonic Tutor, enabling tutoring for disruptive artifacts like Cursed Scroll.

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  Players carefully managed life payments and mana to avoid enabling opponents’ treasure generation or combo pieces.

• 6

  Attempts to remove enchantments like Cursed Scroll with Reclamation Sage were timed crucially but not always successful.

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  Prime Speaker Vannifar's combo line involving Corridor Monitor and Fate Stitcher was a key threat that pressured opponents.

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  Marwyn's deck relied on explosive ramp and board presence but was vulnerable to well-timed disruption and mana denial.

Notable Cards

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  Jeweled Lotus

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  Demonic Tutor

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  Smothering Tithe

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  Grand Abolisher

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  Windfall

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  Snapcaster Mage

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  Cursed Scroll

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  Gaea's Cradle

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  Prime Speaker Vannifar

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  Corridor Monitor

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  Reclamation Sage

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  Hexdrinker

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  Nature's Claim

Summary

The game began with fast mana acceleration and early setup plays, including a turn one Jeweled Lotus and multiple tutors leading to powerful cards like Demonic Tutor and Cursed Scroll. Early interaction was minimal, allowing players to establish their boards and prepare combos. A significant moment occurred when a Windfall spell disrupted hands, forcing players to adapt their plans quickly, particularly impacting Aminatou's setup. Marwyn utilized mana dorks and Gaea's Cradle to ramp aggressively, while Vannifar began assembling her creature toolbox combo with creatures like Corridor Monitor and Fate Stitcher. Aminatou leveraged blink effects and card advantage but struggled with mana and interaction to maintain tempo against the other fast decks. Midgame saw strategic plays around protecting key pieces such as Smothering Tithe and Grand Abolisher, which were pivotal in controlling opponents' responses. The group experienced multiple tutor chains and recursion plays, notably Snapcaster Mage reusing Demonic Tutor to find Cursed Scroll, which threatened to lock down the game. Attempts to clear enchantments and reset boards with cards like Reclamation Sage were met with timing challenges, and players were forced into defensive positions. The game eventually tilted towards a lethal board state with intricate creature interactions and combo lines, but it ended with players acknowledging their inability to recover due to resource depletion and mana constraints, signaling a win by combo or lockout from one of the players, likely Vannifar or Marwyn, given their board states and mana pools.