CEDH Gameplay with Highground Gaming! High Rograkh/Silas vs Kinnan vs Thrasios/Yoshimaru vs Etali!

Deck Strategies

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  Etali, Primal Conqueror

  Leverages haste and combat damage by casting spells that create token copies and combos to generate a massive attacking force quickly, aiming for a lethal alpha strike in the early turns.

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  Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy

  Focuses on ramping mana with mana dorks and artifact synergy, using Green Sun's Zenith to tutor key creatures and Cradle lands to fuel explosive mana production for powerful plays.

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  Thrasios, Triton Hero and Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful

  Utilizes card advantage and interaction through multicolor spells and creatures, aiming to generate incremental value and control the board while setting up combos or big plays.

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  Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh

  Aggressively uses equipment and haste to apply early pressure, ramping with artifacts and creatures to deal quick damage and disrupt opponents.

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  Silas Renn, Seeker Adept

  Artifact-centric deck that uses recursion and disruption to maintain board presence and control, aiming to leverage synergistic combos involving artifacts to win.

Gameplay Insights

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  The Etali player’s combo with Twinflame and Dualcaster Mage exploited the interaction of haste and copying spells to flood the board with tokens and finish the game in just two turns.

• 2

  Manglehorn was played early to disrupt artifact-based decks but failed to slow down the Etali player's combo, showing the limits of artifact hate against certain combos.

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  The use of End of Turn Fortitude combined with sacrificing Yoshimaru ensured the Etali player’s life total remained stable during the lethal alpha strike, demonstrating effective protection technique against damage-based disruption.

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  Despite the presence of three blue decks with potential counterspells, the Etali player’s aggressive and fast combo forced opponents into a position where they had to have the answer immediately or lose.

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  Kinnan’s rapid mana development with Green Sun’s Zenith and mana crypt set up a strong midgame board, but was unable to respond to the early lethal damage.

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  The game highlighted the high-risk, high-reward nature of going for a fast combo in cEDH with multiple interaction-heavy opponents.

Notable Cards

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  Manglehorn

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  Twinflame

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  Dualcaster Mage

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  Green Sun's Zenith

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  Mana Crypt

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  Crop Rotation

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  Coat of Arms

Summary

The game started quickly with aggressive early plays, notably a turn one Manglehorn that was intended to disrupt equipment or artifact-based strategies. The Kinnan player developed mana quickly using Green Sun's Zenith and a mana crypt, setting up a Cradle to accelerate their board state. Meanwhile, the Etali player cast a Twinflame combo on an Orcish Lumberjack, followed by a Dualcaster Mage to create an exponential number of hasty tokens, swinging for lethal damage on turn two. Despite the presence of three other blue players and potential counterspells, the Etali player managed to pull off the combo and dealt massive damage, knocking out two opponents and putting the game into a critical state. The inclusion of cards like Coat of Arms and the sacrifice of Yoshimaru with the effect of End of Turn Fortitude protected the Etali player from lethal damage, allowing the combo to resolve without interruption. After this explosive early game, the remaining players attempted to stabilize but were left scrambling against the overwhelming board presence created by the Etali combo.