Pride month all commanders have partners cEDH gameplay

Deck Strategies

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  Kaalia of the Vast & Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy

  Cheat large creatures into play quickly using Kaalia’s attack trigger and Kinnan’s mana ramp, aiming to generate overwhelming board presence and value from powerful creatures like Atraxa and Villis.

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  Dargo, the Shipwrecker

  Utilize five-color mana to ramp aggressively with mana dorks and artifacts, enabling explosive plays and disruption with silences and versatile threats in a highly interactive control shell.

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  Najeela, the Blade-Blossom & Derevi, Empyrial Tactician

  Leverage Najeela’s warrior tribal synergy and Derevi’s control and combat manipulation to generate infinite combat phases or lock opponents down, supported by efficient interaction and protection.

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  Aminatou, the Fateshifter & Dihada, Binder of Wills

  Focus on flicker combos involving Cloudstone Curio and Thea, God of the Worthy to mill opponents’ decks and generate value, using incremental advantage and recursion to grind out a win.

Gameplay Insights

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  Early aggressive mulligans were crucial to find fast mana and key combo pieces, demonstrating the importance of speed in cEDH.

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  Playing Kenan or Kaalia early to cheat big threats onto the battlefield provided significant tempo advantage and pressure on opponents.

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  The flicker combo line involving Aminatou, Thea, and Cloudstone Curio represented a strong synergy that could mill opponents out quickly if not disrupted.

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  The synergy between Najeela and Derevi allowed for potential infinite combat phase combos and control setups, showing the power of partner commanders in enabling complex interactions.

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  Players balanced ramp, interaction, and combo potential carefully to avoid early elimination, highlighting the high skill cap and tension of competitive EDH gameplay.

Notable Cards

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  Kaalia of the Vast

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  Atraxa, Praetors' Voice

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  Vilis, Broker of Blood

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  Demonic Tutor

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  Mana Vault

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  Cloudstone Curio

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  Aminatou, the Fateshifter

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  Najeela, the Blade-Blossom

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  Dargo, the Shipwrecker

Summary

The game featured a dynamic 5-player Commander match with all decks led by partner commanders, enabling unique multi-color strategies and synergies. Early turns involved players setting up their mana bases and deploying key pieces such as Kenan, Bonder Prodigy and Kaalia of the Vast, both of which synergize to cheat large creatures into play. One player piloted a 5-color Dargo deck with blue and white splash, focusing on ramp through mana dorks and explosive threats. Meanwhile, the Najeela and Derevi deck aimed to leverage the powerful interaction between these commanders, combining combat triggers and control elements to accelerate their game plan. The Aminatou and Dihada deck employed flicker combos involving Cloudstone Curio and Thea, God of the Worthy to mill opponents and gain incremental advantages. Throughout the game, players mulliganed aggressively to find fast mana and interaction, highlighting the high-stakes and fast-paced nature of cEDH. A key turning point was securing early Kenan or Kaalia activations to quickly establish board presence and pressure opponents, with opponents wary of combo lines and potential swift kills. The game unfolded as a tense battle of resource management, disruption, and combo execution, culminating in a win condition centered around overwhelming board state development and combo finishers enabled by partner synergy.