Tasigur, Yuriko, Locust God, The First Sliver - #cEDH Gameplay Ep 19

Deck Strategies

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  Tasigur, the Golden Fang

  Control-oriented deck that uses disruption and removal to slow opponents while setting up for a powerful late-game finish.

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  Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

  A prison deck focusing on locking down opponents with Chains of Mephistopheles and leveraging ninjutsu to draw cards and chip away at life totals.

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  The Locust God

  Combo deck aiming to generate massive value and tokens by casting spells and using the Locust God’s ability to draw cards and create flying insect tokens.

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  The First Sliver

  Food Chain combo deck that generates infinite mana via Eternal Scourge and Food Chain, enabling repeated casting of creatures and cascading into game-winning cards.

Gameplay Insights

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  The use of Chains of Mephistopheles by Yuriko effectively stymied opponents’ plays early by forcing difficult card draws and discards.

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  Tasigur’s timely Assassin's Trophy on Yuriko disrupted the prison strategy, forcing Yuriko to pay extra costs to maintain card draw advantage.

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  The First Sliver player carefully set up Food Chain combo by exiling Eternal Scourge and used Dark Ritual and Demonic Consultation to assemble infinite mana and creatures.

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  Cascade triggers off First Sliver’s repeated casting enabled a win through Jace, Wielder of Mysteries, drawing from an empty library and ending the game.

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  Locust God’s attempt to dominate through token generation was curtailed when transformed into a 3/3 Elk via Oko, the Trickster, disrupting the combo potential.

Notable Cards

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  Chains of Mephistopheles

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  Stonecoil Serpent

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  Food Chain

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  Eternal Scourge

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  Assassin's Trophy

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  Demonic Consultation

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  Pact of Negation

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  Jace, Wielder of Mysteries

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  Dockside Extortionist

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  Skullclamp

Summary

The game featured four distinct decks vying for control and victory: Tasigur control, Yuriko prison, Locust God combo, and a Food Chain First Sliver build. Early turns saw Yuriko setting up with Stonecoil Serpent and Chains of Mephistopheles to lock down opponents, while the Locust God player aimed to establish board presence with elves and ramp. The First Sliver player quickly signaled their Food Chain combo intent by exiling Eternal Scourge and preparing to generate infinite mana. Tasigur’s control deck applied pressure through disruption and carefully timed removal, including an Assassin's Trophy to eliminate Yuriko, slowing down the prison strategy.