Raph & Mikey v Eruth v Tivit v Magda | CEDH Gameplay 058

Deck & Commander Strategies

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  Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers

  An aggressive Gruul deck aiming to chain extra combat phases and quickly close the game by attacking multiple times in a turn.

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  Eruth, Tormented Prophet

  A spell-slinger deck leveraging looting effects and underworld interactions to generate card advantage and win through Underworld Breach combos.

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  Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh / Silas Renn, Seeker Adept

  A fast combo deck that uses Rograkh's sacrifice ability to ramp mana quickly, enabling powerful spells like Necropotence and enabling a Brain Freeze mill combo for a quick win.

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  Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy

  A mana ramp and infinite mana combo deck that uses Kinnan to generate massive mana and deploy game-ending threats.

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  Thrasios, Triton Hero / Tymna the Weaver

  A value and combo deck that uses dual card advantage engines to assemble infinite mana combos or a Thassa's Oracle win condition.

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  Tivit, Seller of Secrets

  A tempo and combo-oriented deck that can leverage instant-speed artifact synergy and interaction for quick wins.

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  Magda, Brazen Outlaw

  A mono-red artifact tribal combo deck that generates treasure tokens and uses artifact synergies to assemble instant-speed wins with pieces like Clock of Omens.

Gameplay Insights

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  Sacrificing Rograkh as an additional cost to Diabolic Intent enabled fast access to Necropotence, providing a massive card advantage engine.

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  Using Brain Freeze and Lion's Eye Diamond in combination with Underworld Breach created an infinite mill loop that ended the game abruptly.

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  Magus of the Moon was cast early to disrupt opponents' mana bases, significantly slowing down blue-based decks reliant on fetchlands and dual lands.

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  Orcish Bowmasters was used aggressively in combat to remove valuable creatures like Timna, disrupting opponents' card draw engines.

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  Casting Chain of Vapor multiple times in response to opponents' threats allowed efficient bounce of key permanents, delaying combos and stabilizing the board.

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  Players employed careful land fetching and mana management to navigate disruption from artifact hate and blood moon effects.

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  The use of Survival of the Fittest and Demonic Tutor helped players sculpt their hands to assemble combos or establish board presence under pressure.

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  The tension between aggressive combo lines and control elements created a dynamic midgame where timing of key plays determined the outcome.

Notable Cards

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  Necropotence

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  Lion's Eye Diamond

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  Underworld Breach

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  Brain Freeze

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  Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh

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  Orcish Bowmasters

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  Magus of the Moon

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  Grafdigger's Cage

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  Demonic Tutor

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  Survival of the Fittest

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  Thassa's Oracle

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  Clock of Omens

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  Chrome Mox

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  Mox Amber

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  Urza's Saga

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  Blood Moon

Gameplay Summary