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Foundations cEDH Round 2! Fight! Niv Mizzet vs Tinybones vs Selvala vs Blood Pod

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Commanders featured in this video Reviewed & Verified

Decklists

Deck Strategies

  • Niv-Mizzet, Visionary

    Niv-Mizzet, Visionary

    Uses burn spells and ping effects combined with Niv-Mizzet’s ability to generate massive card draw, aiming to win through a large storm turn or combo finish.

  • Tinybones, Bauble Burglar

    Tinybones, Bauble Burglar

    A mono-black discard deck aiming to deny opponents’ resources while stealing cards, eventually winning through stolen Thassa's Oracle or an Aetherflux Reservoir combo.

  • Selvala, Heart of the Wilds

    Selvala, Heart of the Wilds

    Monogreen combo deck that generates infinite mana with Selvala and finishes the game with a large Walking Ballista or Finale of Devastation.

  • Tymna the Weaver Tana, the Bloodsower

    Tymna the Weaver / Tana, the Bloodsower (Blood Pod)

    Sans blue midrange stack using Birthing Pod to assemble a Kiki-Jiki combo that wins combat phases.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    Rewinding the game state after a missed Karmic Guide echo trigger prevented an unfair advantage and preserved competitive integrity.

  • 2

    Tinybones leveraged discard and theft to disrupt opponents’ hands while accumulating card advantage.

  • 3

    Selvala’s infinite mana setup was threatened by Haywire Mages exiling key enchantments, illustrating the importance of interaction against combo players.

  • 4

    Niv-Mizzet’s ability to turn burn spells into card draw enabled maintaining hand advantage and board control throughout the midgame.

  • 5

    Players carefully chose combat targets and triggers to maximize damage and prevent opponents from stabilizing or executing combos.

Notable Cards

  • Karmic Guide

    Karmic Guide

  • Birthing Pod

    Birthing Pod

  • Aetherflux Reservoir

    Aetherflux Reservoir

  • Walking Ballista

    Walking Ballista

  • Finale of Devastation

    Finale of Devastation

  • Dark Ritual

    Dark Ritual

  • City of Brass

    City of Brass

  • Elvish Mystic

    Elvish Mystic

  • Swords to Plowshares

    Swords to Plowshares

  • Thassa's Oracle

    Thassa's Oracle

  • Leyline of the Void

    Leyline of the Void

Summary

The game began with players developing their mana bases and early board presence, with Selvala aiming to generate infinite mana and finish with large creatures or Finale of Devastation, Tinybones focusing on resource denial and card advantage through discard and theft, Niv-Mizzet looking to leverage burn spells and pings for card draw and storm combos, and Blood Pod setting up a Kiki-Jiki combo for combat wins. Early turns saw strategic plays such as discard spells from Tinybones, ramp from Selvala, and artifact acceleration from Niv-Mizzet. A pivotal moment occurred when a misplayed trigger on Karmic Guide was caught and the game state was rewound, preserving fairness particularly for the Blood Pod player affected by the error. Later, Selvala managed to assemble significant mana but was disrupted by removal and combat exchanges, while Niv-Mizzet utilized his commander and burn spells to draw cards and control the board. The game featured recurring combat and interaction, but the transcript cuts off before a final winner is declared.

Description

If the Foundations cEDH gameplay video was so great how come there isn’t a Foundations cEDH gameplay video 2?

Today’s decks:

Niv Mizzet, Visionary - www.moxfield.com/decks/SXtUqH4C6UmBwYKPhsdv2g

Tinybones, Bauble Burglar - www.moxfield.com/decks/AbcBcZOALk6WYPRLpJTa9Q

Selvala, Heart of the Wilds: www.moxfield.com/decks/y9ScQw8JHUaZPiVKdDKd7Q

Tymna/Tana (Blood Pod) - www.moxfield.com/decks/RbSMa7w7C0WxaN3PBXkxjQ

Regarding the rewind I mentioned in the video:

We had to rewind as we all missed the “Echo” trigger on Ben’s Karmic Guide which allowed Ben to land attacks on all 3 of us and get 3 draws from Tymna. This gave Shane 3 OBM triggers which killed Selvala. Upon realizing that Ben shouldn’t have had the flier to attack Dillon we opted to rewind the gamestate since this error would have had a major effect on Dillon. Ordinarily a missed trigger only hurts the person who controls it but in this case it had major negative effects on an opponent and due to this we decided to rewind to the start of Ben’s turn

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