Playing cEDH/High Power EDH 1v1 in Brawl on Arena – Upping Your Game and Testing Meta Commanders
By Ryan Sparks Competitive EDH (cEDH) has long been the domain of paper Magic and webcam pods, but with the speed of MTG Arena and the growing depth of card availability, Brawl is becoming an excellent testing ground for competitive and high-power strategies. While Arena Brawl is technically a singleton 60-card format with some limitations, you can play 100 card historic/friendly brawl which still gives players the ability to play edh 1v1 digitally outside of MTGO(Magic Online), stress-test competitive gameplans, explore commander strategies, and sharpen play patterns before hitting live events. Here’s how high-power Brawl testing can help elevate your EDH game, along with four example decks designed to push the limits of the Arena card pool. Why Use Arena Brawl for cEDH Practice? Repetition at Speed: Arena lets you play dozens of games in the time it takes to set up and shuffle a paper pod. This accelerates testing for mulligan decisions, combo sequencing, and thre...