Hallar Kicker Elves

Commander / EDH Burn Elves Kicker Multiplayer RG (Gruul)

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Land (35)

• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Cragcrown Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Drannith Ruins
• 1x Fire-Lit Thicket
• 6x Forest
• 1x Game Trail
• 1x Grove of the Burnwillows
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Llanowar Reborn
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Rockfall Vale
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Sheltered Thicket
• 1x Spire Garden
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Throne of Makindi
• 1x Wirewood Lodge
• 1x Witch's Clinic
• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Alpha Authority
• 1x Branching Evolution
• 1x Canopy Cover
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Keen Sense
• 1x Snake Umbra
• 1x Sylvan Library

Creature (18)

• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Emblazoned Golem
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Goblin Bushwhacker
• 1x Goblin Ruinblaster
• 1x Halana and Alena, Partners
• 1x Immaculate Magistrate
• 1x Joraga Warcaller
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Mold Shambler
• 1x Murasa Sproutling
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Slippery Bogbonder
• 1x Sprouting Goblin
• 1x Verduran Emissary
• 1x Yavimaya Iconoclast

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Biogenic Upgrade
• 1x Breath of Darigaaz
• 1x Canopy Surge
• 1x Chandra's Ignition
• 1x Grow from the Ashes
• 1x Increasing Savagery
• 1x Molten Disaster
• 1x Primal Growth
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Soul's Might
• 1x Verdant Confluence
• 1x Visions of Dominance

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Garruk, Primal Hunter
• 1x Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes

Commander (1)

Instant (17)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Cinderclasm
• 1x Colossal Growth
• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Gaea's Gift
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Inscription of Abundance
• 1x Invigorating Surge
• 1x Overload
• 1x Return of the Wildspeaker
• 1x Ruinous Intrusion
• 1x Scorching Lava
• 1x Silkguard
• 1x Strength of the Tajuru
• 1x Tamiyo's Safekeeping
• 1x Tyvar's Stand
• 1x Vines of Vastwood

Artifact (7)

• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
• 1x Skyclave Relic
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x The Ozolith

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Creature (7)

• 1x Ancient Bronze Dragon
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Generous Patron
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Myojin of Towering Might
• 1x Thundering Mightmare
• 1x Verdurous Gearhulk

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Bard Class
• 1x Evolutionary Escalation
• 1x Fiery Emancipation
• 1x Hydra's Growth
• 1x Quest for Pure Flame

Instant (2)

• 1x Falling Timber
• 1x Solidarity of Heroes

Land (2)

• 1x Guildmages' Forum
• 1x Opal Palace

Artifact (2)

• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1x Bone Sabres

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Savage Offensive

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This is my Hallar deck that has been kicking around for a while. Not very well tested, but it does have the potential to chain into some fast and explosive wins.

Fairly self-explanatory, but note that the deck is focused on its win condition (burning everyone with Hallar). There are a lot of kicker cards with great utility that are too expensive and don't assist the theme (e.g. create tokens). I think utility is a secondary consideration for kicker cards in this deck - ideally the card would not be completely ineffective in itself, but realistically its main function is to cheaply trigger Hallar, ideally multiple times in one turn. See e.g. Emblazoned Golem - you can kick it for X=0.

Note the elf sub-theme by way of ramp, and for Immaculate Magistrate.

Otherwise, most cards are aimed at adding counters, or provide some utility based on creature power (as we can assume Hallar will get large very quickly). Doubling Season used to be in there but I think it's just a bit too expensive when you're only using its counter aspect - Branching Evolution is a better choice. Consider Traverse the Outlands, especially with Evolution Sage.

Maybe needs more protection for Hallar? Ranger's Guile, Blossoming Defense, Hapatra's Mark, Sheltering Word and Veil of Summer come to mind, if needed.

You can assume most on-colour kicker cards have had a look in at some point. Some other non-kicker cards considered for the deck:

• Mage Slayer
• Ring of Valkas
• Neheb, the Eternal
• Boreal Druid
• Gyre Sage - realistically, it will be hard to get it to evolve more than once.
• Incubation Druid - not bad but doesn't get Hallar out faster and you'll usually want to be putting all incidental counters on Hallar.
• Elfhame Druid - just not better than the other elf ramp options, even for kicker.
• Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• Ivy Lane Denizen
• Vine Gecko
• Furnace of Rath
• Dictate of the Twin Gods
• Gratuitous Violence
• Bow of Nylea - note deathtouch/trample interaction
• Pir, Imaginative Rascal
• Basilisk Collar - both lifelink and deathtouch are useful, but not sure they are necessary.
• Forge of Heroes - I'm already pretty sceptical about Opal Palace and Guildmages' Forum, but at least they can sometimes produce coloured mana. You will usually want to cast Hallar on curve. Don't think this is necessary.

Updates 22/12/21: Cards removed: Bard Class, Blade of the Bloodchief, Generous Patron, Fiery Emancipation. Cards added: Visions of Dominance, Ruinous Intrusion, Halana and Alena, Partners, Thundering Mightmare.

Updates 2/4/22: Cards removed: Thundering Mightmare, Forgotten Ancient. Cards added: Silkguard, Myojin of Towering Might.

Updates 16/6/22: Cards removed: Myojin of Towering Might, Verdurous Gearhulk. Cards added: Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes, Slippery Bogbonder

Updates 15/8/22: Cards removed: Wooded Foothills. Cards added: Forest. (The fetchland is non-essential and I want it for another deck.)

Updates 11/10/22: Cards removed: Quest for Pure Flame, Hydra's Growth, Falling Timber. Cards added: Sprouting Goblin, Yavimaya Iconoclast, Colossal Growth.

Updates 23/02/23: Cards removed: Kalonian Hydra, Guildmages' Forum, Savage Offensive, Forest. Cards added: Bone Sabres, Witch's Clinic, Tyvar's Stand, Rockfall Vale.

Updates 9/4/23: Cards removed: Bone Sabres. Cards added: Gaea's Gift.

Updates 30/4/23: Cards removed: Solidarity of Heroes. Cards added: Ozolith, the Shattered Spire.

Updates 8/6/23: Cards removed: Opal Palace. Cards added: Drannith Ruins.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 28 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.57
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Boo, Copy Clone, Wurm 6/6 G