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March of the Elephants

Standard

MetalM0nk


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My edit of Saphiron's Paradoxical mana elves

The name is because of the Main Win-con. It involves summoning Greenbelt Rampager and having it return to hand while you have Paradox Engine and Lifecrafter's Bestiary; or just bestiary for the draw power.

Trophy Mage added to find Lifecrafter's Bestiary, Tezzeret, Master of Metal and Nahiri, the Harbinger to find Paradox Engine, Reckless Bushwhacker added to side instead of Oviya Pashiri, Sage Lifecrafter because Bushwhacker gets the job done faster(Also good side out for Quicksmith Rebel because, unless he's countered you can still swing for game if he dies to say, Fatal Push)

The combo this deck is playing outide of mana generators and paradox engine is Greenbelt Rampager + Servant of the Conduit which allows you to get infinate cast triggers and thereby infinate untaps for your other mana creatures. It works by having servant and paradox engine on the battlefield, less than two energy in your reserve and use a mana to cast rampager. This then lets you use servant to pay the energy generated by rampager to make a new mana and cast it again, untapping the servant and creating another energy, creating an infinate loop.

If you combine this with Lifecrafter's Bestiary and another mana creature you now have infinate mana of any color to spend on creatures and your entire deck in hand. From there you play Quicksmith Rebel targeting one of your artifacts and tap/untap for the win.

The deck works quite well without the combo, you get out either a paradox engine or a lifecrafter's bestiary (or preferebly both) and continue generating mana or drawing cards off cast triggers, digging in the deck after creatures using duskwatch and beating down. Sooner or later you will draw the combo and thereby the deck; but, I have won quite a few of my test games with a beatdown plan.

I have a sidebord plan for controlling decks in a playset of Hope of Ghirapur and a Burn from Within to protect my going off from counterspells and instant speed removal by attacking, sacking the copter and comboing or simply continuing to draw and cast creatures in my second mainphace, generating the mana needed to draw and play Burn from Within to win the game.

A interaction to be aware of:

Nissa, Voice of Zendikar + Rishkar, Peema Renegade giving your team the ability to tap for Green mana.

The combo this deck is playing, outside of mana generators and Paradox Engine, is Greenbelt Rampager + Servant of the Conduit; which allows you to get infinate cast triggers and thereby infinate untaps for your other mana creatures. It works by having Servant and Paradox Engine on the battlefield, less than two energy in your reserve and use a mana to cast Rampager. This then lets you use servant to pay the energy generated by Rampager to make a new mana and cast it again, untapping the servant and creating another energy, creating an infinate loop.

If you combine this with Lifecrafter's Bestiary and another mana creatures, you now have infinate mana of any color, to spend on creatures and your entire deck in hand. From there, you play Quicksmith Rebel targeting one of your artifacts and tap/untap for the win.

The deck works quite well without the combo; you get out either a Paradox Engine or a Lifecrafter's Bestiary (or preferebly both) and continue generating mana or drawing cards off cast triggers, digging in the deck after creatures using Duskwatch and beating down. Sooner or later you will draw the combo and thereby the deck but Ii have won quite a few of my test games with a beatdown plan.

I have a sidebord plan for controlling decks in a playset of Hope of Ghirapur and a Burn from Within to protect my going off from counterspells and instant speed removal by attacking; sacking the copter and comboing or simply continuing to draw and cast creatures in my second mainphase, generating the mana needed to draw and play Burn from Within to win the game.

A interaction to be aware of:

Nissa, Voice of Zendikar + Rishkar, Peema Renegade giving your team the ability to tap for mana.

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I went 2-1, I could have gone 3-0 but I missed played a few pivotal points in round one.

That was running the deck you see now minus Minister of Inquiries, Lost Legacy, and Oviya Pashiri, Sage Lifecrafter. In the main board, it was 4 Dryad instead of 3+Minister. The sideboard contained Commencement of the Festivities, World Breaker, and Reckless Bushwhacker.

I removed Commencement + Reckless Bushwhacker for Lost Legacy(s).

Commencement of the Festivities pretty much did nothing for me, as I was either going off too fast, or had enough of a field their attacks didn't matter. Additionally, Aggro isn't played much at my locals.

Reckless Bushwhacker was cut because he's dead unless you get the combo with a Servant of the Conduit already on the board.

The reason Lost Legacy was added is so you can counter any main strategy your opponent had that you want to dismantle, or, ruin your opponents side board by naming Yahenni's Expertise and Lost Legacy. Other great targets would be Radiating Flames, Disallow, Grasp of Darkness, Murder, Ruinous Path, etc.

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Date added 7 years
Last updated 7 years
Legality

This deck is not Standard legal.

Rarity (main - side)

6 - 0 Mythic Rares

20 - 13 Rares

19 - 0 Uncommons

0 - 2 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 2.59
Tokens Construct */* C, Energy Reserve, Servo 1/1 C
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