Naya pirates vs dimir pirats vs Shorikai vs thrasios smasher cedh gameplay

Deck & Commander Strategies

• Ramirez DePietro

  Transforms all Pirates into Ragas, capitalizing on tribal synergies and aggressive combat to overwhelm opponents.

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  Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa

  Utilizes a Naya pirate tribal build focused on making creatures unblockable to maximize combat damage and value triggers.

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  Shorikai, Genesis Engine

  Provides steady card advantage and board presence through value creatures and spells, playing a longer, control-oriented game.

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  Thrasios, Triton Hero & Vial Smasher the Fierce

  Grinds value with efficient interaction and incremental damage, leveraging mana acceleration and dice rolls from Vial Smasher to pressure opponents.

Gameplay Insights

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  Robber of the Rich was used early to generate value and apply pressure by attacking and triggering card exile effects.

• 2

  Humility was cast to neutralize creature-based threats, significantly slowing down aggressive decks reliant on creatures.

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  Mana Crypt provided fast mana acceleration enabling quick deployment of key threats such as Vial Smasher and Thrasios.

• 4

  Players carefully managed their hands and mana to maintain interaction and value generation while navigating around board wipes and disruptive spells.

• 5

  The Naya pirate player exploited unblockable effects from Sidar Kondo and Breachers to consistently chip away at opponents' life totals.

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  Vial Smasher's damage on spell cast added pressure and incentivized spells that could control the board or generate card advantage.

Notable Cards

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  Robber of the Rich

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  Pyroblast

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  Humility

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  Mana Crypt

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  Vial Smasher the Fierce

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  Thrasios, Triton Hero

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  Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa

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  Breeches, Brazen Plunderer

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  Chromatic Lantern

Gameplay Summary