CEDH Gameplay! Francisco/Malcolm vs Rograkh/Silas vs Kess vs Rocco

Deck Strategies

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  Kess, Dissident Mage

  A control and spell-based deck aiming to leverage Kess's ability to cast spells from the graveyard, using disruption and recursion to control the board and win through incremental advantage.

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  Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer

  A fast-paced deck focused on aggressive board development and possibly leveraging zero-cost spells to generate value and pressure opponents early.

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  Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh

  A turbo combo deck aiming to assemble an Ad Nauseam kill as quickly as possible, utilizing fast mana and tutors to execute a turn-two kill through infinite draw and storm finishers.

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  Silas Renn, Seeker Adept

  A mid-range artifact-centric deck that aims to gain incremental advantage through artifact synergy, disruption, and value generation.

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  Francisco, Fowl Marauder / Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

  A deck that tries to leverage synergistic creatures and treasures for early pressure and incremental advantage, using cards like Poliwog Prodigy and treasure generation to maintain tempo.

Gameplay Insights

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  The turn-two Ad Nauseam combo demonstrated the power of fast mana and tutors in cEDH, allowing a player to win before others could mount effective interaction.

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  Poliwog Prodigy and Mystic Remora, while promising for card advantage, failed to provide meaningful disruption or counterplay against the rapid combo execution.

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  Casting Force of Will to counter a key spell like Dress Down highlights the importance of protecting combo pieces and maintaining tempo in high-speed games.

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  Using Demonic Tutor in response to casting spells and cracking mana rocks like Lion's Eye Diamond maximized mana efficiency to enable explosive plays.

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  Technical difficulties impacting one player limited the interaction and dynamic of the game, but the dominant turbo combo strategy still prevailed.

Notable Cards

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  Ad Nauseam

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  Underworld Breach

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  Demonic Tutor

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  Jeweled Lotus

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  Mox Amber

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  Mox Opal

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  Mystic Remora

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  Force of Will

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  Brain Freeze

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  Lion's Eye Diamond

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  Defense Grid

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  Cabal Ritual

Summary

The game featured a high-speed cEDH match with five players piloting aggressive and combo-oriented decks. Early turns saw rapid mana acceleration, with players casting zero-drops and deploying key mana artifacts like Jeweled Lotus, Mox Amber, and Mox Opal to ramp quickly. One player used Poliwog Prodigy and Mystic Remora to try to maintain card advantage, while others set up their board with disruptive elements and mana rocks. The match’s pivotal moment came when the player on Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh managed to assemble a fast Ad Nauseam combo on turn two, using Demonic Tutor to fetch Underworld Breach and casting Ad Nauseam to draw a significant portion of their deck. This enabled a quick Brain Freeze combo finish, closing out the game before any meaningful interaction could slow the process. Despite attempts by other players to leverage their early board presence and reactive spells like Force of Will, the speed of the combo deck was overwhelming.