MAMTG cEDH S1E5 | ft Cyrus from Mental Misplay and Sage of Fables

Decklists

Deck & Commander Strategies

Koll, the Forgemaster
Focuses on looping death triggers with equipment and creatures to generate infinite damage and overwhelm opponents quickly.
Rielle, the Everwise
Aims to assemble Through the Breach combos combined with Brain Freeze to mill out herself and the table, winning through a synergistic milling and draw engine.
Omnath, Locus of Creation
Utilizes Intuition to find powerful cards like Dockside Extortionist and leverages infinite jellyfish blink combos to generate infinite mana and value.
Kess, Dissident Mage
Employs a Turbo Ad Nauseam style that leverages ritual effects and wheel of fortune style card draw to generate large amounts of mana and draw for a quick combo finish.

Gameplay Insights

1
Players carefully managed their mulligans and early draws to set up their combo pieces, with some deciding to keep risky hands to maintain tempo.
2
There was extensive use of wheels and Intuition effects to refill hands and find key combo pieces rapidly, reshaping the game state frequently in early turns.
3
Mental Misstep was used proactively to counter critical plays like casting equipment that would enable infinite combos, slowing down opponents' progress.
4
The interactions between equipment and creature death triggers were pivotal for Koll's infinite damage loops, requiring careful sequencing and protection.
5
Rielle’s strategy relied heavily on discarding and milling herself to trigger draws and fuel her combo, showing synergy with cards like Oracle of Mul Daya.
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Omnath’s player leveraged treasures and blink combos to generate infinite mana and value, making Intuition a critical tool to find the right cards at the right time.
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Kess’s player balanced card draw with ritual mana generation and utilized wheel effects to quickly assemble a winning board state, demonstrating the power of Turbo Ad Nauseam in cEDH.

Notable Cards

Relic Seeker
Goblin Engineer
Dockside Extortionist
Brain Freeze
Oracle of Mul Daya
Wheel of Fortune
Lion's Eye Diamond
Dark Ritual
Phantasmal Image
Mental Misstep

Gameplay Summary

The game started with cautious mulligans and some early ramp and cantrips from all players, setting up their respective strategies without immediate aggression.

Cyrus on Koll, the Forgemaster aimed to assemble a loop involving death triggers and equipment to generate infinite damage, while Sage on Omnath, Locus of Creation focused on assembling powerful Intuition chains to find Dockside Extortionist and generate infinite value through Jellyfish blink combos.

Th0tseize with Rielle, the Everwise worked towards a Through the Breach combo involving Brain Freeze to mill out opponents and win with Oracle of Mul Daya triggers.

The host on Kess, Dissident Mage utilized a Turbo Ad Nauseam approach, leveraging rituals and wheel effects to fuel explosive turns quickly.

Significant early turns involved wheels and multiple cantrips that reshaped players' hands, with some players carefully baiting responses to protect their key plays.

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