Orcish Bowmasters Is Necessary in cEDH. @TheAetherDrop Joins us this week to try out cEDH.

Deck Strategies

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  Sisay, Weatherlight Captain

  Focuses on tutoring a chain of legendary creatures and planeswalkers to generate infinite activations and overwhelm opponents, often by leveraging powerful combos and incremental advantage.

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  Atraxa, Grand Unifier

  Uses stax and control elements combined with powerful permanents to slow down opponents while building a resilient board presence, aiming to stabilize and eventually win through attrition and incremental value.

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  Kraum, Ludevic's Opus & Thrasios, Triton Hero

  A classic cEDH partner combo deck that seeks to generate infinite mana and draw through the deck using combos like Food Chain and Demonic Consultation, aiming to combo out quickly and decisively.

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  Tatyova, Benthic Druid

  A semi-landfall ramp strategy that aims to generate massive mana through land drops and card draw, eventually winning by deploying large threats or overwhelming board presence.

Gameplay Insights

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  Using Thrasios's ability to bounce and replay Gaea's Cradle allowed for repeated large mana generation, enabling critical combo sequences.

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  Ragavan applied consistent pressure generating treasures and card advantage, forcing opponents to respond or lose tempo.

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  The Sisay player's tutor chains allowed for assembling combos and planeswalker activations that outpaced other ramp and combo strategies.

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  The presence of Opposition Agent disrupted tutor effects and slowed down opponents' combo assemblies, highlighting the importance of interaction in cEDH.

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  Players carefully navigated mana bases and sequencing, with lands and artifact accelerants playing a pivotal role in early game tempo.

Notable Cards

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  Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer

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  Gaea's Cradle

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  Mana Crypt

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  Mox Diamond

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  Carpet of Flowers

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  Opposition Agent

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  Thassa, Deep-Dwelling

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  Basalt Monolith

Summary

The game started with all players setting up their mana bases and early plays, with notable ramp and utility lands being played. Early game highlights included the casting of Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer, and the deployment of powerful mana acceleration artifacts like Mana Crypt and Mox Diamond. The Sisay player focused on a tutor chain strategy to generate infinite planeswalker activations, while the Tatyova player aimed to ramp massively through lands and eventually overwhelm the board. The Thrasios & Kraum deck sought to assemble infinite mana combos to draw through the deck and control the game, and Atraxa's deck looked to leverage powerful permanents and stax elements to slow opponents down. A critical turning point came when the Sisay player utilized interaction with Thrasios to bounce and replay Gaea's Cradle, generating a large amount of green mana and enabling explosive plays. Meanwhile, Ragavan continued to apply pressure, generating treasures and card advantage. The players tried to manage board states carefully, with attempts to disrupt combos and critical mana sources. Despite the pressure from multiple combo decks and aggressive plays, the Sisay deck's ability to tutor and chain planeswalker activations created a dominant presence, leading to a strong board state. The game showcased the importance of balancing ramp, disruption, and combo execution in cEDH, with the Sisay deck ultimately leveraging its infinite loops and planeswalker activation chains to secure a winning position before the transcript ended.