THEY CAN'T STOP SAURON! (#cedh Sauron vs Malcom-Vial vs RogSi vs Burakos)

Deck Strategies

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  Sauron, the Dark Lord

  Leverages artifact and treasure synergies to generate large amounts of mana, enabling high-impact spells and combo finishes, often winning through library exile or infinite mana combos.

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  Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

  Focuses on generating card advantage and controlling the board with interaction while leveraging synergy between creatures and card draw to assemble combos or powerful plays.

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  Vial Smasher the Fierce

  Aggressively taxes opponents with additional damage on spells, aiming to close out games with direct damage combined with efficient spellcasting and disruption.

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  Burakos, Party Leader

  Utilizes a party mechanic to generate incremental value and tokens, ramping mana and deploying threats to overwhelm opponents through board presence and synergy.

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  Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh

  Aggressive red-based strategy focusing on haste creatures and combat damage to quickly apply pressure and finish games before opponents can stabilize.

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  Silas Renn, Seeker Adept

  Artifact-centric toolbox deck that recurs key artifacts for value and disruption, aiming to control the game state and assemble combos or powerful board states.

Gameplay Insights

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  Casting Wheel of Fortune at the right moment forced multiple players to discard and draw, enabling the Sauron player to dig deeper into their deck and set up a lethal turn.

• 2

  Using Mystical Tutor immediately after a Wheel to put Yawgmoth's Will on top of the library was a decisive setup allowing the player to maximize graveyard recursion and mana generation.

• 3

  The combination of Dockside Extortionist and Pneumatic Betrayal generated explosive treasure token production, fueling a massive mana advantage that enabled casting powerful spells like Demonic Consultation.

• 4

  Mental missteps and counters were used strategically to disrupt the opponents' key plays, buying time to execute the main combo.

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  Exiling the entire library with Demonic Consultation was a winning move that sealed the game by leveraging infinite mana and card advantage built up earlier in the game.

Notable Cards

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  Wheel of Fortune

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  Mystical Tutor

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  Demonic Consultation

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  Dockside Extortionist

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  Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer

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  Tandem Lookout

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  Mox Diamond

Summary

The game began with players setting up their mana bases and early plays, including ramp spells and low-cost creatures like Ragavan and Tandem Lookout to generate treasure tokens and card advantage. Early interaction was focused on disruption and resource development, with players casting wheels and tutors to dig for their key combo pieces. A critical turning point was when the Sauron player cast Wheel of Fortune, triggering multiple draw and discard effects, and followed up with a Mystical Tutor to put a powerful card on top of their library, setting up for a strong next turn. The game accelerated as Pneumatic Betrayal and Dockside Extortionist created massive amounts of treasure tokens, fueling explosive plays and enabling powerful spells like Demonic Consultation. Despite some mental missteps and counters, the Sauron player was able to exile their entire library using Demonic Consultation, effectively winning the game by decking themselves while having already established a winning board state.