Can Final Fantasy Commanders cut it in CEDH?|Feat.@GrayfaceGaming |Tymna/Thasios-Celes-K'rrik-Terra

Deck Strategies

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  Tymna the Weaver / Thrasios, Triton Hero

  This deck aims to leverage Tymna’s card draw from dealing combat damage and Thrasios’s mana ramp and card selection to control the board and generate incremental advantage, often winning through value and combat damage.

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  Celes, Rune Knight

  Celes focuses on artifact synergies and control elements, utilizing equipment and artifact ramp to create a resilient and interactive board state that can outvalue opponents over time.

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  K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

  K'rrik’s deck aggressively uses life as a resource to cast powerful black spells and combos, including reanimation and sacrifice synergies, aiming to quickly build devotion and finish opponents with massive drains and resilient threats.

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  Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra

  Terra utilizes spellcasting and value from instants and sorceries combined with control elements to manipulate the board and gain card advantage, enabling midrange or combo finishes.

Gameplay Insights

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  The K'rrik player’s use of Animate Dead to recur Hoarding Broodlord enabled strong board presence and multiple convoke activations, facilitating powerful spells like Conqueror's Flail and Saw It Coming.

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  Grey Merchant of Asphodel’s devotion-based life drain was the critical finisher, swinging the life totals dramatically in the K'rrik player’s favor and effectively ending the game.

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  Effective use of sacrifice outlets and life payments allowed the K'rrik deck to fuel its combo and reanimation sequence despite high costs, showcasing the deck’s snowball potential.

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  Players utilized interaction such as Deadly Relic and removal spells to try to disrupt the K'rrik player’s board but were unable to keep pace with the explosive mid-game plays.

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  The game demonstrated the importance of respecting K'rrik decks in cEDH due to their ability to win suddenly through efficient resource management and powerful black devotion synergies.

Notable Cards

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  Hoarding Broodlord

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  Animate Dead

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  Bitter Triumph

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  Chainer, Dementia Master

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  Final Parting

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  Lotus Petal

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  Basalt Monolith

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  Crypt of Agadeem

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  Vampiric Tutor

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  Putrid Imp

Summary

The game featured four players piloting diverse and competitive decks, including Tymna/Thrasios, Celes Rune Knight, K'rrik Son of Yawgmoth, and Terra Magical Adept. Early turns involved standard mana development and setup plays, with key cards like Lotus Petal, Basalt Monolith, and Crypt bringing acceleration and card advantage. The Tymna/Thrasios player leveraged card draw and incremental damage with Tymna and Thrasios, while the K'rrik player focused on life payment to cast spells and enable powerful black devotion synergies. A pivotal moment occurred when the K'rrik player executed a complex sequence of spells involving Animate Dead, Hoarding Broodlord, and Bitter Triumph to generate value and board presence. This culminated in a massive swing with a Grey Merchant of Asphodel, exploiting the high black devotion to drain opponents' life totals significantly and gain life. The K'rrik player further utilized Chainer to reanimate creatures and close out the game, demonstrating the deck's potential to snowball from a board state advantage to a lethal finish. The other players mounted pressure but were ultimately overwhelmed by the explosive black devotion and reanimation combos.