[Retired] [75%] Gettin' down and Nathty

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) Discard Elves Tribal

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Damage (14)

• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Bramblewood Paragon
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen
• 1x Elven Riders
• 1x Elvish Champion
• 1x Ezuri, Renegade Leader
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Shaman of the Pack
• 1x Silhana Ledgewalker
• 1x Timberwatch Elf
• 1x Treetop Rangers
• 1x Vitalizing Wind

Wincon (8)

• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Death Cloud
• 1x Elvish Champion
• 1x Ezuri, Renegade Leader
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Vitalizing Wind

Draw (6)

• 1x Descendants' Path
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Minions' Murmurs
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Syphon Mind

Tokens (5)

• 1x Dwynen's Elite
• 1x Elvish Promenade
• 1x Lys Alana Huntmaster
• 1x Prowess of the Fair
• 1x Wolf-Skull Shaman

Acceleration (13)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Boreal Druid
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Elvish Archdruid
• 1x Elvish Harbinger
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Gnarlroot Trapper
• 1x Joraga Treespeaker
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Wood Elves

Removal (11)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Death Cloud
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Eyeblight's Ending
• 1x Hex
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Nullmage Shepherd
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Viridian Corrupter

Utility (6)

• 1x Copperhorn Scout
• 1x Golgari Charm
• 1x Perilous Forays
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Quest for Renewal
• 1x Waste Not

Tutor (3)

• 1x Elvish Harbinger
• 1x Skyshroud Poacher
• 1x Wirewood Herald

Commander (1)

Land (34)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 16x Forest
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x Llanowar Reborn
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Discard (6)

• 1x Bottomless Pit
• 1x Dark Deal
• 1x Liliana's Specter
• 1x Mind Slash
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Syphon Mind

Lifegain (4)

• 1x Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen
• 1x Essence Warden
• 1x Rhys the Exiled
• 1x Wellwisher

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Inspired by 75% - Getting Nathy in a good way I built a tribal elf deck for my girlfriend. I'm not currently buying new cards, but have a lot of spare cards - if you feel like providing some advice, keep reading.

The basic gameplan is creaturebased ramp, make the most threatening players discard and attack with unblockable elves that get huge out of nowhere.

I'm really, really happy with how the deck functions at the time - it's fun to play, fun to play against, always does something different and wins out of nowhere.

When sorted like this the deck appears to do a lot of different things, but really it doesn't: You play a lot of elves and explode out of nowhere. Sometimes you gain life in the process, sometimes you do a lot of discard, but the main plan is always to play elves and hit hard.

Card choices

Acceleration: Because a T3 - T4 Nath is way better than T5+
Discard and draw: Two ways of providing card advantage and/or disruption, and discard great with Nath in play.
Tutors: Rarely fetch the same each time. Sometimes I need mana, sometimes removal with Eyeblight's Ending , and sometimes just winning with Elvish Champion .
Removal: Always relevant. I like every single one of these.
Damage: Either through unblockable beaters, i.e. Silhana Ledgewalker or big buffs, i.e. Vitalizing Wind .
Lifegain: Surprisingly relevant in this deck. You need to survive early eliminations to win later.
Tokens: Elves are good, more elves are better.
Utility: Waste Not is amazing. Perilous Forays is good in a meta with a lot of Threatening effects.

Possible inclusions:

Acceleration: Sylvan Ranger. A bit slow, but fixes colors.
Discard: Tasigur's Cruelty . Brutal.
Draw: Grim Haruspex , Sylvan Messenger , Erebos, God of the Dead, Garruk, Caller of Beasts, Geth's Grimoire. All have upsides and downsides, but I like them all.
Tutors: Yisan, the Wanderer Bard . Fun tutor, and probably really good with untap-effects.
Removal: Bramblecrush .
Damage: Taunting Elf or Wirewood Pride sneaks damage through. Shaman of the Pack is recommended time and time again by Jason Alt.
Lifegain: None.
Tokens: Lys Alana Huntmaster, Wirewood Hivemaster . Both good.
Utility:
Quirion Ranger, Quest for Renewal : More untap-effects, more mana.
Sylvan Safekeeper, Dark Dabbling : The deck runs little protection and could probably use a bit more.
Shadows of the Past : Stuff dies and the deck sacrifices for benefit. Could be good.
Mul Daya Channelers : Does several things, but none of them really good.
Archetype of Finality: Makes the elves harder to block and attack.

If any of these should make the cut, please let me know (and please provide some advice on cuts as well)

Date added	10 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 0 Rares 29 - 0 Uncommons 24 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.98
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Human 2/2 G, Wolf 2/2 G, Zombie 2/2 B
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