Deck & Commander Strategies
Etali, Primal Conqueror
Leverages Etali's ability to reveal and cast spells from opponents' decks, disrupting their game plan while applying pressure through combat and resource denial.
Vivi Ornitier
Utilizes mana generation and card filtering to enable big plays, often supporting combo execution or tempo advantage through artifact synergies and wheel effects.
Kraum, Ludevic's Opus
Focuses on card draw and interaction, supporting spells that generate incremental advantage and control the board while enabling combos.
Tymna the Weaver and Thrasios, Triton Hero
A classic cEDH combo deck that uses efficient card draw, recursion, and graveyard interactions to assemble infinite combos and win through alternative means such as Tainted Pact.
Gameplay Insights
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Casting Etali uncounterably ensured the disruptive effect resolved, allowing significant card advantage and resource denial early in the game.
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The Tymna/Thrasios player carefully navigated through counterspell windows using protective spells like Veil of Summer and Silence, securing their combo setup.
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Using multiple Wheel of Fortune effects helped refill hands and facilitated discard synergies critical for the Underworld Breach recursion combo.
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The final win was achieved through a complex graveyard-based combo involving Brain Freeze and Tainted Pact, demonstrating precise timing and resource management.
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Opposition Agent was cast to shut down opponents’ tutoring and searching, increasing pressure and limiting responses.
Notable Cards
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Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
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Opposition Agent
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Underworld Breach
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Brain Freeze
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Tainted Pact
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Veil of Summer
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Silence
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Wheel of Fortune
Gameplay Summary
The game opened with players establishing their mana bases and early board development, with incremental plays such as mana rocks, Sylvan Library, and small creatures.
A key early moment was when one player cast Etali, Primal Conqueror uncounterably, triggering a powerful reveal and discard effect that pressured opponents' resources.
The game featured strategic use of wheels and card draw spells, allowing players to refill their hands and dig for critical combo pieces.
Vivv's ability to generate colored mana and provide card advantage was leveraged multiple times, enabling the casting of potent spells like Opposition Agent and Underworld Breach. In the midgame, the Tymna/Thrasios player executed a complex sequence involving Underworld Breach, multiple card draw and discard spells, and a Brain Freeze combo, ultimately milling their entire library to trigger a Tainted Pact win condition based on devotion count.
This sequence was enabled by careful management of mana and protection spells such as Veil of Summer and Silence to navigate through counterspells and disruption.
The game concluded decisively with Tymna/Thrasios achieving their combo, showcasing the power of efficient cEDH lines and synergy between graveyard recursion and instant-speed interaction.
