Lucas & Will vs Sisay vs Tymna & Kraum vs Tergrid cEDH Tournament Gameplay

Deck Strategies

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  Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist

  Utilizes flickering Wheel of the Wise with creatures like Hullbreacher Horror and Doite Extortionist to generate infinite treasures and clues, enabling massive card draw and resource advantage to close out the game.

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  Sisay, Weatherlight Captain

  Plays a creature-heavy toolbox style with synergy from creatures like Talion and Master of the Pearl Trident, combined with Underworld Breach and Brain Freeze to enable combo kills, focused on controlling the board and leveraging recursion.

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  Tymna the Weaver & Kraum, Ludevic's Opus

  Combines Grixis combo staples such as Underworld Breach, Fastbond, and card draw spells like Consult and Demonic Consultation, supported by new synergy cards like Doite Extortionist to generate treasures and accelerate combos.

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  Tergrid, God of Fright

  Mono-black discard and combo control deck that uses Dark Confidant for card advantage and assembles an infinite damage combo with Phyrexian Devourer and Walking Ballista, leveraging graveyard and activated ability synergies to finish the game efficiently.

Gameplay Insights

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  The mono-black player cleverly used Dark Confidant and mana crypt to accelerate their combo setup while leveraging graveyard recursion with Buried Alive.

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  Using infinite activated abilities of artifacts in the graveyard, the Tergrid deck could generate infinite mana and damage through the Walking Ballista and Phyrexian Devourer combo.

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  The exclusion of some commonly played planeswalkers in the Sisay deck allowed for a more creature-focused toolbox approach, enabling more flexible board interactions.

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  Treasure generation from Doite Extortionist and similar cards synergized strongly with Underworld Breach combos, highlighting efficient resource generation as a key to combo acceleration.

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  The sequencing of removal and counterspells around the infinite combos showcased the importance of timing and stack awareness in high-level cEDH play.

Notable Cards

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  Underworld Breach

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  Brain Freeze

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  Master of the Pearl Trident

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  Dark Confidant

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  Walking Ballista

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  Phyrexian Devourer

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  Mystic Remora

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  Demonic Consultation

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  Pack Rat

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  Cabal Pit

Summary

The game featured four competitive cEDH decks vying for control and a swift victory. Lucas and Will piloted a deck centered around flickering Wheel of the Wise combos with creatures like Hullbreacher Horror and Doite Extortionist to generate infinite treasures and clues, leveraging infinite card draw for advantage. Cay played a unique version of Sisay Weatherlight Captain with a creature-heavy package, including Talion and Master of the Pearl Trident, utilizing Underworld Breach and Brain Freeze for combo potential but skipping some usual planeswalkers. Tymna and Kraum combined Delya with typical Grixis combo elements such as Underworld Breach, Fastbond, and consult combos, adding synergy with new cards like Doite Extortionist for treasure generation. Tergrid’s mono-black discard and combo deck utilized Dark Confidant for card draw and a powerful infinite interaction with Walking Ballista and Phyrexian Devourer, leveraging a death touch infinite damage combo for the win. The pivotal moment came when Tergrid’s player assembled the infinite combo involving Phyrexian Devourer and Walking Ballista, exploiting their graveyard synergy and activated abilities to generate infinite mana and deal lethal damage to all opponents. Despite attempts from other players to stabilize and disrupt, the infinite combo proved unstoppable. The game highlighted the high synergy and explosive potential in cEDH decks, with infinite combos and recursion playing a central role, and the importance of mana generation and resource management through artifacts and graveyard interactions.