Deck Strategies
Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer
Rocco’s deck focuses on aggressive mana ramp and combo lines to generate a lethal board state quickly, often using artifact acceleration and tutors to find key pieces.
Tymna the Weaver
Tymna’s deck uses a combination of creature combat damage and card draw synergies to exert pressure while maintaining disruption and interaction on opponents.
Blue Farm
Blue Farm utilizes efficient mana rocks, graveyard recursion, and storm-like combos enabled by Underworld Breach and Brain Freeze to assemble a lethal combo that can end the game in a single turn.
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh
Rograkh's strategy revolves around aggressive combat and synergy with goblin tribal spells, leveraging fast mana and disruption to control the board and close out the game.
Gameplay Insights
- 1
The Blue Farm player carefully built up mana with artifacts and graveyard recursion to execute a storm combo with Underworld Breach and Brain Freeze, overwhelming opponents.
- 2
Dockside Extortionist was pivotal in providing explosive mana ramp enabling both Rocco and Blue Farm to accelerate their game plans quickly.
- 3
A critical moment involved opponents recognizing they had no answers to the combo on the stack, leading to a concession and a clean finish without prolonged interaction.
- 4
Multiple players used artifact acceleration and tutors like Vampiric Tutor and Gamble to dig for key combo pieces, illustrating the importance of efficient card selection in cEDH.
- 5
Interaction such as Dispel and Force of Negation was present but ultimately insufficient to counter the final winning sequence, highlighting the power level of the Blue Farm combo.
Notable Cards
Dockside Extortionist
Underworld Breach
Brain Freeze
Mana Crypt
Lotus Petal
Dark Ritual
Vampiric Tutor
Chrome Mox
Talisman of Dominance
Force of Negation
Dispel
Summary
The game featured a competitive cEDH pod with four players piloting Rocco, Tymna the Weaver, Blue Farm, and Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh decks. Early turns focused on ramping mana and setting up key artifacts like Dark Ritual, Lotus Petal, and Mana Crypt to accelerate into powerful spells. The Blue Farm player used efficient mana generation and card advantage engines, including Underworld Breach and Brain Freeze, to establish a win condition. Despite attempts from other players to disrupt or race, the Blue Farm deck leveraged its combo potential to present an unstoppable win. The game concluded when opponents acknowledged they had no responses to the combo and conceded, showcasing Blue Farm’s capacity to close out games through a storm-like kill.