Ex Gonna Give It To Ya [Rhys Budget Elves]

Commander / EDH Aggro BG (Golgari) Budget Elves Tribal Weenie

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Creature (33)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Blightsoil Druid
• 1x Bloodline Shaman
• 1x Boreal Druid
• 1x Drove of Elves
• 1x Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Elvish Archdruid
• 1x Elvish Harbinger
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Elvish Soultiller
• 1x Elvish Visionary
• 1x Ezuri, Renegade Leader
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Gnarlroot Trapper
• 1x Heedless One
• 1x Imperious Perfect
• 1x Joraga Warcaller
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Lys Alana Huntmaster
• 1x Lys Alana Scarblade
• 1x Marwyn, the Nurturer
• 1x Nullmage Shepherd
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Quirion Elves
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Shaman of the Pack
• 1x Timberwatch Elf
• 1x Wellwisher
• 1x Wirewood Channeler
• 1x Wirewood Herald
• 1x Wirewood Symbiote
• 1x Wood Elves

Land (36)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 18x Forest
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Wirewood Lodge

Instant (8)

• 1x Golgari Charm
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Tribal Unity
• 1x Tribute to the Wild
• 1x Vona's Hunger
• 1x Wrap in Vigor

Artifact (6)

• 1x Bow of Nylea
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Obelisk of Urd
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Commander (1)

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Consuming Vapors
• 1x Creeping Renaissance
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Hurricane
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Overrun
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Shamanic Revelation

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Cover of Darkness
• 1x Greed
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Shapers' Sanctuary
• 1x Song of Freyalise
• 1x Spidersilk Armor

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Maybeboard

Creature (17)

• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Beastcaller Savant
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Essence Warden
• 1x Gilt-Leaf Winnower
• 1x Golgari Findbroker
• 1x Heritage Druid
• 1x Hunter of Eyeblights
• 1x Immaculate Magistrate
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Joraga Treespeaker
• 1x Pathbreaker Ibex
• 1x Pelt Collector
• 1x Quirion Ranger
• 1x Steel Leaf Champion
• 1x Sylvan Messenger
• 1x Winnower Patrol

Enchantment (15)

• 1x Arguel's Blood Fast  ^Flip
• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Gravity Well
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Leyline of Lifeforce
• 1x Path of Discovery
• 1x Phyrexian Etchings
• 1x Quest for Renewal
• 1x Raking Canopy
• 1x Steely Resolve

Artifact (6)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Throne of the God-Pharaoh
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Broken Bond
• 1x Damnable Pact
• 1x Elvish Promenade
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Gruesome Fate
• 1x Harvest Season
• 1x Kindred Dominance
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding
• 1x Primal Command
• 1x Twilight's Call
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Walk the Plank
• 1x Yawgmoth's Vile Offering

Instant (9)

• 1x Blinding Fog
• 1x Dark Bargain
• 1x Dark Dabbling
• 1x Death Denied
• 1x Eyeblight's Ending
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Kindred Summons
• 1x Squall Line
• 1x Wretched Confluence

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WHERE MY GILT-LEAFS AT?!

Rhys Elfball. Nuff said. And aiming to keep it budget, might I add (Under/Around $100).

There are a few big threads running through the deck:

Rhys the Exiled / Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen / Wellwisher / Luminescent Rain all give me lifegain based upon my elves. Shamanic Revelation also does this if I have Ferocious, but also draws me cards for each creature I control.

Ezuri, Renegade Leader / Overrun / Overwhelming Stampede / Beastmaster Ascension and Tribal Unity give me pump for the elfball swing party.

Drove of Elves and Heedless One get power based on elves/Green permanents (Which most of my elves are).

Crossbow Ambush / Gravity Well and Tower Defense help me overcome my weakness to flying creatures, while Lys Alana Scarblade and Eyeblight Massacre let me make anything big get a little bit smaller.

Cover of Darkness and Steely Resolve give my elves Fear and Shroud, which is super useful for spot removal. Door of Destinies and Obelisk of Urd pump up my elves, quite obviously.

Finally, Gnarlroot Trapper and Bow of Nylea give me deathtouch to deal with anything too big to deal with otherwise.

Some more worthwhile mentions:

Shaman of the Pack -- Life Drain!

Timberwatch Elf -- Pump Me Up!

Priest of Titania and Elvish Archdruid are the pick of the ramp package running through the deck.

Elvish Soultiller -- Oh, I'm running out of Elves? Not any more!!

Phyrexian Reclamation and Creeping Renaissance let me get my elves back from the grave, and PhyRec is great if you gained a bunch of life from attacking beforehand.

I don't really have a way to deal with boardwipes, but on a budget I don't think I really will aside from PRAY HARD ELFBOY.

I'd also love to get Concordant Crossroads into the deck somehow -- As much as I love Patriarch's Bidding, it's a bit too expensive for a budget deck...

Leave me any comments and (budget) recommendations below, and if you like the deck, drop me a thumb!

Top Ranked	Achieved #11 position overall 8 years ago
Date added	8 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 0 Rares 33 - 0 Uncommons 23 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.78
Tokens	City's Blessing, Elf Warrior 1/1 G
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