The Double Edged Axe (TURN 6 SELVALA COMBO)

Commander / EDH Combo Competitive Goodstuff GW (Selesnya) Infinite Combo Tribal

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Creature (31)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Birchlore Rangers
• 1x Copperhorn Scout
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Elvish Archdruid
• 1x Elvish Harbinger
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Heritage Druid
• 1x Imperious Perfect
• 1x Joraga Treespeaker
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Mirror Entity
• 1x Nettle Sentinel
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Quirion Ranger
• 1x Regal Force
• 1x Seeker of Skybreak
• 1x Soul of New Phyrexia
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 1x Wirewood Channeler
• 1x Wirewood Symbiote
• 1x Wood Elves

Land (33)

• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drifting Meadow
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 7x Forest
• 5x Forest
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x New Benalia
• 3x Plains
• 3x Plains
• 2x Plains
• 1x Stirring Wildwood
• 1x Sungrass Prairie
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple of Plenty
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Windswept Heath

Artifact (8)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of the Paruns
• 1x Umbral Mantle

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Rites of Flourishing
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Commander (1)

Instant (12)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Benefactor's Draught
• 1x Burst of Strength
• 1x Congregation at Dawn
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Fresh Meat
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Squall Line
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Vitalize

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Genesis Wave
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Overrun
• 1x Steelshaper's Gift
• 1x Traverse the Ulvenwald
• 1x Wrath of God

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The Double Edged Axe: My deck's story, and how it became the boogey man of my LGS

As a wee lad, my dream was to make a very strong, competitive combo oriented EDH deck. But as I grew, I realized that straight combo wasn't very fun for me. I needed ways to win, but I wanted consistency and the ability to win in other ways than just my combo. I scoured the web to try to find the perfect commander to fit this bill. I thought of Kruphix, God of Horizons, but he was too expensive and didn't seem fast enough for my store's meta. But then, I found her, and in the most unlikely of colors too. I found everything I had ever wanted in a commander with Selvala, Explorer Returned. She could be played as an elf-ball commander, my favorite tribe. She gains major card advantage through her REUSABLE tap ability, and can be activated more than once per turn in certain cases (Or roughly ten when you have a Paradox Engine on the field). She can be played as a group hug/stax commander, lending interaction to opponents all across the table. And her flavor, do not get me started on this wild mama's flavor. The Selesnyan colors are the perfect compliment to her ability, and the ability ties in so well with her art. This is where the double edged axe in the name comes from, as the axe Selvala wields is double pointed, referring to her ability to draw you into threats for your opponents, but it can also draw them into threats against you. I mean, the word parley quite literally means "To gamble." Plus, who can resist that big, oh-so boltable elf booty of her's? ;)

Her real claim to fame (or rather infamy) at my local card shop is how I was once able to mill a Phenax Wall mill player to death when he decided to get greedy and bogart all the Parley draws for himself with Notion Thief. I was able to make infinite mana/untaps with my Priest of Titania and Umbral Mantle, and I proceeded to go to town on this poor guy. The looks on everyone's faces were priceless! Other acts of awe this deck has performed is being able to win roughly on turn 3/4 with a god hand, but consistently on turns 5-7 with a decent hand.

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Thank you all for viewing my Selvala EDH! This is my first ever deck on Tapped Out, so any and all suggestions are welcome and will be considered for the deck! Always here to improve!

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.52
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Morph 2/2 C