The Golgari Elves are... baaaaack!
The deck that started it all. Born from 2 Intro Packs, and lovingly crafted into the deck you see here. Post-M15 rotation, this deck had evolved into an Atarka (or Jund, for the purists) build, specifically for
Atarka's Command
. Now that Khans and Fate are rotating out, we return to the consistency of Green/Black.
As with most elf decks these days, the major win condition is to flood the board with elves, and drop a
Shaman of the Pack
for massive damage(!). This can be done through Collected Company, with the assured land drop coming from Nissa, and your 1 and 2-drop elves fuelling the fire.
'But what if you never see your Shamans, smart guy?'
Oh, we will. Cryptolith Rite allows us to tap our little elves and tokens for a lot of mana, meaning we can usually play Sylvan Messenger and every single elf we find with it, all in the one turn.
Otherwise, just attack and drop a
Foul-Tongue Shriek
on them. They'll never see it coming.
The big surprise (now shifted to the sideboard) is
Duress
. Being able to immediately nerf an opponent's instant/sorcery spells and planeswalkers is something that the vast majority of decks don't see coming from a relatively aggressive deck.
This deck is surprisingly resillient against a variety of aggressive decks post-sideboard, as well as being able to outrace and cripple slower decks. The ability to deal with midrange creatures comes with our removal package, while Natural State helps us deal with all these pesky enchantments out there.
Advice on the (new) landbase/sideboard would be very much appreciated!
