To Elf Or Not To Elf
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Posted on Jan. 5, 2014, 5:34 p.m. by AyeDavanita10
So, I have a Modern Elf deck using Beckcall and Cloudstone Curio , but I don't have any fetch or schock lands. Having that in mind do you think it's better to just go Mono Green until I get the lands or stick to U/G?Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance!
Correction. Oops. Read it wrong.
Do you want to spend the money on the lands and play U/G which opens your options for cards and strategies, or go G and save some cash and focus more on a colour?
Your choice.
January 5, 2014 5:46 p.m.
AyeDavanita10 says... #4
Yes, that was what I meant, spelt it wrong, my badI think I'm going to save the money, also, I believe running mono green would make it more consistent, am i wrong?
January 5, 2014 5:47 p.m.
Well, if you were interested in making it consistent, then yes. Mono green. Have the decklist by chance? That will greatly influence the choice for me.
January 5, 2014 6 p.m.
There are other options. There are green cards that can tap for other color mana, e.g. Elvish Harbinger .
If it's a G/u Elf deck, you'll likely not have very many blue spells, and won't need to cast them until later in the game anyway, so I don't think expensive dual lands are necessary.
You could play a turn one Forest, Elvish Mystic ; then a turn two Simic Guildgate (or whatever), and that should be all the mana you need to play your whole deck by turn 3 or 4 - I mean, come on, they're elves.
And, to answer the title question: Always Elf!
January 5, 2014 6:01 p.m.
AyeDavanita10 says... #7
it be here, the other is the same with blue splash for Beck
January 5, 2014 6:01 p.m.
January 5, 2014 6:02 p.m.
Elf. Always Elf. I have an elf deck that I kept mono G and think it was the best choice, Pointy Eared Bastards if ya want to check it out :)
January 5, 2014 6:15 p.m.
AyeDavanita10 says... #10
thanks a lot for your help dudes, i did some testing and tweaking and was able to make it more consistent!
just one more question, when playing against Melira Pod on game 2 do you sideboard out the combo and just go full beatdown or do you try to combo? cause if they cast Linvala i'm toast
Avernar says... #2
Beck / Call is what you mean, right?
If so, why not take both?
January 5, 2014 5:44 p.m.