Our Elves are Better

Commander / EDH Elves Infinite Combo Mono-Green Tribal

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Creature (32)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Cultivator of Blades
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Drove of Elves
• 1x Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen
• 1x Elvish Archdruid
• 1x Elvish Champion
• 1x Elvish Harbinger
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Elvish Vanguard
• 1x Elvish Visionary
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Greenweaver Druid
• 1x Heedless One
• 1x Heritage Druid
• 1x Immaculate Magistrate
• 1x Imperious Perfect
• 1x Jagged-Scar Archers
• 1x Joraga Treespeaker
• 1x Joraga Warcaller
• 1x Kamahl, Fist of Krosa
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Lys Alana Huntmaster
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Timberwatch Elf
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Wellwisher
• 1x Wirewood Herald

Artifact (16)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Perilous Vault
• 1x Planar Bridge
• 1x Planar Portal
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Staff of Nin
• 1x Stoneforge Masterwork
• 1x Umbral Mantle

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Elvish Promenade
• 1x Ezuri's Predation
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Praetor's Counsel
• 1x Primal Command
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes
• 1x Wurmcalling

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Elvish Guidance
• 1x Frontier Siege
• 1x Presence of Gond
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Commander (1)

Land (35)

• 1x Forest
• 23x Forest
• 1x Forest
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nephalia Academy
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Wirewood Lodge

Instant (3)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Krosan Grip

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Creature (22)

• 1x Ambush Commander
• 1x Argothian Elder
• 1x Beastcaller Savant
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Essence Warden
• 1x Ezuri, Renegade Leader
• 1x Ezuri's Archers
• 1x Frontier Guide
• 1x Gempalm Strider
• 1x Gilt-Leaf Archdruid
• 1x Lys Alana Bowmaster
• 1x Nath's Elite
• 1x Nissa, Vastwood Seer  ^Flip
• 1x Nissa's Chosen
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Siege Behemoth
• 1x Taunting Elf
• 1x Tel-Jilad Fallen
• 1x Voice of the Woods
• 1x Wirewood Channeler

Land (4)

• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Treetop Village
• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

Enchantment (13)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Forced Adaptation
• 1x Lifeforce
• 1x Lurking Predators
• 1x Mana Reflection
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Primal Rage
• 1x Primeval Bounty
• 1x Quest for Renewal
• 1x Seton's Desire
• 1x Song of the Dryads

Instant (9)

• 1x Avoid Fate
• 1x Back to Nature
• 1x Bind
• 1x Constant Mists
• 1x Elvish Fury
• 1x Slice in Twain
• 1x Stampede
• 1x Strength in Numbers
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Garruk Wildspeaker

Artifact (13)

• 1x Brittle Effigy
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Emerald Medallion
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Planar Bridge
• 1x Ring of Three Wishes
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Ugin's Nexus

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Bramblecrush
• 1x Fade into Antiquity
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Seasons Past
• 1x Shamanic Revelation
• 1x Stomp and Howl
• 1x The Great Aurora

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An elf ball deck, as one might expect from a Freyalise Commander

The Gameplan: This deck's plan is relatively straightforward; punch your opponent with creatures until they die. Executing that gameplan, however, can have some nuances, especially in a multiplayer game.

Buffs/anthems are usually going to be a major part of your win condition. The stronger each of your individual creatures is, the more difficult it is to deal with them as a group. Beastmaster Ascension is probably one of the most powerful cards in the deck for this reason. It turns all your little 1/1s into 6/6s, which is very hard to deal with. Cards like Kamahl and Triumph of the Hordes are also good at this. Door of Destinies provides a tribal buff, but it can take some time to get it up to a large number, since it requires that you cast rather than play.

The deck also has lots of mana available to it, so sometimes a few bigger creatures can be just as threatening as an elf hoard. Wurmcalling can be used to constantly create new creatures, as long as you have the mana to fuel them. Planar Portal can be a good way to sink your mana in preparation for a huge swing.

Strengths: Uses ramp to get going quickly. Contains a few infinite combo (Elvish Archdruid + Umbral Mantle + 3 other elves)(Paradox Engine + Wurmcalling + five mana dorks/rocks), provided you control the right things. Can build an imposing board state and overwhelm opponents.

Freyalise makes for a potent commander, because when you resummon her from the command zone it resets her loyalty. If left alone, she can draw you a lot of cards while summoning mana dorks, or destroy your opponents' problematic enchantments and artifacts. The deck can also function without her, if need be.

Weaknesses: Uses colorless cards to compensate for some of green's deficiencies (board clear and protecting your own board), and doesn't do it as well as it might.

It's fragile: a single board wipe can be extremely hard to recover from. The longer the game goes, the less likely you are to win. The more opponents disrupt your plans, the harder it is to bounce back. While some cards can help mitigate this (Cauldron of Souls and Heroic Intervention), they can't always be relied on.

Predictibility: Most players can figure out this decks gameplan without much effort, and it doesn't have many surprises within it.

Lack of flying: I mean, it's green elf tribal, what do you expect?

Budget: remove the Vigor, Coat of Arms, and Paradox Engine and you have a fairly affordable build without losing very much. Most of the cards are fairly inexpensive and easy to acquire. The Caged Sun could also be cut without losing very much.

Thanks a lot for reading! Any constructive criticism or suggestions are, of course, welcome.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.69
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Elf Druid 1/1 G, Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Phyrexian Beast 4/4 G, Servo 1/1 C, Wurm */* G
Folders	1, Green Commander