Recap of the cEDH tournament at SMM

Last weekend, the big Swiss Magic Masters tournament took place in beautiful Interlaken😍 Of course, the best format was also played: cEDH 💪
A total of 36 players competed for the coveted trophy. Four rounds were played, as well as Top16 and Top4 (= 6 rounds).
What will the meta look like after the bannings? Which decks survived the ban hammer the best?🤔
Not surprisingly, sans-red decks such as Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy and TnT were well represented😬 Some say it was a midrange hell 😂

A brief overview of the most played commander:
Tymna the Weaver was the most played commander. This commander was played in 3 different versions.

• Tymna & Kraum (aka Bluefarm): 2 players
• Tymna & Halana: 1 player
• Tymna & Thrasios: 4 players

The second most represented with 3 players each were:

• Kinnan
• Yuriko
• Rograkh & Silas

Full decklists of the top standing players are available on MTGTOP8.

After 4 rounds of hard fighting, 16 players qualified for the Top16.

From the 4 pods, 4 winners emerged: Rémy Sierro, Guide Schmid, Wüger Nic and my humble self ☺️. The finalists were Kinnan, Kraum&Francisco and 2x TnT (one of which was me).
The Kinnan player got off to the perfect start and was able to activate the Kinnan ability from turn 2 onwards. On turn 3, the Seedborn Muse was added 🙄.
In order to survive this start, the 3 remaining players had to “team up”. With a lot of luck, we survived x-Kinnan-Activations 🫣
Meanwhile, the Kraum&Francisco player played his combo kill with Agatha’s Soul Cauldron and Ballista – but forgot that the Kinnan player still had creature-based graveyard-hate on the battlefield 😆 so the win could be prevented.
I was then able to prevail in a complicated play through several counterspells and a Glen Elendra Archmage. With the Kinnan & Basalt Monolith combo, I was able to take the win.

Despite (or maybe because of 🤭) a slight hangover, I was able to take home the trophy🏆 And a bit of luck certainly played an important role too😇

I had an amazing time in interlaken with you guys😍 Many thanks to the organizers of the SMM, such as our Paul Erhardt or David Buchmann. They did a great job organizing and running the tournament! A big thank you also goes to our cEDH-Bern “boss” Marco Felber – I’m your padawan 😉

See you next year at the SMM! Auf die Fjorde, auf die Götter!! 🍻

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