EDH Gameplay - Episode 8: Thrasios & Tymna VS Breya VS Surrak VS Lord of Tresserhorn

Deck Strategies

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  Thrasios, Triton Hero and Tymna the Weaver

  A value and card advantage deck that uses efficient creatures and spells to draw cards, generate incremental advantage, and control the board. It aims to disrupt opponents and win through incremental damage or combo finish.

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  Breya, Etherium Shaper

  An artifact combo deck that creates Thopter tokens, uses sacrifice outlets, and tutors artifacts like Darksteel Forge to build an indestructible board state or combo for extra turns and overwhelming board presence.

• Surak Dragonclaw

  A creature-based aggressive deck leveraging large trampling creatures and synergistic buffs to pressure opponents through combat damage and maintain board dominance.

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  Lord of Tresserhorn

  A control and attrition deck using removal, graveyard recursion, and tutoring to manage threats and grind the game out while assembling powerful late-game threats.

Gameplay Insights

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  Cyclonic Rift overload by Thrasios & Tymna's player clears the board and resets the game state, providing a crucial tempo swing.

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  Breya's player uses a sacrifice combo with Slow Bad Goblin and Kuldotha Forgemaster to make Breya indestructible and take extra turns, pushing towards a combo win.

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  Surak Dragonclaw's aggressive attacks with trample forces opponents to trade or take significant damage, maintaining pressure.

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  Lord of Tresserhorn capitalizes on tutoring and removal to keep opposing threats in check but struggles to find immediate answers to artifact combos.

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  Thrasios & Tymna's repeated activation of commander abilities to scry and fetch key cards shows a methodical approach to building advantage and disruption.

Notable Cards

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  Cyclonic Rift

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  Eternal Witness

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  Skullclamp

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  Kuldotha Forgemaster

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  Darksteel Forge

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  Yavimaya Elder

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  Attrition

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  Sidisi, Undead Vizier

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  Lightning Greaves

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  Abrupt Decay

Summary

The game starts with all four players developing their mana bases and setting up early board presence. Thrasios and Tymna's player quickly establishes card advantage and utility with cards like Eternal Witness, Skullclamp, and Cyclonic Rift, enabling strong interaction and resilience. Breya's player focuses on artifact synergies, generating multiple Thopter tokens and utilizing sacrifice outlets like Slow Bad Goblin Tinkerer and Kuldotha Forgemaster to find key artifacts such as Darksteel Forge, aiming for an artifact-based combo or indestructibility-based win. Surak Dragonclaw's player uses aggressive creatures with trample, notably Yavimaya Elder buffed by Stonebrow Kroen Hero, putting pressure on opponents through combat damage. Lord of Tresserhorn's player leverages attrition strategies with cards like Attrition and Sidisi, Undead Vizier for tutoring, aiming for a grindy control game plan. A pivotal moment occurs when Cyclonic Rift is overloaded, bouncing all nonland permanents back to players' hands except for Thrasios's controller who resolves Ugin Nexus, setting up a powerful mana engine. Breya's player uses Slow Bad Goblin and Kuldotha Forgemaster combos to gain extra turns and assemble a board state with indestructible creatures and key artifacts for a potential combo finish. Meanwhile, Surak's player maintains board pressure with large trampling creatures, and Lord of Tresserhorn's player focuses on controlling the board and tutoring key pieces. The game features a tense balance of tempo plays, removal, and combo assembly, with Breya's artifact synergy and extra turn engine representing a clear win condition, while Thrasios & Tymna provide card advantage and interaction to disrupt opponents and find answers.