Kadena, Eruth, Galazeth, Lonis GAME 2 - #cEDH Gameplay Ep130

Deck Strategies

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  Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

  Kadena's deck revolves around morph creatures and card draw, using Kadena's ability to draw cards when morphs enter and exit play. It relies on ramp and disruption to assemble a combo or overwhelm opponents with evasive creatures.

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  Eruth, Tormented Prophet

  Eruth leads a storm deck that exiles cards from the library to fuel powerful spells and combos, aiming to generate a massive storm count and win in a single explosive turn, often using rituals and tutors.

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  Galazeth Prismari

  Galazeth's deck focuses on artifact ramp and treasure token generation to cast multiple spells in a turn, enabling big combos and powerful finishers like Dragon’s Approach to win through direct damage or overwhelming the table.

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  Lonis, Cryptozoologist

  Lonis's deck emphasizes incremental advantage through clues, ramp, and card draw, using synergy with creatures like Wall of Roots and Quirion Ranger to generate resources and assemble combos or powerful board states.

Gameplay Insights

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  Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale significantly slowed down aggressive strategies, forcing players to pay to keep creatures or lose them, impacting tempo.

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  Mindbreak Trap was a pivotal counterspell that exiled a key Timetwister, preventing a potentially game-winning storm reset from Eruth's player.

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  Rhystic Study provided consistent card advantage for Lonis’s pilot, enabling him to maintain pressure and build a strong hand despite taxing board states.

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  Lonis’s incremental clue generation and interaction allowed for a steady buildup to a lethal Chord of Calling, showcasing the power of resource accumulation in cEDH.

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  The Pact of Negation response to Lonis’s lethal Chord of Calling highlighted the importance of timely interaction even when on a low card count or precarious board position.

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  Crypt roll outcomes influenced player tempo and decision-making, notably for Galazeth’s pilot, who suffered setbacks from bad rolls.

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  The interplay between morph triggers and Rhystic Study taxed opponents' mana and kept the morph player drawing cards, maintaining resilience despite early land issues.

Notable Cards

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  Vampiric Tutor

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  Mindbreak Trap

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  Timetwister

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  Chord of Calling

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  Rhystic Study

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  Lotus Petal

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  Mana Vault

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  Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty

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  Wall of Roots

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  Quirion Ranger

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  Pact of Negation

Summary

The game featured four competitive decks led by Kadena, Eruth, Galazeth, and Lonis commanders, each pursuing distinct strategies. Early on, the game saw slow starts with multiple mulligans and cautious ramping, especially for Kadena's morph deck struggling with land drops. Eruth's storm deck focused on exiling cards to fuel its engine, but faced disruption from Mindbreak Trap and constant pressure from the other players. Galazeth's approach deck aimed to generate treasure tokens and ramp quickly to enable its combo but was hindered by heavy taxing effects from Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale and Crypt rolls. Meanwhile, Lonis's deck built incremental advantage via clues and incremental ramp, steadily assembling a board presence and drawing answers from Rhystic Study triggers. A crucial moment occurred when Comandante (Lonis) leveraged Wall of Roots and Rhystic Study to build a large hand and board state, culminating in a Chord of Calling X=5 play that threatened to end the game. Tremnek (Kadena) responded with a timely Pact of Negation, staving off immediate defeat but setting up a precarious next turn.