How Many Hypothetical Decisions? - TNT vs Zur vs TNT vs Tivit - CEDH (TPM & Salt City) Round 4

Deck Strategies

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  Thrasios, Triton Hero

  Focuses on ramping mana and drawing cards to assemble powerful combos or control pieces, aiming to win through a combination of infinite mana and value generation.

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  Tymna the Weaver

  Leverages combat damage to draw cards and generate incremental advantage, while using evasive creatures and disruption to maintain board presence and pressure opponents.

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  Zur the Enchanter

  Utilizes tutoring to find key enchantments that control the game state or generate win conditions, often aiming to assemble a lock or combo with enchantments.

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  Tivit, Seller of Secrets

  Uses artifact synergies and disruption to control opponents' actions while setting up combo lines, often relying on opponents' inability to tutor or search their libraries.

Gameplay Insights

• 1

  Opposition Agent was used effectively to shut down tutoring and searching, impacting all players and shaping the flow of the game.

• 2

  The players engaged in complex political decisions around whether to remove disruptive creatures like Opposition Agent or Timna, balancing disruption against potential backlash.

• 3

  Card draw triggers from Tymna the Weaver and artifacts like The Ring were key sources of incremental advantage, sustaining resources over time.

• 4

  Players carefully managed life totals and chose when to attack or hold back to avoid giving opponents openings for combos or win conditions.

• 5

  Despite powerful cards and combos on the table, the game progressed slowly with no immediate win attempts, illustrating the control-heavy nature of cEDH gameplay.

Notable Cards

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  Opposition Agent

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  Necropotence

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  Dark Ritual

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  Imperial Seal

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  Bloodstained Mire

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  Deathrite Shaman

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  The One Ring

Summary

The game began with all four players establishing their mana bases and early board presence cautiously, with no immediate rush to aggressive plays or combo executions. Early turns featured the deployment of key ramp and utility lands, as well as card draw engines like Tymna the Weaver triggering multiple draws and flash-in creatures such as Opposition Agent to disrupt tutoring. A notable interaction involved repeated use of Opposition Agent to lock opponents out of searching their decks, severely impacting the game flow. Throughout the mid-game, players engaged in careful politics, weighing the value of removing certain threats like Opposition Agent or Timna the Weaver to maintain board control without hastening the pace toward an explosive win condition. The gameplay was characterized by a balance between maintaining card advantage, managing life totals, and setting up future plays rather than immediate victory attempts. By the later turns, players were still maneuvering for position with no player close to winning, highlighting the slow build and control aspects of cEDH matches where disruption and resource denial are paramount.