Rhys, Lord of the Tokens

Commander / EDH* Elves GW (Selesnya) Tokens

Aqveteig

Buff (18)

• 1x Ajani, the Greathearted
• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Bramblewood Paragon
• 1x Collective Blessing
• 1x Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen
• 1x Elvish Archdruid
• 1x Elvish Champion
• 1x Forge of Heroes
• 1x Immaculate Magistrate
• 1x Imperious Perfect
• 1x Joraga Warcaller
• 1x Llanowar Reborn
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 1x Spear of Heliod
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner
• 1x Vivien, Champion of the Wilds
• 1x Wilt-Leaf Liege

Token (11)

• 1x Castle Ardenvale
• 1x Finale of Glory
• 1x Garruk Wildspeaker
• 1x Imperious Perfect
• 1x Oviya Pashiri, Sage Lifecrafter
• 1x Rootborn Defenses
• 1x Sandwurm Convergence
• 1x Sundering Growth
• 1x Ulvenwald Mysteries
• 1x Vitu-Ghazi, the City-Tree
• 1x Wolf-Skull Shaman

Wincon (7)

• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Ezuri, Renegade Leader
• 1x Garruk Wildspeaker
• 1x Hour of Reckoning
• 1x Immaculate Magistrate
• 1x Overrun
• 1x Scale Up

Lifegain (3)

• 1x Ajani, the Greathearted
• 1x Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen
• 1x Fumigate

Untap (2)

• 1x Quest for Renewal
• 1x Seedborn Muse

Land (35)

• 1x Arctic Flats
• 1x Blossoming Sands
• 1x Castle Ardenvale
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Elfhame Palace
• 15x Forest
• 1x Forge of Heroes
• 1x Fortified Village
• 1x Llanowar Reborn
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 7x Plains
• 1x Selesnya Guildgate
• 1x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1x Vitu-Ghazi, the City-Tree
• 1x Windbrisk Heights

Draw (11)

• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Elemental Bond
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Runic Armasaur
• 1x Shapers' Sanctuary
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Ulvenwald Mysteries
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner
• 1x Vivien, Champion of the Wilds
• 1x Vizier of the Menagerie
• 1x Windbrisk Heights

Removal (8)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Elvish Skysweeper
• 1x Jagged-Scar Archers
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Pir's Whim
• 1x Spear of Heliod
• 1x Sundering Growth
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Boardwipe (4)

• 1x Citywide Bust
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Hour of Reckoning

Recursion (1)

• 1x Dusk / Dawn

Commander (1)

Ramp (14)

• 1x Beastcaller Savant
• 1x Elvish Archdruid
• 1x Elvish Harbinger
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Garruk Wildspeaker
• 1x Heritage Druid
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Llanowar Tribe
• 1x Marwyn, the Nurturer
• 1x Pir's Whim
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Rosethorn Acolyte
• 1x Viridian Joiner

Protection (8)

• 1x Dauntless Escort
• 1x Dolmen Gate
• 1x Ezuri, Renegade Leader
• 1x Glare of Subdual
• 1x Privileged Position
• 1x Rootborn Defenses
• 1x Sandwurm Convergence
• 1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty

Beater (4)

• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Drove of Elves
• 1x Jagged-Scar Archers
• 1x Steel Leaf Champion

Tutor (2)

• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Elvish Harbinger

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Maybeboard

Lifegain (3)

• 1x Essence Warden
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Trostani, Selesnya's Voice

Beater (2)

• 1x Parhelion II
• 1x Pelt Collector

Token (2)

• 1x Parhelion II
• 1x Trostani, Selesnya's Voice

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Elfball Deck with token generation.

We have two equally valide gameplan depending on our draw. The first one is a go wide strategy with full focus on tokens big or small. The second one is a simple efball strategy with a classical overrun ending.

The main strategy revolves around a value engine with Seedborn Muse or Quest for Renewal to untap Rhys and enough mana dorks to double our tokens on each opponent's turn. To that end we use mana dorks like Marwyn, the Nurturer , Heritage Druid amongst other to have an ever increasing amount of mana. in case of a boardwipe we may survive it using Rootborn Defenses or Dauntless Escort . If a wipe still affected us, Dusk / Dawn will do the trick as most of our creatures have less than 2 power.

We have a few cards helping us to swing for lethal a little sooner than waiting for 120 1/1 tokens to be created. Scale Up , Overrun , Garruk Wildspeaker , Ezuri, Renegade Leader or any of our stat boosters mixed with Champion of Lambholt . Bramblewood Paragon is a particularly effective card coupled with Rhys as very tokens Rhys makes is a warrior. Ajani, the Greathearted further amplifies the Paragons's effect.

Beside Boardwipes, our main weakness are flyers, Sandwurm Convergence or a late game Finale of Glory help against those. We can also tutor for Elvish Skysweeper to deal with powerfull flyers. In addition to the big token creator above, Oviya Pashiri, Sage Lifecrafter also creates bigger tokens that we can multiply with Rhys.

EDIT: The Maybe list contains cards that were removed for less impactful cards that have more utility and lower CMC.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Exclude colors	UBR
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.20
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Beast 3/3 G, Clue, Construct X/X C, Copy Clone, Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Elf Warrior 1/1 GW, Human 1/1 W, Human 2/2 G, Human Soldier 1/1 W, On an Adventure, Saproling 1/1 G, Servo 1/1 C, Soldier 2/2 W, Wolf 2/2 G, Wurm 5/5 G
Folders	Maybe DEcks, Commander