NO WAY OUT FEAT. OSMTG - IMPLEMENTS OF cEDH - S9E8 - XIRA v TIVIT v SILAS/ROGRAKH v BIRGI - MTG VOD

Deck Strategies

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  Tivit, Seller of Secrets

  Tivit’s deck focuses on leveraging his ability to generate value through spells and card draw, often using a combination of control and combo elements to outpace opponents.

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  Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh

  Rograkh’s deck centers on aggressive artifact and creature synergy with a focus on incremental damage and resource generation, aiming to overwhelm opponents quickly.

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  Silas Renn, Seeker Adept

  Silas Renn’s strategy involves artifact recursion and disruption, using artifacts to control the board and generate advantage over time, often enabling combo pieces to return and trigger repeatedly.

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  Birgi, God of Storytelling

  Birgi’s deck aims to generate treasure tokens continuously, leveraging them as a mana source to fuel spells and large combos, while applying constant pressure through aggressive attacks and incremental advantage.

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  Xira, the Golden Sting

  Xira’s deck plays a control and tempo game, using disruption and incremental damage through infect and poison counter mechanics, aiming to weaken opponents while setting up a finishing sequence.

Gameplay Insights

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  Players used voting and treasure token generation mechanics to build a strong resource base, repeatedly choosing treasure tokens to ramp mana efficiently.

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  The use of Grinding Station combined with artifact recursion allowed for infinite mana and card draw, demonstrating the power of artifact synergies in cEDH.

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  Casting Underworld Breach and using spells like Flusterstorm provided critical interaction and protection for combo pieces during the execution phase.

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  The decision to aggressively generate and sacrifice clues and treasures enabled the combo player to accelerate their game plan faster than opponents could disrupt.

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  Strategic removal was used to slow down opponents’ ramp and combo setups, but the eventual infinite combo was resilient enough to overcome these interactions.

Notable Cards

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  Grinding Station

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  Impact Tremors

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  Mana Crypt

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  Opposition Agent

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  Underworld Breach

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  Mystic Remora

Summary

The game began with each player developing their board state through early plays such as ramp, card selection, and minor interactions. Players cast various creatures and artifacts, including ramp pieces like Mana Crypt and effects like Impact Tremors to apply early pressure. Birgi generated incremental value with treasure tokens, while others set up their combo or control elements. As the game progressed, the tension increased with multiple voting and treasure token generation interactions, creating a dynamic resource economy among players. A critical turning point occurred when one player assembled a combo involving Grinding Station and other artifacts, enabling infinite treasure token generation and drawing through their deck. This infinite mana and card draw combo allowed them to cast a large number of spells in succession, effectively taking over the game. Opponents struggled to respond in time, and the combo player eventually closed out the game with a decisive and overwhelming board presence fueled by the combo execution.