Elsha No Creatures Storm

Commander / EDH Artifact Combo Creatureless Eggs RUW (Jeskai, America) Storm

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Ramp (31)

• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Clock of Omens
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Eye of Ramos
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Fieldmist Borderpost
• 1x Fractured Powerstone
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Heart of Ramos
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Jeweled Amulet
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Tooth of Ramos

Combo (4)

• 1x Hurkyl's Recall
• 1x Reiterate
• 1x Retract
• 1x Turnabout

Land (29)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crystal Vein
• 1x Fiery Islet
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 5x Island
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 2x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sunbaked Canyon
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Volcanic Island

Ritual (7)

• 1x Desperate Ritual
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Geyser
• 1x Pyretic Ritual
• 1x Seething Song

Cheaper (4)

• 1x Cloud Key
• 1x Helm of Awakening
• 1x Semblance Anvil
• 1x Stone Calendar

Gotta Win Somehow (2)

• 1x Grapeshot
• 1x Seize the Day

Commander (1)

Filter (12)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Chromatic Sphere
• 1x Chromatic Star
• 1x Codex Shredder
• 1x Conjurer's Bauble
• 1x Ghoulcaller's Bell
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Mana Severance
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Serum Visions

Utility (7)

• 1x Apostle's Blessing
• 1x Artful Dodge
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Past in Flames
• 1x Proteus Staff
• 1x Silence

Free Spells (3)

• 1x Gut Shot
• 1x Tormod's Crypt
• 1x Urza's Bauble

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The goal was to build "the" Elsha of the Infinite deck. It's low on lands/interaction so as to remove as many things that could possibly prevent you from casting spells off the top of your deck. There's probably a version of this deck with some amount of interaction but I wanted to see how the most extreme version of this deck would run first. The only goal was to use the commander to the fullest ability.

One of the things I noticed in playtesting is that you really feel Elsha's 5 mana cost as you try to race to cast her so maybe trying to play it as fast as possible isn't the most viable method.

Step 1 - Ramp. Hard.

Attempt to get Elsha out as soon as you can. You probably won't be able to storm off until a turn or two after you play her.

Step 2 - Casting Spells

Cast spells off the top of your library and figure out if you can piece together a kill/win. You'll probably spend most of your time in step 2 and there are a few things you might run into that could stop you from storming off completely. The goal is to try to see what line is more reliable here as you likely won't have enough mana rocks/cost reducers out to go infinitely just yet. Your goal here is to land those ever-important cost reducers and find a way to filter out your lands (Mana Severance and Sensei's Divining Top work best).

If you can get Elsha over 21 power see if you can remove someone.

Step 3 - Going Infinite

So you've managed to play enough mana rocks/cost reducers that you can cast anything left in the deck. Once you get Sensei's Divining Top out you should be able to draw your deck and get cast triggers each time you replay Top. At this point, just Grapeshot the table and wrap it up. If Top should somehow be removed, you've also got Reiterate + Turnabout for infinite mana/casts that you can use to prowess someone out of the game.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Reiterate + Turnabout
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 21 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.86
Folders	Non-CEDH