Crim and Serge run the cEDH gauntlet | Malcolm/Kediss VS Atraxa VS Najeela VS Talion

Deck Strategies

• Talion, The Kindly Lord

  The deck's strategy involves utilizing control elements to manipulate board state and keep opponents' threats in check. It aims to create a lock on the game and drain opponents' life totals.

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  Atraxa, Grand Unifier

  Atraxa's deck is a midrange strategy that aims to leverage Atraxa's proliferate ability alongside a variety of counter-based cards. It also has a Food Chain combo as its primary win condition.

• Malcom & Kediss

  This deck is built around a combo of Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator and Glint-Horn Buccaneer. It plans to get an extra creature onto the battlefield and use polymorph to put Glint-Horn Buccaneer onto the battlefield, which then combo with Malcolm to generate enough Treasure tokens to pay for Glint-Horn Buccaneer's activations.

• Najeela, Blade-Blossom

  Najeela's deck revolves around the creation of a large number of warrior tokens and leveraging them to win through combat damage, taking advantage of Najeela's ability to untap and give them additional combat phases.

Gameplay Insights

• 1

  Crim's decision to play Toxic Deluge was a pivotal point in the game, creating a significant shift in board control.

• 2

  Serge's attempt to regain control of the game with Najeela was thwarted by a well-timed Deadly Rollick.

• 3

  Crim's Force of Negation to counter Alex's Windfall proved to be a game-changer, stifling Alex's attempt to recover from the earlier board wipe.

Notable Cards

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  Toxic Deluge

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  Wooded Foothills

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  Force of Negation

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  Windfall

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  Deadly Rollick

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  Imperial Seal

Summary

In a game dominated by an early board wipe, Crim playing Talion, The Kindly Lord made the most of the situation by establishing board control with a toxic deluge. Serge, playing Najeela, Blade-Blossom, attempted to regain control but was thwarted by timely counterspells and removal. On the other hand, Alex piloting Malcom & Kediss and Aaron with Atraxa, Grand Unifier struggled to recover from the board wipe which was capitalized by Crim's commander. The game ended abruptly with a well-timed force of negation by Crim countering a windfall from Alex, maintaining his board control and leading him to victory.