Hey castoravio it's been about 7-8 months since we last talked. I'm sorry to hear that your Modern Elf deck didn't work out. I see that you are starting to play Commander which is a great idea. AEther Vial is definitely not a budget card. In fact the price of it is almost the entire cost of the rest of your deck, haha. If you have Vial that's really awesome use it, it's a powerful card. Just make a note of a more budget friendly alternative card for your viewers who don't.
You have a great start here using Ezuri, Claw of Progress as your Elf tribal Commander. You've constructed your deck really well it's really fine as is, it can win and doesn't really need improvements to win. That being said you've asked for my advice and I'm happy to give it. To keep my suggestions simple I'm going to remove AEther Vial and include upgrades to existing cards your using to match the price of Vial. Vial is $46 therefore the cost of all my upgrade suggestions together is $40-$50. My suggestions include creatures, spells and lands.
Full list of possible upgrades for you to consider:
I've included six addtional Elves. Master Biomancer and Joraga Warcaller are Elves who care about and use +1/+1 counters. Ezuri, Renegade Leader is one of the better Elves to use in Elf tribal because he can both save Elves and continuously Overrun them which could get crazy with even a few other Elves with +1/+1 counters. You can have both Ezuris on the battlefield at the same time which is great; they have different names even though they are both technically Ezuris.
Wirewood Hivemaster and Imperious Perfect are Elves who can make tokens which is excellent with Ezuri getting both experience counters and having targets for counters. Imperious Perfect is known as an army in a can because by herself she can make an army of 2/2 Elves. I've included Priest of Titania, she's one if not the best mana Elf for Elf tribal.
I've included three bomb huge creatures who all care about counters: Prime Speaker Zegana, Avenger of Zendikar and Lifeblood Hydra. Both Zegana and Lifeblood are not only creatures, but also draw. They can draw you a ton of cards.
The spells I've included are just minor upgrades to the ones you are already using they have lower casting costs and are more efficient. Green Sun's Zenith at $5 is the most expensive nonland card I've included.
The lands make up about $10-$15 of the cost of the upgrades with Hinterland Harbor the most expensive at $5. It's nice to have a few Simic dual lands such as Yavimaya Coast and Command Tower which don't come into play tapped to help you play your blue cards easier while also being able to play your green cards.
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Hey castoravio it's been about 7-8 months since we last talked. I'm sorry to hear that your Modern Elf deck didn't work out. I see that you are starting to play Commander which is a great idea. AEther Vial is definitely not a budget card. In fact the price of it is almost the entire cost of the rest of your deck, haha. If you have Vial that's really awesome use it, it's a powerful card. Just make a note of a more budget friendly alternative card for your viewers who don't.
You have a great start here using Ezuri, Claw of Progress as your Elf tribal Commander. You've constructed your deck really well it's really fine as is, it can win and doesn't really need improvements to win. That being said you've asked for my advice and I'm happy to give it. To keep my suggestions simple I'm going to remove AEther Vial and include upgrades to existing cards your using to match the price of Vial. Vial is $46 therefore the cost of all my upgrade suggestions together is $40-$50. My suggestions include creatures, spells and lands.
Full list of possible upgrades for you to consider:
I've included six addtional Elves. Master Biomancer and Joraga Warcaller are Elves who care about and use +1/+1 counters. Ezuri, Renegade Leader is one of the better Elves to use in Elf tribal because he can both save Elves and continuously Overrun them which could get crazy with even a few other Elves with +1/+1 counters. You can have both Ezuris on the battlefield at the same time which is great; they have different names even though they are both technically Ezuris.
Wirewood Hivemaster and Imperious Perfect are Elves who can make tokens which is excellent with Ezuri getting both experience counters and having targets for counters. Imperious Perfect is known as an army in a can because by herself she can make an army of 2/2 Elves. I've included Priest of Titania, she's one if not the best mana Elf for Elf tribal.
I've included three bomb huge creatures who all care about counters: Prime Speaker Zegana, Avenger of Zendikar and Lifeblood Hydra. Both Zegana and Lifeblood are not only creatures, but also draw. They can draw you a ton of cards.
The spells I've included are just minor upgrades to the ones you are already using they have lower casting costs and are more efficient. Green Sun's Zenith at $5 is the most expensive nonland card I've included.
The lands make up about $10-$15 of the cost of the upgrades with Hinterland Harbor the most expensive at $5. It's nice to have a few Simic dual lands such as Yavimaya Coast and Command Tower which don't come into play tapped to help you play your blue cards easier while also being able to play your green cards.
Out of all these upgrades the four which are the best to make are Master Biomancer, Prime Speaker Zegana, Ezuri, Renegade Leader and Priest of Titania.
Consider these cards to be replaced:
Kaladesh has a few cards which might excite you:
Good luck with you deck.
September 14, 2016 9:13 p.m.