Deck Strategies
Glarb, Calamity's Augur
A combo-oriented deck that leverages graveyard recursion and value creatures to generate card advantage and establish a winning board state, often aiming to assemble infinite mana and draw combos.
Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
A toolbox build that focuses on assembling legendary creatures and enchantments, using Sisay to tutor and maintain board control while generating incremental value to outpace opponents.
Magda, Brazen Outlaw
An aggressive treasure and artifact synergy deck that accelerates mana production through treasure tokens, enabling quick deployment of threats and combo pieces to secure victory.
Tymna the Weaver / Kraum, Ludevic's Opus
A low-curve, value and combo deck that uses flicker effects and card draw engines to generate infinite mana and card advantage, culminating in a lethal combo using creatures like Orcish Bowmaster.
Gameplay Insights
- 1
Utilizing flicker combos with Syala, Eternal Witness, and Meletis Charlatan to generate infinite mana and card draw was a game-changing interaction.
- 2
Casting Sisay and using her to tutor and control the board was key for maintaining tempo and access to necessary combo pieces.
- 3
Managing mana with artifacts like Chrome Mox and Gemstone Caverns allowed players to accelerate their game plan quickly in early turns.
- 4
The use of counterbalance to disrupt opponents’ early spells provided critical defensive tempo.
- 5
Leveraging carpet of flowers to produce additional colored mana significantly helped in activating multiple abilities in a single turn.
- 6
The player’s effective sequencing of flicker triggers and mana abilities demonstrated advanced understanding of timing windows in competitive EDH.
Notable Cards
Chrome Mox
Gemstone Caverns
Demonic Tutor
Carpet of Flowers
Counterbalance
Necropotence
The One Ring
Eternal Witness
Flare of Duplication
Enslaved Dwarf
Dark Ritual
Lotus Petal
Summary
The game featured four competitive decks piloted by experienced players, including the guest SnowBallin26 on Glarb, Calamity's Augur. The early turns focused heavily on ramp and setting up value engines, with players deploying mana artifacts like Chrome Mox, Gemstone Caverns, and spells such as Demonic Tutor to access key combo pieces quickly. The Sisay player established a strong board presence, casting Sisay herself with support from creatures like Cutthroat and various enchantments to gain incremental advantage. A pivotal moment came when the Tymna/Kraum player executed a complex interaction involving flicker effects with Eternal Witness and other value creatures, generating infinite mana and card draw through repeated flickering of Syala, a key piece in the combo. This led to drawing through the deck to find Orcish Bowmaster, which was then used to systematically remove opposing threats by dealing damage as the flicker loop continued. The game showcased high-level sequencing and synergy exploitation, with careful attention paid to mana management and timing of key spells to protect the combo from disruption. While the transcript cuts off before the game’s conclusion, the infinite mana and draw combo appears to be the foundation for the winning strategy in this match.