Deck & Commander Strategies
Terra, Magical Adept
Builds a treasure token mana engine to ramp into big spells and flip into Esper Terra for powerful control and card advantage, aiming to out-value opponents with efficient resource generation.
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin
Leverages card draw triggers from creatures like Arcis, Bowmaster to exile opponents' cards and grow stronger, controlling the board through incremental advantage and pressure.
Etali, Primal Conqueror
Focuses on aggressive combat damage and casting spells from opponents' decks to disrupt their plans and gain tempo advantage, using creatures like Treasonous Ogre and Firebrand Archer to apply pressure.
Xyris, the Writhing Storm
Utilizes a build around +1/+1 counters and proliferate effects combined with mana rocks to quickly amass board presence and push through damage, aiming to overwhelm opponents via combat and synergy.
Gameplay Insights
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Smothering Tithe's treasure generation proved essential for explosive mana acceleration despite Terra lacking innate card draw.
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Ob Nixilis's ability to trigger multiple times per opponent's card draw, especially with Arcis, Bowmaster in play, created taxing incremental advantage that pressured opponents.
- 3
Players adjusted their combat and targeting choices based on the presence or absence of Ad Nauseam in Terra's list, influencing defensive postures and aggression timing.
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Passive play and targeting decisions were key early on, as players sought to avoid becoming the focus of combined threats while ramping into their strategies.
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The synergy between mana rocks, card draw, and +1/+1 counter generation on Xyris helped maintain board presence and threaten opponents steadily.
Notable Cards
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Smothering Tithe
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Firebrand Archer
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Treasonous Ogre
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Birds of Paradise
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City of Traitors
Gameplay Summary
The game features a high-powered cEDH multiplayer match with four aggressive and synergistic decks vying for control.
Early turns focus on ramping mana and setting up key pieces, with players deploying mana dorks, rituals, and card filtering to accelerate their game plans.
Terra establishes a treasure-based mana engine while Xyris uses multiple mana rocks and synergy with +1/+1 counters.
Ob Nixilis capitalizes on card draw triggers with Arcis, Bowmaster to generate incremental advantage and pressure opponents.
Etali plays a slower but potent strategy aiming to leverage its combat damage and casting triggers to control the board. Key moments include the use of Smothering Tithe to generate treasure tokens, enabling explosive mana production, and Ob Nixilis triggering multiple times off each card draw, creating a taxing presence.
The interaction between mana acceleration, card draw, and Ob's ability to punish players for drawing makes the board state tense.
Players remain cautious, with some opting for passive plays to avoid becoming targets while others set up combo or tempo swings.
The game revolves around maintaining card advantage, efficient mana use, and timing attacks or combos to disrupt opponents before they can stabilize or lock the game down.
