Deck & Commander Strategies
Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful // Thrasios, Triton Hero
Leverages fast mana ramp and land untapping synergies, especially with cards like Cradle and Nature's Chosen, to quickly generate large board presence and value. Thrasios provides card filtering and combo potential to close out games.
Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin
A combo and control-oriented deck that uses aggressive discard, tutors, and cascade or storm-like interactions to disrupt opponents and chain spells, aiming to win through damage or combo finishers.
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
Focuses on ramping into big creatures to maximize Kinnan’s ability, which generates extra mana and card draw. The deck generates massive advantage through explosive mana acceleration and drawing cards proportional to opponents' draws.
Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
A luck-based deck that relies on Etali’s ability to exile and cast multiple high-cost creatures from opponents' decks during combat, dealing large amounts of damage and gaining board presence through topdeck interactions.
Gameplay Insights
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Using Homeward Path to temporarily gain control over an opponent’s Consecrated Sphinx was a key move to generate card advantage and disrupt threats.
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Hidden Strings was cleverly used to untap mana sources and creatures, enabling additional plays and combos in the same turn.
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Pyroblast was utilized both offensively and defensively to counter opponents’ critical spells and permanents, highlighting its versatility in cEDH.
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The Wheel of Fortune cast by Kinnan’s player dramatically shifted board dynamics by refilling hands and enabling massive card draw synergies.
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Kinnan’s ability to draw cards based on opponents’ draws created a huge advantage after Wheel of Fortune, setting up a potential game-ending turn.
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Players carefully managed life totals and board states, balancing aggression with defense, especially around key creatures like Nature's Chosen protecting Yoshimaru.
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Despite some players joking about luck and uncertainty, skillful sequencing and interaction played a major role in controlling the board and tempo.
Notable Cards
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Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
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Thrasios, Triton Hero
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Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin
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Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
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Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
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Homeward Path
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Consecrated Sphinx
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Hidden Strings
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Grim Monolith
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Wheel of Fortune
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Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
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Nature's Chosen
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Pyroblast
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Demonic Tutor
Gameplay Summary
The game featured a highly competitive cEDH multiplayer match with four commanders: Yoshimaru/Thrasios, Kefka, Kinnan, and Etali.
Early turns saw fast mana development and key ramp spells being cast, including Lotus Pedal into Yoshi and Nature's Chosen, which helped Yoshimaru generate early board presence.
Kinnan focused on ramping into large creatures using his activated ability, while Kefka played a more disruptive and combo-oriented strategy, evident from casting spells like Demonic Tutor and Chromox.
Etali's player relied on luck and topdecking powerful creatures to hit with Etali's ability, which deals damage based on the mana cost of the creatures revealed.
The game had several pivotal moments, including a tricky interaction with Homeward Path, which allowed temporary control of opposing creatures like Consecrated Sphinx, granting significant card advantage.
A Wheel of Fortune reset the board state by refilling hands and enabling huge draw turns, especially synergizing with Kinnan's ability to draw extra cards based on others' draws, leading to explosive card advantage and threatening a quick finish.
Players used interaction such as Pyroblast on opponents' key permanents to disrupt combos and tempo.
The game revolved around managing the exponential growth of mana and card draws, with players jockeying for control over key threats and combos.
The final stages hinted at massive draw spells setting up lethal turns, with Kinnan poised to capitalize on his card draw engine to potentially close out the game.
