Prowess Tokens EDH - Elsha of the Infinite

Commander / EDH Casual RUW (Jeskai, America) Spellslinger Tokens

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Land (33)

• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Ipnu Rivulet
• 6x Island
• 1x Isolated Watchtower
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Madblind Mountain
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 3x Plains
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Shefet Dunes
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Cove
• 1x Wind-Scarred Crag

Artifact (13)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Talisman of Progress

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x As Foretold
• 1x Fall of the Thran
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Intangible Virtue
• 1x Jeskai Ascendancy
• 1x Penance
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Underworld Breach
• 1x Valor in Akros
• 1x Whirlwind of Thought

Creature (13)

• 1x Bloodwater Entity
• 1x Jori En, Ruin Diver
• 1x Keldon Firebombers
• 1x Kykar, Wind's Fury
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Monastery Mentor
• 1x Murmuring Mystic
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Sai, Master Thopterist
• 1x Soulblade Djinn
• 1x Strongarm Monk
• 1x The Locust God
• 1x Young Pyromancer

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Narset Transcendent
• 1x Saheeli, Sublime Artificer

Commander (1)

Instant (14)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Call the Coppercoats
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Jeskai Charm
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Secure the Wastes
• 1x Snap
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Wear / Tear

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Burn at the Stake
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Mana Severance
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Teleportal
• 1x Treasure Cruise
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Winds of Abandon

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Enchantment (4)

• 1x Curse of Conformity
• 1x Shared Animosity
• 1x Shark Typhoon
• 1x Sorcerer Class

Creature (1)

• 1x Leonin Lightscribe

Instant (1)

• 1x Keep Watch

Sorcery (1)

• 1x By Force

Land (1)

• 1x Mystic Sanctuary

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General Strategy

This deck aims to win the game by creating lots of tokens and pumping them with mass-prowess effects through some spellslinging.

Generating Tokens And Buffing Them

The most valuable engines in the deck are the token generators (Monastery Mentor, The Locust God, Kykar, Wind's Fury, ...). Unfortunately, there's only a limited number of them, so you should aim to only play them with the possibility of quickly creating many tokens.

The mass-prowess triggers are Strongarm Monk, Soulblade Djinn and Jeskai Ascendancy and to a lesser extent Valor in Akros. By slinging spells you pump your token army and swing in for the win.

Mana Acceleration, Deck Manipulation And Card Advantage

Eventhough the deck has quite the low average CMC, our strategy still relies on lots of mana and tempo advantage. For this cause, various mana rocks provide enough mana acceleration without setting you behind in cards as heavily, since you can also cast them with Elsha of the Infinite off the top of the library.

The Commander provides you never run out of resources, while serving with a prowess body herself. In order to be able to actually profit off of her ability, I included top deck manipulation through cards like Sensei's Divining Top or effects that let you scry.

There are a few additional card draw spells and engines like Fact or Fiction and Jori En, Ruin Diver to help keep the gas coming.

Details On Cards

The rest of the cards not yet mentioned largely just synergizes with the tokens and spellslinging strategy of the deck.

If you're looking for a more detailed analysis of the intended use of each card in this deck, have a look at the Custom Categories I wrote (e.g. Removal, Card Draw, etc.).

Notes

• I play in a heavy ramp-focused meta. In order to mitigate the advantage my opponents get by playing 5-10 ramp spells, I decided to include Fall of the Thran and Keldon Firebombers. It's been working quite nicely so far. Our Mana Rocks and low amount of lands (only 33 in the deck) make these specific land destruction cards almost purely asymmetric.

• There are lots of removal spells in this deck, because I like to be able to affect the course of the game and deal with stuff. You can easily add/substract one or two of those.

• I am very open for card discussions and your thoughts on my build. Let me know if you have ideas for improvement or interesting jank.

Thanks for reading, have fun!

Top Ranked	Achieved #10 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #6 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH RUW (Jeskai, America) 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Spellslinger 4 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 24 - 0 Rares 38 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.81
Tokens	Bird Illusion 1/1 U, Boar 2/2 G, Elemental 1/1 R, Elephant 3/3 G, Emblem Narset Transcendent, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Insect 1/1 UR, Monk 1/1 W, Servo 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 W, Thopter 1/1 C, Treasure, Warrior 1/1 W
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