RISE AGAIN - IMPLEMENTS OF cEDH - S10E4 - TEVESH/THRASIOS v VOLO/SCION v BIRGI v ROGRAKH/SILAS - MTG

Deck Strategies

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  Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools

  Utilizes fast mana, tutors, and recursion to assemble Laboratory Maniac or Underworld Breach combos for instant win conditions.

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  Thrasios, Triton Hero

  Ramp and card advantage focused, aiming to control the board and assemble value engines to close out the game through incremental advantage.

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  Volo, Itinerant Scholar

  Leverages creatures and spells that trigger on creature or permanent interactions, generating card advantage and disruption.

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  Silas Renn, Seeker Adept

  Sacrifice and recursion synergies to maintain board presence while disrupting opponents' strategies.

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  Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh

  Aggressive red-based strategy capitalizing on mana acceleration and damage spells to pressure opponents early.

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

  Red-based spell-slinging and mana generation to facilitate quick combo or burn finishes.

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  Scion of Halaster

  Utilizes top-deck manipulation and spell recursion to generate value and combo potential.

Gameplay Insights

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  Tevesh Szat's use of Postmortem Lunge to recur Eternal Witness and Mox Diamond was a key turning point, allowing explosive mana acceleration and card draw.

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  Strategic use of Flame Sweep helped manage the board state by dealing damage to multiple creatures while sparing flyers, slowing aggressive boards.

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  Players used wheel effects and discard spells like Faithless Looting and Wild Guess to sculpt their hands and fuel graveyard-based combos.

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  Opposition Agent was sacrificed deliberately to search for key cards, highlighting the importance of resource management and recursion in midgame.

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  The interaction between Brain Freeze and Underworld Breach was set up as a lethal combo, demonstrating classic cEDH win conditions executed under pressure.

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  Players carefully managed life totals and mana resources to maximize spell sequences, with some turns involving complex chains of casts and discards to reach combo states.

Notable Cards

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  Mox Diamond

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  Laboratory Maniac

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  Postmortem Lunge

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  Eternal Witness

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  Brain Freeze

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  Faithless Looting

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  Flame Sweep

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  Underworld Breach

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  Diabolic Intent

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  Demonic Tutor

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  Gamble

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  Mishra's Bauble

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  Blood Moon

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  Opposition Agent

Summary

The game started with all players establishing their mana bases and setting up early plays with low-cost creatures and utility lands. Key early plays included ramping artifacts like Mox Diamond and mana dorks, as well as disruption spells such as Cursecatcher and Brain Freeze. As the game progressed, players began executing their primary strategies: Tevesh Szat leveraged fast mana and tutors to assemble a Laboratory Maniac combo, while Rograkh and Silas built up incremental advantage through sacrifice and recursion engines. The board state saw several sweeps and interaction spells like Flame Sweep and Deflecting Swat, slowing down aggressive developments and forcing players to adapt their plans continuously. A pivotal moment came when Tevesh Szat resolved a Postmortem Lunge to recur Eternal Witness and Mox Diamond, enabling explosive mana and card draw sequences.