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Dark elfball

Commander / EDH

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My attempt at elfball. This is a blatantly derivative deck, borrowing card choices from cobblepot's Yidris elfstorm, asm's and tw0handt0uch's Selvala brostorm, and r/competitiveEDH's brewday Tasigur elfball brew.

The elfball strategy has caught my attention with just how intricate (and fun) the creature bouncing and lines are. I am a big fan of the mana-creating explosiveness and ingenuity of asm and tw0handt0uch's Selvala, Heart of the Wilds deck, but I also appreciate the flexibility that comes with adding another color. Cobblepot has a very fun Ezuri elfball build in simic colors so I thought I would try to use another elf commander at the helm and explore golgari. Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord moves elfball in the direction of consistency, rather than explosiveness- gaining black tutors and broken cards (hello Ad Nauseam and Necropotence). It forgoes blue, unfortunately, but that is the price to pay for having a commander chosen because he is an elf rather than for min-maxing purposes. Yes, believe it or not Jarad is a zombie elf, and sometimes he prefers hanging out with his pointy-eared bretheren to Necrotic Ooze.

This deck is very much a thought experiment and land/card choices still require work.

The strategy of this deck is to generate some combination of infinite mana, infinite bounce and/or infinite enter the battlefield effects.

Wincons are (1) flickering Shaman of the Pack for infinite damage. (2) flickering Great Oak Guardian for infinite pump and then either swinging with Concordant Crossroads on the battlefield, or (3) saccing the Great Oak Guardian to Jarad for infinite damage. (4) Deck milling with flickering while Altar of the Brood is on the battlefield. (5) Infinite tokens with flickering and Genesis Chamber.

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Date added 8 years
Last updated 8 years
Legality

This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

9 - 0 Mythic Rares

44 - 0 Rares

21 - 0 Uncommons

12 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 2.16
Tokens Beast 3/3 G, Myr 1/1 C
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