Old Stickfingers, Kenrith, Minsc, Lonis - #cEDH Gameplay Ep 113

Deck Strategies

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  Old Stickfingers

  A reanimation-focused deck that accelerates mana quickly using artifacts and mana dorks, tutors for key combo pieces, and aims to win by reanimating powerful creatures or going off with Ad Nauseam.

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  Kenrith, the Returned King

  An evolution-based deck that combines disruption and combo potential, leveraging Drannith Magistrate to hinder opponents' tutoring and using Imperial Seal and Intuition to find combo pieces for a fast win.

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  Minsc, Beloved Ranger

  A combo-centric deck that uses ramp and efficient creatures like Dockside Extortionist and Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, to generate infinite tokens and execute flicker combos for lethal damage.

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  Lonis, Cryptozoologist

  A storm combo deck that generates clues and treasures through Lonis's ability and ramp spells like Earthcraft, aiming to assemble a powerful storm or infinite mana combo to win quickly.

Gameplay Insights

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  Drannith Magistrate significantly slowed down tutoring strategies, especially affecting Old Stickfingers and Lonis, showcasing the power of taxing combo decks' tutor-dependent lines.

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  Rodrigo's use of Dockside Extortionist and Kiki-Jiki combo demonstrated the deck's ability to generate massive treasure mana and infinite hasty tokens for a sudden lethal swing.

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  Jeff's Lonis deck cleverly leveraged clues and treasures generated by Lonis's ability but was repeatedly disrupted by Abrupt Decay and Mental Misstep, illustrating the vulnerability of storm decks to early interaction.

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  The timing of Abrupt Decay on Earthcraft was crucial to prevent Jeff from assembling his combo early in the first game.

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  The second game highlighted the importance of Survival of the Fittest in tutoring combo pieces and maintaining hand advantage in Minsc's strategy.

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  Force of Vigor was used effectively to remove enchantments like Sylvan Library, which can provide card advantage and complicate opponents' plans.

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  David’s attempted Ad Nauseam combo was impeded by Lonis’s ability preventing tutors, showing how disruption against tutors can derail powerful combo decks.

Notable Cards

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  Drannith Magistrate

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  Dockside Extortionist

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  Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker

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  Felidar Guardian

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  Lonis, Cryptozoologist

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  Earthcraft

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  Jeweled Lotus

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  Abrupt Decay

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  Survival of the Fittest

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  Force of Vigor

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  Vampiric Tutor

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  Finale of Devastation

Summary

The game featured four competitive cEDH decks: Old Stickfingers, Kenrith, Minsc, and Lonis Clue Storm. Early on, David (Old Stickfingers) aimed for a reanimation combo with mana acceleration and tutors but was consistently pressured by Baal's (Kenrith) Drannith Magistrate, which slowed down tutoring effects. Rodrigo (Minsc) developed a powerful board presence with Dockside Extortionist and combo pieces like Kiki-Jiki and Felidar Guardian, eventually executing a lethal flicker combo to win the game. Jeff (Lonis) utilized Clue tokens and ramp with Earthcraft, trying to assemble a storm combo, but was disrupted by Drannith Magistrates and Abrupt Decays, limiting his tutor and combo potential. Despite strong starts and attempts by multiple players, Rodrigo's Minsc deck secured victory with a well-timed infinite combo involving Kiki-Jiki and Felidar Guardian. In the second game, Rodrigo again utilized ramp and Survival of the Fittest to assemble his combo pieces swiftly, while Jeff's Lonis deck focused on clue generation and treasure ramp to cast powerful spells like Finale of Devastation. David aimed for a fast Ad Nauseam line but was hindered by Lonis preventing tutors, and Baal tried to recover from a slow start using Drannith Magistrate and Sylvan Library. The game was marked by tactical disruption, careful resource management, and combo assembly attempts. The first game ended with Rodrigo's lethal infinite flicker combo, demonstrating the potency of his deck's synergistic interactions.