Deck & Commander Strategies
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow
Utilizes ninjutsu to trigger damage-based card draw, aiming to generate advantage and control the board while assembling a Tesya's Recall combo for a win. The deck leverages high CMC cards with alternative costs to fuel its plan.
Vial Smasher the Fierce & Thrasios, Triton Hero
A four-color deck employing blue and green interaction alongside black and red combo pieces, including the Wall of Gorger combo, Underworld Breach recursion, and Tesya's Recall, aiming to disrupt opponents while assembling game-winning combos.
Breya, Etherium Shaper
An artifact-centric deck focusing on ramp and combo assembly. It looks to generate infinite mana with artifact synergies and combos such as the Orochi Salvager and Underworld Breach lines, finishing with Tesya's Recall.
Kenrith, the Returned King
A five-color deck with multiple win conditions including a flicker and evolution package to produce infinite mana via Dark Confidant Extortionist, with Underworld Breach and Tesya's Recall lines as backups for closing the game.
Gameplay Insights
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Yuriko's player leveraged ninjutsu to maximize damage triggers and card advantage, revealing key cards like Gravedigger's Cage and Arcane Adaptation to disrupt opponents' graveyard strategies and enable ninja tribal synergies.
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Interaction played a critical role, with players employing counterspells such as Mental Misstep and Mana Drain to halt powerful spells, and responses like Misdirection to protect combos.
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The final decisive moment came when Breya's player successfully resolved a Demonic Consultation naming a card already in the graveyard, followed by casting Tess's Recall to recur a combo, securing the win.
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Control elements such as exchanging control with Gilded Drake and sacrificing creatures to prevent exchanges were pivotal in disrupting opponents' board states and combos.
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Players balanced aggressive card draw and combo assembly with timely disruption, highlighting the importance of resource denial and graveyard hate in cEDH matches.
Notable Cards
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Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow
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Vial Smasher the Fierce
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Thrasios, Triton Hero
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Breya, Etherium Shaper
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Kenrith, the Returned King
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Carpet of Flowers
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Gilded Drake
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Mental Misstep
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Tainted Pact
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Mana Drain
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Demonic Consultation
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Arcane Adaptation
Gameplay Summary
The game featured a highly competitive four-player Commander match with Kenrith, Yuriko, Vial Smasher & Thrasios, and Breya leading aggressive combo-driven decks.
Early turns involved setting up mana bases with fetch lands and ramp spells like Carpet of Flowers, while players deployed key commanders and began assembling their combos.
Yuriko's player focused on ninjutsu triggers to generate card advantage by dealing damage and manipulating graveyards, although interaction from the other players, including counterspells and discard effects, slowed this plan.
Vial Smasher and Thrasios utilized disruption and value engines like Gilded Drake for control and tempo, while Breya's artifact-heavy deck aimed to ramp into powerful combos involving infinite mana and recursion.
