NO HOPE IN HADLEY'S FEAT. OSMTG - IMPLEMENTS OF cEDH - S9E9 - XIRA v TIVIT v SILAS/ROGRAKH v BIRGI

Deck Strategies

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  Tivit, Seller of Secrets

  A combo-oriented deck that uses Tivit's ability to generate mana and leverage spells that benefit from casting multiple spells per turn, aiming to assemble infinite mana or damage combos quickly.

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  Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh

  A red-green aggressive midrange deck that ramps quickly and looks for powerful early creatures and synergies, often aiming to pressure opponents and enable big plays.

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  Silas Renn, Seeker Adept

  Artifact-centric graveyard recursion deck that focuses on reanimating key combo pieces and controlling the board with artifact synergies, enabling combos with creatures like Necrotic Ooze.

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  Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty

  A mono-red spell-slinging deck that accelerates mana through spells and combos for fast damage output, often using Birgi’s ability to generate extra mana and enable repeated spell casting.

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  Xira, the Golden Sting

  A tempo and disruption deck that uses Xira's poison counters and untap abilities to control the board and finish games with incremental damage or combo plays.

Gameplay Insights

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  The player used Demonic Tutor effectively to fetch key combo pieces while exiling other cards to optimize graveyard setup.

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  Reanimating Birgi and leveraging the haste-granting sacrifice outlets allowed for infinite token generation and repeated damage triggers.

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  Careful sequencing of mana rocks and land drops, including LED and Mishra's Bauble, enabled the player to produce the right colors and amounts of mana to execute the combo.

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  Utilizing Kiki-Jiki to create infinite Necrotic Ooze tokens was a game-ending interaction that combined both token generation and sacrifice synergies.

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  The game demonstrated the power of fast combo decks in cEDH to close out games quickly once the critical pieces are assembled.

Notable Cards

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  Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker

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  Necrotic Ooze

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  Demonic Tutor

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  Exotic Orchard

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  Orcish Lumberjack

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  Scalding Tarn

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  Wheel of Fortune

Summary

The game began with each player developing their mana bases and establishing early board presence. Initial turns involved setting up lands and deploying key mana accelerators such as Exotic Orchard and various utility lands. One player utilized an aggressive red-green strategy with ramp creatures like Orcish Lumberjack and Tivit's mana synergy. Another focused on artifact and graveyard interactions, leveraging cards like Demonic Tutor and Necrotic Ooze to assemble a combo. The pivotal moment came when one player executed a complex reanimation and combo sequence involving Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker and Necrotic Ooze, generating infinite creature tokens that possessed the ability to deal damage repeatedly through a synergy with Mog Fanatic. This overwhelming infinite combo effectively ended the game swiftly, showcasing a well-coordinated cEDH finisher with reanimation, token generation, and sacrifice outlets.