(Competitive) Elsha, Endless Turns

Commander / EDH* RUW (Jeskai, America)

Paramount-TC

Artifact (34)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Charmed Pendant
• 1x Chromatic Orrery
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Clock of Omens
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Coveted Jewel
• 1x Empowered Autogenerator
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Firemind Vessel
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Jeweled Amulet
• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Manifold Key
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Unwinding Clock
• 1x Voltaic Key
• 1x Wand of Vertebrae

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Teferi, Master of Time
• 1x Teferi, Temporal Archmage

Creature (1)

• 1x Dockside Extortionist

Land (33)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fiery Islet
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Glimmervoid
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Mishra's Workshop
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 3x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Snow-Covered Plains
• 1x Spire of Industry
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sunbaked Canyon
• 1x Tarnished Citadel
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Instant (13)

• 1x Burst of Energy
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Intellectual Offering
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Nexus of Fate *list*
• 1x Paradoxical Outcome
• 1x Reality Spasm
• 1x Seething Song
• 1x Turnabout
• 1x Twiddle

Commander (1)

Sorcery (21)

• 1x Aether Gale
• 1x Aminatou's Augury
• 1x Beacon of Tomorrows
• 1x Capture of Jingzhou
• 1x Energy Tap
• 1x Enter the Infinite
• 1x Flood of Tears
• 1x Hidden Strings
• 1x Karn's Temporal Sundering
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Mizzix's Mastery
• 1x Not Forgotten
• 1x Personal Tutor
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Recurring Insight
• 1x Rite of Flame
• 1x See the Truth
• 1x Temporal Manipulation
• 1x Temporal Mastery
• 1x Time Warp
• 1x Walk the Aeons

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Ancestral Knowledge
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Whirlwind of Thought

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Sideboard

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Aether Gale
• 1x Displacement Wave
• 1x Energy Tap
• 1x Epic Experiment
• 1x Flood of Tears
• 1x Mana Geyser
• 1x Recurring Insight
• 1x Time Stretch

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Teferi, Temporal Archmage
• 1x Teferi, Time Raveler

Instant (5)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Heliod's Intervention
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Rushing River
• 1x Silence

Creature (3)

• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Geode Golem
• 1x Metalworker

Artifact (4)

• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Tangle Wire
• 1x Veilstone Amulet

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Copy Artifact
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Smothering Tithe

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Maybeboard

Instant (7)

• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Desperate Ritual
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Pyretic Ritual
• 1x Silence
• 1x Spell Swindle

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Copy Artifact
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Rhystic Study

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Expropriate
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Mana Geyser
• 1x Mind's Desire
• 1x Part the Waterveil
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Time Stretch

Creature (3)

• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
• 1x Treasonous Ogre

Artifact (6)

• 1x Bonder's Ornament
• 1x Crystal Ball
• 1x God-Pharaoh's Statue
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Seer's Lantern
• 1x Tangle Wire

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Dovin, Hand of Control
• 1x Teferi, Time Raveler

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A unique take on a Elsha competitive multiplayer EDH deck that doesn't play infinite top combo, wheels, or multiple cost reducers.

Different take on Elsha combo (Tier 2-Tier 2.5)

This is a prototype decklist, it included mainly just the combo package that I have been perfecting, it doesn't include the deck's interaction package that is in the sideboard and is talked about below and includes cards for your metagame. I absolutely would not recommend that you ever play this deck in any non-competitive EDH games. It is just way too strong for casual games. The "interaction" package and this also a few cards I've been testing too consists of: Tangle Wire, Blood Moon, Teferi Time Raveler, Silence, Grand Arbiter IV, Dovin Hand of Control, Chancellor of the Annex, Veilstone Amulet, Cyclonic Rift, Rushing River, Wear/Tear, Mana Drain, Aether Gale, Displacement Wave, and finally Flood of Tears. Stax, Control, and Removal are crucial to the deck's game. THere are games where the deck cannot win at all without a bounce/removal spell. There are going to be some times where the deck isn't fast enough and that's where the stax can help out.

The deck has won 70% or better against mostly Tier 2 decks, and some Tier 1 decks. But needs more games against Tier 1 combo decks. The other design of Elsha that is popular is the Infinite Top Design that plays a lot of counterspells, removal and some stax to buy time to setup and does very well both decks are fast, but the turns deck is faster and able to win more randomly off it's mana since it's not trying to put together 2 card combos like the other build.

It is competitive because of this deck's ability to play though the entire decklist with the commander in play, win without the commander, and also being able to win unexpectedly. The deck can be really difficult to shutdown and stop. This is a style of heavy combo, slow midrange high combo redundancy deck or midrange multi-combo.

The deck has done extremely well online, but this deck without a strong stax/control and interaction package wouldn't do that great against Tier 1 cEDH decks. I've also been thinking about trying a stax/combo design out, as well as 100% stax design just to see what Elsha can accomplish. Finally, this type of deck is much better against heavy control, and stax strategies than it is against other combo decks especially Tier 1 combo decks like Shuffle Hulk which just do everything better.

Conclusion: The bottom line is that I find it a lot of fun to play Elsha this way, it's explosive, unpredictable, unique, and I believe that this is a better way to play Elsha than to play the Top/Storm variety. However I'm a firm believer this isn't better than Tier 2, no matter how you build Elsha.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 3 Mythic Rares 54 - 17 Rares 19 - 1 Uncommons 15 - 4 Commons
Cards	108
Avg. CMC	3.08
Tokens	Emblem Teferi, Temporal Archmage, Spirit 1/1 W, Treasure