Backstreet Elves

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) Discard Elves Multiplayer Theme/Gimmick Tokens

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Lands (34)

• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Deathcap Glade
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 2x Forest
• 3x Forest
• 1x Forest SL
• 2x Forest
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Mutavault
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Polluted Mire
• 1x Swamp
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Card draw (5)

• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Miara, Thorn of the Glade
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Pact of the Serpent

Graveyard control (5)

• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Glissa, the Traitor
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding MP

Discard Synergy (14)

• 1x Liliana's Caress
• 1x Tourach, Dread Cantor
• 1x Waste Not
• 1x Liliana of the Veil SL
• 1x Mind Slash
• 1x Driven / Despair
• 1x Geth's Grimoire
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Rankle, Master of Pranks
• 1x Larceny
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Tergrid, God of Fright  ^Flip

Removal (8)

• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Attrition
• 1x Viridian Shaman
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Noetic Scales
• 1x Relic Crush
• 1x Kindred Dominance

Toolbox (7)

• 1x Worldly Tutor
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Gravity Well
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Pennon Blade
• 1x Bellowing Tanglewurm

Protection (5)

• 1x Root Maze
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x City of Solitude
• 1x Crown of Skemfar
• 1x Thrilling Encore

Commander (1)

Ramp (13)

• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow SL
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Priest of Titania SL
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Elvish Archdruid
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya

Elves (6)

• 1x Joraga Warcaller
• 1x Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
• 1x Elvish Champion
• 1x Elvish Harbinger
• 1x Ezuri, Renegade Leader
• 1x Imperious Perfect

Additional buffs (2)

• 1x Creakwood Liege
• 1x Coat of Arms

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Lands (4)

• 1x Blasted Landscape
• 1x Gilt-Leaf Palace
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Twilight Mire

Toolbox (3)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Jarad's Orders

Discard Synergy (3)

• 1x Necrogen Mists
• 1x Raiders' Wake
• 1x Myojin of Night's Reach

Protection (2)

• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Gravity Well

Removal (1)

• 1x Deglamer

Other (3)

• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Gaea's Herald
• 1x Raking Canopy

Ramp (2)

• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Earthcraft

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Sometimes It's just nice to be not nice.

This is an elf/discard hybrid control deck with built-in elf buffing package.

• Ramp mana, play a bunch of Elves and control your opponents by making them discard everything! After discarding, empty your opponents graveyards with Scavenging Ooze,Relic of Progenitus, Deathrite Shaman so they won´t bring anything nasty back.

• After getting a board full of of 1/1 elves, either sack them to Attrition to get rid of blockers or to Mind Slash to Thoughtseize your opponents hands, Devour them with Tar Fiend to get even more elves or pierce their skulls with Skullclamp.

• Some additional discard synergy is provided by Geth's Grimoire, Larceny and Painful Quandary. Sadistic Hypnotist is a complete lockdown with Nath of the Gilt-Leaf on the field.

• Tokens are also made for combat! Most of the elves buff one another like Imperious Perfect, which also generates more tokens. Elvish Champion, Ezuri, Renegade Leader and Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen are also made for this. Ezuri works like Overrun and is meant for finishing players. Bellowing Tanglewurm and Eladamri, Lord of Leaves are great tools for finishing. People not playing green get wurmed up and players with forest get sneaked up behing by Eladamri's forces.

• Grave Pact + Attrition is some serious value. Blood Artist helps a bit if you do a lot of saccing.

• Glissa, the Traitor brings back Memory Jar and important destroyed artifacts like Skullclamp, Nihil Spellbomb or Relic of Progenitus.

The oofs:

• One of the decks biggest weaknesses has been flyers. Gravity Well is for protecting my ass from all things flying. One big stumbling block is also getting your important elves countered. Gaea's Herald has worked a couple of times.

• Nath becomes a huge target as soon as he hits the board and It's not always possible to protect him. Also Naths ability is a political problem, but I often use a die to decide at least the first couple of targets. The ability can also be used as a negotiation tool if necessary.

• Board wipes also kind of ruin everything. Kindred Dominance is a saving grace from my side of table (unless an opponent plays elves too).Patriarch's Bidding helps a bit. Heroic Intervention should be Acquired ASAP!

• I'm still thinking about some discarding spells. Mind Twist has worked wonders before, but should it be replaced with something that targets everyone?

• I'm also quite aware that tribal decks are not that efficent (Nath works as a stax-type of deck too), but I'll stay adamant about including the elf package.

Top Ranked	Achieved #35 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #27 position in Commander / EDH 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Discard 5 years ago
Date added	10 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 48 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.03
Tokens	Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Worm 1/1 BG, Zombie 2/2 B
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