BG Commander Elves

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) Druid Elves Shaman

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Mana Dorks & Ramp (33)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Beastcaller Savant
• 1x Belbe, Corrupted Observer
• 1x Birchlore Rangers
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Boreal Druid
• 1x Canopy Tactician
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Elvish Archdruid
• 1x Elvish Guidance
• 1x Elvish Harbinger
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Gnarlroot Trapper
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Heritage Druid
• 1x Incubation Druid *f-pre*
• 1x Leyline of Abundance
• 1x Llanowar Dead
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Llanowar Scout
• 1x Llanowar Tribe
• 1x Llanowar Visionary
• 1x Marwyn, the Nurturer *f-pre*
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Paradise Druid
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Quirion Elves
• 1x Wirewood Channeler
• 1x Wirewood Elf

Counter Protection (1)

• 1x Gaea's Herald

Lands (25)

• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 9x Forest
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Three Tree City
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Removal (7)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Deathsprout
• 1x Glissa Sunseeker
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Lys Alana Scarblade
• 1x Nullmage Shepherd
• 1x Reclamation Sage

Tutors (6)

• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Token Generator (3)

• 1x Elvish Warmaster
• 1x Imperious Perfect
• 1x Lys Alana Huntmaster

Graveyard Recovery (2)

• 1x Elvish Soultiller
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding

Commander (1)

Card Draw & Card Advantage (13)

• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Eladamri, Korvecdal
• 1x Elven Chorus
• 1x Elvish Visionary
• 1x Genesis Wave
• 1x Gilt-Leaf Archdruid
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Leaf-Crowned Visionary
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Primordial Sage
• 1x Soul of the Harvest
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Win Cons (4)

• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Shaman of the Pack
• 1x Skemfar Shadowsage
• 1x Timberwatch Elf

Creature Untappers (3)

• 1x Seeker of Skybreak
• 1x Tyvar Kell
• 1x Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler

Lifegain (2)

• 1x Rhys the Exiled
• 1x Wellwisher

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Other (8)

• 1x Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen
• 1x Elfhame Druid
• 1x Leaf Gilder
• 1x Miara, Thorn of the Glade *f-etch*
• 1x Numa, Joraga Chieftain *f-etch*
• 1x Pact of the Serpent
• 1x Riftsweeper
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade

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Do you love not drawing lands? Do you love being super susceptible to board wipes? If so this is the deck for you! Just hope your 1 land and 2 mana producing elves in your opening hand stay on the field, otherwise this might not be your game. But this elfball deck is a game of wait, how much mana do I still have?

Deck Breakdown

This deck is an all in strategy and is very susceptible to being blown out. It plays a lot like an artifact cheerios list, but I have found it more enjoyable for repeated play, as it has more interaction, and it's not a given that you are going to win once you start going off. And as weird as it sounds, the risk of getting blown up adds to the fun, because you it makes you aware to go ham before you get sent to the stone age.

The goal is to get a critical amount of elves out before/in between getting board wiped. Early game getting mana dorks and draw engines going and then get the large mana producers like Priest of Titania in order to be dumping out elves at alarming rates. The recovery from board wipes can go well, the key is to use tutors to find draw engines when recovering. If you are getting low on life it can be worth tutoring up Wellwisher to stabilize if you aren't close enough to winning yet, and don't have enough elves to use your commanders activated ability. When you have enough mass of elves in play, use Craterhoof Behemoth or Skemfar Shadowsage to close out games.

Mulligans

This deck eschews the conventional thinking of 3 lands in an opening hand. This is all about 1 land and a dream. And by that I mean, a one lander is keepable with 1 cmc dork, a 1 or 2 cmc dork, and a dream that they stick on the stick field. They are elves not birds, so hopefully they avoid getting bolted.

Keepable Show

This hand is a solid keep. We have 2 mana dorks, and two lands which is usually more than enough to get started. Then there is a T3 guardian project, and we can cast Lys Alana Huntmaster, and our commandeer on the following turns after guardian project. Shaman of the pack is not ideal for an opener, but while not ideal can be used early with a draw engine to dig a little further. If this was a 6 card keep, Shaman of the Pack would be the card cut.

Slow start Show

This is a hand that I would be okay to keep if I wasn't too worried seriously needing to outpace other people on is the pod. If you are going against a control or stax deck this would not be a keepable hand, as you want to pull ahead of those decks early. If one of these lands was replaced with a 1 mana elf it would be a lot better of a hand as the then we could cast Eladamri, Korvecdal on turn 2 rather than 3 to get the value engine started.

Date added	1 month
Last updated	1 hour
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.89
Tokens	Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Emblem Tyvar Kell, Morph 2/2 C, Spirit 1/1 C