HORUS FEAT. @cedhtv - cEDH - S27E3 - HASHATON v PAKO/HALDAN v CORMELA v NARSET #MTGDRAGONSTORM #MTG

Deck Strategies

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  Haldan, Avid Arcanist

  A tempo and value-based deck that leverages artifact synergies and incremental card advantage, aiming to control the board and generate continuous value through spells and creatures like the Fish tribe.

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  Pako, Arcane Retriever

  Focused on artifact and graveyard interactions, this deck uses Pako’s ability to recur artifacts and generate card advantage, enabling combo setups and disruption with a tempo-oriented approach.

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  Narset, Jeskai Waymaster

  A control-combo deck that uses spells and abilities to dig through the deck, control opponents’ plays, and assemble powerful combos, often leveraging extra turns, wheels, and card selection to find win conditions.

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  Cormela, Glamour Thief

  Utilizes theft and control elements, stealing opponents’ permanents and disrupting their plans while slowly building a board presence to outvalue and outlast the competition.

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  Hashaton, Scarab's Fist

  A combo-centric deck aiming to quickly assemble a graveyard-based combo, using spells like Intuition and Brain Freeze with Underworld Breach to generate lethal storm chains and overwhelm opponents.

Gameplay Insights

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  The players’ mutual understanding to attack soft targets early to trigger value engines like Bloodstained Mire and Fish tribal synergies helped maintain a dynamic board state.

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  Careful stack management and timely use of counterspells such as Mindbreak Trap and Red Elemental Blast allowed for significant disruption of key combos and spells while preserving own resources.

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  The final combo sequence hinged on assembling multiple graveyard and artifact synergies, exploiting Underworld Breach to repeatedly cast spells from the graveyard, culminating in a Wheel of Fortune to clear opponents’ hands and seal the win.

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  Players showed high-level interaction with paying or declining to pay for triggers like Esper Sentinel and Fish triggers, balancing card draw with mana preservation.

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  The use of Intuition to tutor combo pieces from the graveyard and hand was pivotal in enabling the explosive finish, demonstrating the importance of efficient tutoring and graveyard recursion in cEDH.

Notable Cards

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  Mox Diamond

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  Mana Vault

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  Esper Sentinel

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  Underworld Breach

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  Lotus Petal

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  Brain Freeze

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  Intuition

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  Wheel of Fortune

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  Mindbreak Trap

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  Red Elemental Blast

Summary

The game began with all five players ramping and setting up their mana bases quickly, including early plays of Mox Diamonds, Lands like Tundra and Polluted Delta, and key artifacts such as Mana Vault and Lotus Petal. Haldan, Avid Arcanist, Pako, Arcane Retriever, Narset, Jeskai Waymaster, Cormela, Glamour Thief, and Hashaton, Scarab's Fist each developed their board states with incremental advantage, utilizing various card draw engines and treasure generation. Early combat focused on soft attacks to weaken opponents and trigger value from creatures like Bloodstained Mire and other synergies. A turning point occurred when players began to deploy disruption and counterspells, notably with Esper Sentinel and Fish tribal interactions causing significant card draws and resource denial. The game escalated with a flurry of spells including Mindbreak Trap and Red Elemental Blast interactions, alongside intricate stack management and responses involving Memonic Betrayal and other countermeasures. The final sequence featured an explosive Underworld Breach combo by one player, leveraging cards like Lotus Petal, Intuition, Brain Freeze, and Wheel of Fortune to clear opponents' hands and the board, securing a decisive victory through a lethal chain of spells and synergy exploitation.