TERROR - IMPLEMENTS OF cEDH - S26E1 - ERINIS/URCHIN v ETALI v SISAY v WINDGRACE #MTG GAMEPLAY

Deck Strategies

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  Sisay, Weatherlight Captain

  Sisay focuses on assembling legendary creature combos and toolbox style play, often searching out key legendary permanents to gain incremental advantage and combo opportunities.

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  Erinis, Gloom Stalker

  Erinis utilizes aggressive milling to fuel graveyard synergies and free spells, leveraging disruption and efficient creatures to control the board early and set up explosive plays.

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  Street Urchin

  This deck aims to leverage free spells milled from the graveyard for tempo advantage, combining discard and recursion to maintain pressure and resource denial.

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  Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness

  Etali's deck capitalizes on dealing combat damage to opponents to exile and cast powerful spells for free, focusing on aggressive attacks and maximizing value from extra combat damage triggers.

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  Lord Windgrace

  Windgrace runs a lands-matter strategy with graveyard recursion and control elements, aiming to stabilize through value and disrupt opponents while setting up a strong mana base for late-game power plays.

Gameplay Insights

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  Using Arena of Glory's exert ability to enable multiple hasty token copies via Conspicuous Snoop and Kiki-Jiki created a devastating board presence that overwhelmed opponents.

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  Splitting Goblin tokens between sacrificing for mana and dealing direct damage with Etali's triggered ability showcased a flexible and lethal use of resources in a single turn.

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  The importance of precise math in lethal damage calculations was highlighted, as an off-by-one error nearly cost the player an immediate win despite a dominant board state.

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  Early milling of free spells by Street Urchin was a critical setup for generating tempo and resource advantage, allowing for explosive early plays.

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  Efficient sequencing of plays, including fetch lands and mana accelerants like Mox Diamond and Lotus Petal, ensured rapid development of board state and combo execution.

Notable Cards

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  Conspicuous Snoop

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  Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker

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  Arena of Glory

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  Vexing Shusher

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  Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness

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  Street Urchin

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  Abrupt Decay

Summary

The game began with a typical fast-paced cEDH opening, featuring aggressive mana acceleration and early board presence. Players quickly established their mana bases with lands like Badlands, Arid Mesa, and fetch lands, and started deploying key creatures and spells to set up their strategies. The Street Urchin player milled free spells early, while others developed board states with creatures like Vexing Shusher and Stitcher Supplier. A pivotal moment occurred when one player activated Arena of Glory to cast Conspicuous Snoop repeatedly in conjunction with Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, creating a massive army of Goblin tokens. These tokens were then split between sacrificing for mana and dealing direct damage using Etali's ability, drastically shifting the game's momentum. Although there was a slight miscalculation in the lethal damage math that prevented an immediate win, the board state heavily favored the player executing the combo, forcing opponents onto the defensive. The game showcased explosive combos, efficient use of hasty token generators, and precise sequencing to maximize damage output in a high-tempo environment.