Deck & Commander Strategies
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
Uses explosive green mana ramp and card draw through creatures to generate overwhelming board presence and combo enablers, aiming to produce infinite mana or large creature buffs for a win.
Thrasios, Triton Hero // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
Combines blue and green control and combo elements, utilizing efficient card draw, disruption, and infinite mana combos involving Devoted Druid and other synergy pieces to close out games quickly.
Kraum, Ludevic's Opus // Cecil Harvey
Leverages fast artifact ramp and tutors like Demonic Tutor to assemble combos or lock opponents out with counterspells and card advantage engines.
Norman Osborn // Green Goblin
Employs a green-black tempo and combo deck that uses tutors, artifact ramp, and disruptive creatures to establish control and assemble infinite combos for a quick win.
Gameplay Insights
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Using Vampiric Tutor and Intuition to assemble a combo package involving Devoted Druid, Sins of the Past, and Swift Reconfiguration was a key turning point in the game.
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Playing Silence in response to the Intuition prevented an immediate combo win, showcasing the importance of well-timed interaction.
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Regal Force provided massive card advantage by drawing cards equal to the number of green creatures, enabling explosive turns.
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Player missteps in treasure token management inadvertently gave an opponent a significant advantage, highlighting how small resource tracking errors can impact cEDH games.
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The use of Lotho, Lantern Scion to generate card advantage and mana ramp was pivotal for the blue farm deck's game plan.
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The game demonstrated classic cEDH tension with multiple overlapping combos and counterplays, emphasizing the need for precise sequencing and resource management.
Notable Cards
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Necropotence
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Regal Force
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Vampiric Tutor
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Intuition
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Devoted Druid
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Swift Reconfiguration
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Sins of the Past
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Silence
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Esper Sentinel
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Faithless Looting
Gameplay Summary
The game begins with a typical cEDH pacing, featuring aggressive mana development and early disruption.
Players quickly establish their board presence, with key pieces like Lotho, Necropotence, and Regal Force coming into play to generate card advantage.
The Green Goblin deck utilizes powerful tutors and artifacts to ramp and control, while the Selvala deck focuses on explosive green ramp and drawing cards through creatures.
Yoshimaru and Thrasios/Yoshimaru decks show a mix of early threats and control elements, including hand disruption and combo enablers. Midgame, the table sees pivotal moments involving a Vampiric Tutor and Intuition, where one player targets key combo pieces such as Devoted Druid, Sins of the Past, and Swift Reconfiguration.
This indicates an attempt to assemble an infinite combo.
However, opponents respond with interaction such as Silence to slow down the combo attempts.
Despite some misplays and revealed information leading to unintended advantages, the game remains dynamic with multiple combos and threats on the board, highlighting the high-stakes tension typical of cEDH.
The win condition appears to be combo-centric, revolving around infinite mana and undying combos facilitated by green and blue deck synergies.
