Elsha, Combo Breaker

Commander / EDH RUW (Jeskai, America) Spellslinger

burstingdecadence

Land (33)

• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Contested War Zone
• 1x Detection Tower
• 1x Flood Plain
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 2x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Madblind Mountain
• 1x Mirrorpool
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 1x Needle Spires
• 2x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Raugrin Triome
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Terrain Generator
• 1x Wandering Fumarole

Creature (7)

• 1x Blisterspit Gremlin
• 1x Flux Channeler
• 1x Kykar, Wind's Fury
• 1x Noyan Dar, Roil Shaper
• 1x Soulfire Grand Master
• 1x Sprite Dragon
• 1x Zephyr Scribe

Instant (24)

• 1x Angel's Grace
• 1x Arcbond
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Cackling Counterpart
• 1x Chance for Glory
• 1x Clash of Titans
• 1x Deflecting Palm
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Fumble
• 1x Glorious End
• 1x Increasing Vengeance
• 1x Leadership Vacuum
• 1x Mandate of Peace
• 1x Mirrorweave
• 1x Mission Briefing
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Onward / Victory
• 1x Pull from Eternity
• 1x Radiate
• 1x Response / Resurgence
• 1x Seething Song
• 1x Sudden Substitution
• 1x Trickbind

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Burning Anger
• 1x Dual Casting
• 1x Jace's Sanctum
• 1x Jeskai Ascendancy
• 1x Myth Realized
• 1x Prophetic Ravings
• 1x Quicksilver Dagger
• 1x The Mirari Conjecture
• 1x Wild Research

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Narset of the Ancient Way
• 1x Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
• 1x The Wanderer

Commander (1)

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Brass's Bounty
• 1x Catch / Release
• 1x Chandra's Ignition
• 1x Dance of the Manse
• 1x Day's Undoing
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Hallowed Burial
• 1x Ignite the Future
• 1x Mystic Retrieval
• 1x Not Forgotten
• 1x Part the Waterveil
• 1x Star of Extinction
• 1x Winds of Abandon

Artifact (9)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x Mana Matrix
• 1x Manascape Refractor
• 1x Paradise Mantle
• 1x Primal Amulet  ^Flip
• 1x Scroll of the Masters
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

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Sorcery (3)

• 1x Approach of the Second Sun
• 1x Insult / Injury
• 1x Mind Bomb

Instant (2)

• 1x Saving Grasp
• 1x Unleash Fury

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Possibility Storm

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An Elsha Tim deck built around Jeskai Ascendancy , and tech to accomodate my favorite counterspell Glorious End .

Leaning into the component of , the main win con is to storm off with noncreature spells, then use prowess boosts to punch opponents in the face with Burning Anger .

Early game is about playing it safe, being politcal, and protecting value pieces. Later turns are a tedious ordeal of stacking prowess triggers to net mana off Kykar, Wind's Fury or Paradise Mantle and hopefully dig further into the deck. It's a wild ride to pilot my paper build, and I'm still learning when to hit the gas, when to slow down, and when to hold up a response. If the game goes late enough it can pull off some truly disgusting plays, such as Part the Waterveil + Radiate , and Contested War Zone + Mirrorweave (especially when stacked atop a couple Noyan Dar, Roil Shaper trigers), or my favorite tech when someone else is about to go off Glorious End + Sudden Substitution .

Value engine is Library of Leng + Wild Research , which becomes a reliable tutor for our best instants and enchantments. Library is sweet all on its own, as combined with Ascendancy, it lets us loot permanents and sorceries to the top of our library so Elsha can flash them out.

A value combo I'm interested in including is Argent Mutation + Eye of the Storm + Reality Ripple . I think it's a sweet way to protect Eye of the Storm (losing all your spells to exile sounds bad) while also denying opponents access to the storm pile. The consistency of the Research-Library Engine makes this a slam dunk.

This is my current build on MTGO, but there's lots of room for improvement. Notably, the mana base is f*cked and I need to make cuts to fit more lands. The early game needs accelleration/protection/interaction. Feedback is appreciated! I think I've put about as much $$ into this as I'm willing to though, so budget-friendly suggestions are even more appreciated.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Part the Waterveil + Radiate Library of Leng + Wild Research Contested War Zone + Mirrorweave Glorious End + Sudden Substitution Argent Mutation + Eye of the Storm + Reality Ripple
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.18
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Narset of the Ancient Way, Servo 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 W, Treasure
Based on	Elsha Combo Master burstingdecadence EDH