Deck Strategies
Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
Utilizes sacrifice synergies with recurring nightmare effects to generate incremental advantage and ultimately win through continuous value and board presence.
Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
Leverages a legendary Necropotence variant alongside tutors and card draw engines to assemble combos or dominate through card advantage and recursion.
Thrasios, Triton Hero & Tymna the Weaver
Focuses on infinite mana production through creatures like Devoted Druid and Bloom Tender to enable game-ending combos or overwhelming spells.
Dihada, Binder of Wills
Relies on artifact synergies and combo pieces such as Grinding Station and Mox Diamond to grind out value and execute resilient combos.
Gameplay Insights
- 1
Korvold's player prioritized early sacrifice and recursion plays, aiming to maximize value from new recurring nightmare effects to pressure opponents.
- 2
Sisay's player utilized Vampiric Tutor early to find key combo pieces and leveraged card draw and mana acceleration to establish control.
- 3
Thrasios & Tymna's player carefully managed mana producing creatures and ramp to set up potentially infinite mana combos, but was cautious about keeping suboptimal hands given the high stakes of cEDH.
- 4
Dihada's player incorporated artifact-based combo pieces with Grinding Station and Mox Diamond, understanding the importance of artifact recursion and mana availability for executing their plan.
- 5
Combat decisions were influenced by diplomatic agreements, with players choosing to allow attacks on one another to facilitate future attacks or board development, highlighting the interactive and political nature of cEDH multiplayer.
- 6
Multiple players mulliganed aggressively to find functional hands with key pieces like mana acceleration and interaction, demonstrating the high variance and tight resource management in cEDH games.
Notable Cards
Vampiric Tutor
Opposition Agent
Grinding Station
Mox Diamond
Devoted Druid
Bloom Tender
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
Mana Crypt
Eladamri's Call
Ranger-Captain of Eos
Summary
The game began with players carefully mulliganing and assembling their opening hands, each aiming to execute their unique cEDH strategies. Korvold's player aimed to leverage a new recurring nightmare card to repeatedly sacrifice tokens and generate value, focusing on a sacrifice and recursion synergy. Sisay's deck incorporated a new legendary Necropotence variant, aiming to control the game with card draw engines and potent tutors like Vampiric Tutor and opposition agent, setting up a combo or powerful mid-game plays. The Thrasios and Tymna deck sought infinite mana generation through creatures like Devoted Druid and Bloom Tender, aiming to win via massive spells or combos. Dihada's player looked to grind value with artifact synergies, including Grinding Station and Mox Diamond, planning a resilient combo finish.