Kaos Tournament with Rograkh & Thrasios vs Tymna & Kraum vs Bruse & Thrasios vs Kediss & Malcolm

Deck Strategies

• Rograkh & Thrasios

  Utilizes artifact ramp and value engines like Consecrated Sphinx and Seedborn Muse to generate massive card advantage and mana, aiming to control the game and eventually win through combo or overwhelming board presence.

• Tymna & Kraum

  Focuses on card draw and disruption, leveraging Tymna’s card draw on combat damage combined with Kraum’s ability to maintain pressure, aiming to control the board and win through incremental advantage or combos.

• Bruse & Thrasios

  Combines card advantage and combo potential with creatures like Devoted Druid and One Ring, using synergistic creatures and value engines to grind out a win or assemble combos for victory.

• Kediss & Malcolm

  Treasure and combo focused deck that uses token generation and creature tutoring (Imperial Recruiter) to assemble combos with cards like Magda and Glen Elendra Archmage, aiming for explosive mana production and combo finishes.

Gameplay Insights

• 1

  The Rograkh & Thrasios player prioritized establishing Consecrated Sphinx and Seedborn Muse quickly to create a dominant value engine that was difficult for opponents to handle.

• 2

  Players used targeted removal and counterspells strategically to disrupt the growing threat of Rograkh’s combo and value engines, including timely casting of Red Elemental Blast to counter Seedborn Muse’s activation.

• 3

  Malcolm & Kediss leveraged Imperial Recruiter to tutor for combo pieces, demonstrating the importance of tutoring in cEDH for assembling key interactions and combos efficiently.

• 4

  Treasure token generation and sacrifice synergies were crucial in multiple decks for ramp and combo setups, highlighting the meta’s focus on resource maximization and explosive mana production.

• 5

  Maintaining board presence while holding interaction to disrupt opponents’ combos was a key strategic balance each player attempted throughout the game.

Notable Cards

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  Consecrated Sphinx

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  Seedborn Muse

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  Dockside Extortionist

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  Imperial Recruiter

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  Gilded Drake

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  Cyclonic Rift

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  Red Elemental Blast

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  Devoted Druid

Summary

The game began with players establishing their mana bases and deploying early ramp and value creatures like Noble Hierarch, Bird of Paradise, and Treasure generators. Rograkh & Thrasios player (Espen) took an early lead by assembling a powerful artifact and mana engine featuring Consecrated Sphinx and Seedborn Muse, leveraging these to generate card advantage and mana each turn. This engine posed a significant threat, prompting other players to respond with targeted removal and disruption, including Borborygmos Enraged and Red Elemental Blast to mitigate the Sphinx and Muse impact. Meanwhile, the other decks focused on building synergy and assembling combo pieces. Malcolm & Kediss aimed to generate treasure tokens and assemble combos using Imperial Recruiter to tutor key creatures like Glen Elendra Archmage or Magda, Braz, and Outlaw, enabling treasure exploitation and value. Bruce & Thrasios used creatures like Devoted Druid and One Ring for combo potential and card advantage, while Tymna & Kraum pursued a more controlling game with card draw engines and interaction. The game’s pivotal moments included the establishment of Seedborn Muse and Consecrated Sphinx by Rograkh, which allowed him to maintain dominance through repeated untaps and card draws. Attempts to disrupt this engine created tension and forced players to carefully time their plays. The constant threat of combo execution and powerful value engines defined the game’s tempo, with the Rograkh player appearing to hold the most board presence and control going into the midgame.