The Elite (Redux)

Casual

18scsc

Creature (23)

• 3x Ballyrush Banneret
• 3x Captain of the Watch
• 4x Champion of the Parish
• 4x Field Marshal
• 2x Precinct Captain
• 3x Preeminent Captain
• 4x Veteran Armorsmith

Land (21)

• 17x Plains
• 4x Windbrisk Heights

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Militia's Pride

Artifact (10)

• 3x Dolmen Gate
• 3x Explorer's Scope
• 4x Veteran's Armaments

Instant (8)

• 4x Brave the Elements
• 4x Path to Exile

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A remake of my old deck called "The Elite".

Same old weenie strategy as every other soldier deck. Get out cheap efficient creatures and whittle their health to nothing.

However I have Dolmen's Gate allowing me to attack with impunity (so I can trigger the hideaway, Explorer's Scope, Preeminent Captain, ect.)

In my original deck I also had quite a problem with mana screw/flood, to fix this I have used Explorer's scope to play lands from the top of my library (working either as manna accel or a kind of deck thinning), and Windbrisk Heights to allow me to do a kinda "scry" effect that has the added bonus of allowing me to play Captain of the Watch for an effective 2 mana.

Ballyrush allows me to drop creatures for cheaper, thus helping negate the tempo loss of Winbrisk Heights, and allowing hands to work with less lands.

Over all it's far more consistent and stable of a deck. The price of this however is that good hands in this deck are a little slower than in the original. However, a REALLY good hand in this deck defeats that of even my old soldier deck.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is Casual legal.
Rarity (main - side)	26 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	65
Avg. CMC	2.09
Tokens	Kithkin Soldier 1/1 W, Soldier 1/1 W