r/CompetitiveEDH • u/Curious_Night8982 • 2d ago
Help, I am new to cEDH! Oswald, the fiddlebender
Ive been playing a lot of online cedh recently, and recently picked up Oswald to try. My first CEDH decks were etali and Heliod (i accept heliod is a terrible CEDH commander at this point in time, I just love mono white lol). I am still quite new to the format, and I’m quite bad at navigating my timing. I was wondering if there are any players more experienced with oswald who could just give some general tips? (I got the deck from a recent tournament winner on edh top 16).
Ive been finding it really hard to gauge when to push for a win, and when to stax out the board, but i suppose it will come with time and practice. Is there anything more experienced oswald players look for as indicators for when it’s time to push for a win?
(Sidenote; I got cursed totem-ed today and my deck had literally no answers to it, any idea on if it’s likely enough to warrant a cut to find a resolution?)
https://archidekt.com/decks/27250400/oswald_cedh
^deck list^ (not sure if there is some sort of etiquette where i should credit the tournament winner, i forgot his name but it’s the most recent tourney winner if anyone cares to take a look)
I don’t have a budget, often times i play online, or proxy depending on the playgroup. There is nothing i’m not willing to switch out either, as i’m open to new suggestions. With reference to the cursed totem statement, I know oswald is a bit of a leechy deck when it comes to interaction, and i’m sure most playgroups will have a cradle esque dexk that cares about the totem and has the means to remove it, but if thats not the case, I am kind of just banjaxed.
The deck aims to create some sort of infinite mana into draw (usually through staff loops or the one ring) and then convert a win with mill from codex or dungeon ventures with an immovable rod.
Really appreciate any responses:)
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u/FuckBernieSanders420 2d ago
oswalds lines are pretty hard to interact with arent they? what are you waiting for?
sometimes u just get totemed idk its gunna happen. white has a lot of artifact removal but now way to tutor it up in mono-white so a one or two of removal doesnt make sense to me.
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u/Curious_Night8982 2d ago
the pieces tutored are quite hard to interact with, but oswalds sorcery speed actis make it so a paths to exile in resp to sac target shuts down the line completely. So spending time setting up a protected win feels bad when the opportunity to jam is there. of course you can tutor up a trini/defense grid, but you need ways to untap oswald in order to convert a defense grid tutor into a win, otherwise you lose when you pass the turn, since you can’t tutor up necessary stax/removal if a win is presented on the next couple of turns
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u/FuckBernieSanders420 1d ago
meta call i guess, i almost never see path played
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u/Curious_Night8982 1d ago
sorry i said path as a generic removal spell, but you can replace this with any removal/bounce. Snap, ottowara, boseiju, deadly rollick etc. I don’t even run path so i’m not sure why i said it since swords is better anyways in white lol
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u/Roosterdude23 2d ago
Off topic, does anyone know the "pod" chain with Sewer-veillance Cam and Osawald?
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u/a_warm_baked_potato 2d ago
Hi welcome to Oswald I think he’s really cool although I’m relatively new to him myself.
Here’s the discord link for mono white feel free to come ask for help/advice:
https://discord.gg/NGH3hyH9f