CEDH Gameplay! Atraxa vs Tymna/Dargo vs Rograkh/Thrasios vs Glarb

Deck Strategies

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  Atraxa, Grand Unifier

  Atraxa aims to leverage proliferate and powerful utility creatures to control the board and win through incremental advantage and combo potential.

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  Tymna the Weaver / Dargo, the Shipwrecker

  This deck focuses on aggressive artifact-based combos using Dargo as a recurring sacrifice outlet coupled with mana acceleration and tutoring to assemble infinite loops.

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  Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh / Thrasios, Triton Hero

  A value-oriented combo/control deck that uses Rograkh for aggressive board presence and Thrasios for card advantage and combo enablers.

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  Glarb, Calamity's Augur

  A graveyard-centric deck that aims to create value through recursion and pressure opponents by leveraging Glarb’s ability to generate tokens and incremental advantage.

Gameplay Insights

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  The Dargo player’s use of multiple tutor effects alongside artifact mana accelerators to attempt an infinite mana loop was a key strategic moment.

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  Sacrifice outlets like Warren Soul Trader and Zulaport Cutthroat synergized well with Dargo to enable a complex life and mana loop.

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  The repeated use of Wheel of Fortune helped dig through poor starting hands but also reshuffled hands multiple times, adding risk.

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  Despite missing a clearer combo line, the Dargo player’s persistence in assembling the combo under pressure demonstrated the deck’s resilience.

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  The game highlighted the importance of sequencing and resource management when navigating artifact combos and life payments.

Notable Cards

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  Dargo, the Shipwrecker

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  Grim Monolith

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  Wheel of Fortune

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  Demonic Tutor

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  Grinding Station

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  Fiend Artisan

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  Lotus Petal

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  Zulaport Cutthroat

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  Final Fortune

Summary

The game opened with each player quickly establishing their mana bases and initial plays, with early turns featuring ramp and setup moves such as casting Grim Monolith and deploying artifact mana accelerators. The Atraxa player and others jockeyed for position as various tutors and card draw spells were cast to find critical combo pieces. A major turning point came when the Dargo player, after a rough initial hand and multiple reshuffles through Wheel of Fortune effects, began assembling a combo involving Dargo, the Shipwrecker, and artifact mana sources like Lotus Petal and Grim Monolith. This player used Demonic Tutor and other tutors to find key cards such as Grinding Station and Fiend Artisan, attempting to generate infinite mana and value through complex sacrifice and recursion loops. Despite some missteps and missed lines, the Dargo player nearly pulled off a combo win by utilizing synergistic interactions with Zulaport Cutthroat and Warren Soul Trader to sustain life and mana while repeatedly casting Dargo.