cEDH Gameplay with Ryan from Playing with Power! Ob Nixilis vs Pantlaza vs Helga vs Chatterfang

Deck Strategies

• 

  Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin

  Grind the game by pinging opponents and generating card advantage through commander triggers, while setting up combos involving Altar of Dementia or Walking Ballista to finish opponents.

• 

  Pantlaza, Sun-Favored

  Use tempo control and mana acceleration through treasure tokens, disrupting opponents with spells like Dauntless Dismantler and Veil of Summer, aiming to assemble a combo to win.

• 

  Helga, Skittish Seer

  Leverage Helga's ability to tap for mana and pump herself with +1/+1 counters, enabling infinite mana combos with creatures like Intruder Alarm, Ancestral Statue, and Shockroom Retriever to draw the deck and win via Walking Ballista or Thassa's Oracle.

• 

  Chatterfang, Squirrel General

  Build an aristocrat synergy deck creating squirrel tokens and sacrificing them for value, aiming to disrupt opponents and generate a large board presence to close out the game.

Gameplay Insights

• 1

  Ob Nixilis maximized value by repeatedly pinging opponents and exiling key cards from their libraries, disrupting their plans and fueling his own card advantage.

• 2

  Helga's player executed a loop bouncing and recasting Ancestral Statue with Helga's mana ability to draw cards and gain infinite mana, setting up for a combo finish.

• 3

  Pantlaza leveraged treasure tokens for mana acceleration and used Veil of Summer at a critical moment to protect key spells from counterspells, maintaining tempo advantage.

• 4

  Using Jessa's Will from exile allowed Ob Nixilis to generate a large mana pool and cast multiple spells in a single turn, accelerating his board presence.

• 5

  Repeated combat damage triggers from Orcish Bowmasters were pivotal in applying pressure and triggering Ob Nixilis's abilities multiple times per turn.

• 6

  The interaction between Helga's ability and creatures with ETB and untap effects like Shockroom Retriever created a potent engine for card draw and mana generation.

Notable Cards

• 

  Orcish Bowmasters

• 

  Ancestral Statue

• 

  Walking Ballista

• 

  Veil of Summer

• 

  Dauntless Dismantler

• 

  Soul Partition

• 

  Breaching Hippocamp

• 

  Mana Crypt

• 

  Forbidden Orchard

Summary

The game featured a competitive cEDH four-player match with the commanders Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin; Pantlaza, Sun-Favored; Helga, Skittish Seer; and Chatterfang, Squirrel General. Early turns saw players establishing mana bases and setting up their strategies. Ob Nixilis utilized his ability to generate card advantage by pinging opponents and exiling key cards from their libraries, slowly grinding out value and controlling the board with Orcish Bowmasters. Helga focused on building up counters and infinite mana combos with creatures like Breaching Hippocamp and Shockroom Retriever, repeatedly casting Ancestral Statue to draw cards and untap Helga. Pantlaza played a tempo control and combo deck, generating treasure tokens for mana acceleration and leveraging cards like Dauntless Dismantler and Veil of Summer to disrupt opponents. Chatterfang aimed for an aristocrat-style combo with squirrel synergies but struggled with his mana base and initial setup.