CEDH Gameplay! K'rrik vs Korvold vs Thrasios/Yoshimaru vs Sisay

Deck Strategies

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  K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

  Utilizes fast mana acceleration and black mana payoffs to rapidly cast powerful spells and combos. The deck focuses on sacrificing creatures and drawing cards through recursive interactions to combo out quickly, often using cards like Necrotic Ooze and reanimation engines.

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  Korvold, Fae-Cursed King

  A value and sacrifice-based midrange deck that gains incremental advantages through drawing cards and sacrificing permanents. Korvold aims to maintain board presence and grind out opponents but was unable to match the turbo speed in this game.

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  Thrasios, Triton Hero & Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful

  A partner commander deck focused on card advantage and incremental board development. Thrasios provides mana fixing and card draw, while Yoshimaru supports counters and board presence. The deck aims for a slower, value-driven game that was disrupted by the fast combo.

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  Sisay, Weatherlight Captain

  A toolbox and legendary creature synergy deck that aims to find key legendary creatures to control the board and generate value. Sisay typically plays a value game with interaction but was overwhelmed by the explosive early combo plays.

Gameplay Insights

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  K'rrik's ability to pay life instead of mana for black mana costs enables explosive early plays and combos that outpace opponents.

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  Using Necrotic Ooze to bypass static abilities like Ashnod's Altar's Binding Contract allows for recursive sacrifice combos that draw the entire deck.

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  The sequencing of fetch lands and life payment was optimized to maximize mana efficiency and survivability in the early turns.

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  Fast mana rocks combined with rituals and tutors facilitated a rapid assembly of combo pieces before opponents could interact effectively.

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  Despite having a Force of Negation in hand, the lack of additional blue cards prevented timely counterplay against K'rrik's combo.

Notable Cards

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  Necrotic Ooze

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  Ashnod's Altar

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  Razaketh, the Foulblooded

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  Chainer, Dementia Master

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  Cabal Ritual

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  Diabolic Tutor

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  Mox Amber

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  Jet Medallion

Summary

The game featured a high-speed, turbo-centric match among four competitive Commander decks. Early turns saw aggressive mana acceleration and setup plays, particularly from K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth, who quickly established a strong board presence with multiple mana rocks and fast mana spells. Despite some early interaction attempts from the other players, the game rapidly escalated as K'rrik leveraged Cabal Ritual and Diabolic Tutor to assemble a devastating combination. The key turning point was when K'rrik used Necrotic Ooze combined with cards like Ashnod's Altar and Razaketh to recursively sacrifice and reanimate creatures, drawing through their entire deck and executing a lethal combo. The other decks, including Sisay, Weatherlight Captain, Korvold, Fae-Cursed King, and the Thrasios/Yoshimaru partner, were unable to keep pace with the explosive speed and synergy of K'rrik's deck, leading to a swift and decisive victory.