Elsha, Topdeck Manipulator

Commander / EDH Budget Combo Control Counterspell Miracles Prison RUW (Jeskai, America) Scry

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Land (36)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flood Plain
• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Hammerheim
• 6x Island
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 7x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Cove
• 1x Wind-Scarred Crag

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Counterbalance
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Jace's Sanctum
• 1x Journey to Nowhere
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Secrets of the Dead
• 1x Take Possession

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ral Zarek

Instant (21)

• 1x Anticipate
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Chemister's Insight
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Divert
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Increasing Vengeance
• 1x Leadership Vacuum
• 1x Mandate of Peace
• 1x Mission Briefing
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Negate
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Predict
• 1x Prismatic Strands
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Void Shatter

Creature (13)

• 1x Backdraft Hellkite
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Guttersnipe
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Monastery Mentor
• 1x Pristine Skywise
• 1x Sevinne, the Chronoclasm
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner

Commander (1)

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Beacon Bolt
• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Devil's Play
• 1x Divine Reckoning
• 1x Entreat the Angels
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Ignite the Future
• 1x Increasing Devotion
• 1x Mass Diminish
• 1x Mystic Retrieval
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1x Wrath of God

Artifact (7)

• 1x Azorius Locket
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Manalith
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

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This deck is the formation of an interactive pillow fort/spellslinger deck with Elsha of the Infinite at the helm. Elsha lets us cast from the top of our libraries, extending our hand by 1, and that top card replaces the next card giving us a good chance to hit what we need just by casting off the top. Sensei's Divining Top is a star player, and goes infinite with Etherium Sculptor , drawing our deck, cast Laboratory Maniac , then winning. The deck needs a Jace, the Mind Sculptor , and also needs a few more good combo engines to fetch up. A good quick path to victory is to cast Elsha as soon as possible, cast enlightened tutor into sensei's top, cast mystical tutor into Mystic Retrieval , then take back Enlightened Tutor to fetch Etherium Sculptor . Then wait until your next turn and cast top for free until the win.

The deck you see before you is a WIP, as all edh decks are, and you'll only see here what is in paper. My acquireboard will have cards that I'm picking up and the maybeboard will have cards that I'll cut for my acquireboard. Please leave suggestions in the comments below! Thanks!

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.84
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Drake 2/2 U, Human 1/1 W, Monk 1/1 W, Treasure
Folders	Commander