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Middle-Earth, Lorwyn, Dominaria, Kaladesh, Ravnica, The Forgotten Realms, Kaldheim, Fiora, Mirrodin, Zendikar... No matter where you go, don't try to outsmart the elves. There are more of them than you, they can move without being seen, and they are always prepared.

(--> Never Trust an Elf meme goes here <--)

With the LotR sets expanding the options of for Elves, now is a good time to start brewing. On top of the massive piles of mana Elves can pull together normally, there are a few infinite mana combos here, based around Staff of Domination and Freed from the Real. The main outlet is Ezuri, Renegade Leader, who can grant Elves +inf/+inf and trample. Skemfar Shadowsage and Shaman of the Pack also work well with Deadeye Navigator and infinite mana. If that fails, straight beatdown with Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth + Elvish Champion, Thassa, God of the Sea, Joraga Warcaller, and Immaculate Magistrate will also work.

The biggest strength of Elves is resource generation. They can scry, tutor, draw, dump out mana, flood the board with bodies, and generally take over a match. Their biggest weakness is overextending. If Elves commit too many of their resources at once, they can be punished hard by a well-timed boardwipe or protected combo. Play aggressively, but always keep reserves and recursion available.

Leovold, Emissary of Trest is banned, and there's not really any other good commander options that I found. Since the creatures are a little fragile before they get rolling, I'm going with a recursion commander for the moment. Suggestions for commander welcome. Cards in the maybeboard are options to cycle back in as testing continues. Other thoughts, suggestions, and random musings also welcome, as always.

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97% Casual

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Date added 1 year
Last updated 4 months
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

10 - 0 Mythic Rares

51 - 0 Rares

19 - 0 Uncommons

14 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 2.91
Tokens Copy Clone, Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Emblem Tyvar Kell, The Ring, The Ring Tempts You
Folders Galadriel Inspo
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