Deck & Commander Strategies
Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle
Leverages artifact and bird synergies to generate value and recursion, aiming to overwhelm opponents by repeatedly casting small creatures and artifacts that return from the graveyard.
Keranos, God of Storms
Utilizes spells that deal damage and draw cards, combined with Thousand-Year Storm to storm off and create massive damage and card advantage, aiming to win through storm combos.
Xantcha, Sleeper Agent
Focuses on comboing with Worldgorger Dragon and other spells to cheat big permanents into play and control the board, disrupting opponents with discard and bounce effects.
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Employs flicker and dramatic scepter combos to generate infinite value and control the board, using Historic synergies and flicker effects to overwhelm opponents.
Gameplay Insights
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Keranos maximized damage output by chaining spells with Thousand-Year Storm, turning incremental damage into a lethal storm count.
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Oona utilized flicker combos with Conjurer's Bauble and Historic permanents to generate card advantage and board control, pressuring opponents steadily.
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Xantcha attempted to assemble a complex combo involving Worldgorger Dragon but faced disruption and struggled to stabilize.
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Flood of Recollection was used strategically to recover key combo pieces from the graveyard, enabling reuse of crucial spells like Mystical Tutor.
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Players effectively used tutors and draw spells such as Anticipate and Impulse to dig for combo pieces, showcasing the importance of deck manipulation in cEDH.
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The interaction between ramp spells and artifact synergies allowed Teshar to maintain board presence even under pressure from opponents' combos.
Notable Cards
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Thousand-Year Storm
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Reality Scramble
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Flood of Recollection
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Conjurer's Bauble
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Worldgorger Dragon
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Cathartic Reunion
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Mystical Tutor
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Time Spiral
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Lotus Petal
Gameplay Summary
The game began with the players establishing their mana bases and early ramp, with Teshar setting up artifact and bird synergies while Keranos prepared to take advantage of casting spells for damage and card advantage.
Xantcha focused on assembling a combo involving Worldgorger Dragon, attempting to cheat big spells into play, and Oona aimed to leverage dramatic scepter combos and flicker effects to generate value and control.
Early turns saw players casting tutors and key combo pieces such as Thousand-Year Storm and Reality Scramble, digging deeply into their decks to assemble their win conditions. Midgame, Keranos capitalized on his ability to deal incremental damage with spells like Cathartic Reunion, while Teshar developed a board presence through artifact creatures and recursion.
Xantcha struggled to find a stable combo sequence but managed to disrupt opponents with discard and bounce effects.
Oona executed a flicker-based combo using Conjurer's Bauble and Historic synergies, generating card advantage and controlling the board state.
The game shifted as players cast pivotal spells like Flood of Recollection to reuse important cards and Time Spiral effects to shuffle away problematic cards and draw fresh hands.
Eventually, the game reached a climax when Keranos's Thousand-Year Storm enabled large storm counts, and Oona's flicker loops threatened infinite value, pushing the game toward a decisive end.
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