Elven Dynamics
Each deck is unique. Each card is meticulously collected. Each deck is carefully crafted to suit the player's wants and needs. Each one to encounter would be very well attuned to and take on the personality of its creator. Those, I think, are some of the best reasons why gamers are attracted to this format. These were what attracted me to it.
I know each player have different goals for their Magic games. Sure, we all want to win. For me, though, there is no greater satisfaction than facing various game state challenges then overcoming them. I love my games to be heavily interactive. I want to be able to engage in fun political plays and with games filled with enjoyable camaraderie.
Deck Deconstruction
Aside from the obvious, the basis for some of the card selection were mostly in consideration of it's characteristic multiplayer and fun factor. There are a lot of elves already printed, but some are lackluster while others are more suited for certain deck types. Still, I've managed to cram in as much efficient, versatile, and cool elves as I can. Cards that are in both the EDH Multiplayer and French Meta banned lists are automatically excluded from my deck. I do this so that I can fairly play against whatever deck in whatever Commander format my friends bring to the table or to wherever I may go. There are a ton of other cool cards to add; but, I may neither find one, spare the card slot, nor afford it. *grins* Still, others are there for sentimental reasons.
I update the deck regularly depending on the new expansions coming out or when I find something to make it more fun for me to play with. This is my personal elf deck today as it stands.
For the extensive primer on everything elf, visit the Elfhame.
Elven Dynamics
Format: EDH / Multi-player Commander
Commander: Glissa, the Traitor {BG / First strike Deathtouch}
| Legendary Elven Generals [5] Ezuri, Renegade Leader {G} Glissa, the Traitor {BG / First strike Deathtouch} Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord {BG} Nath of the Gilt-Leaf {BG} Yeva, Nature's Herald {G / Flash} Elven Dynamics [28] Arbor Elf Argothian Elder Caller of the Claw Deathrite Shaman Elf Replica {Artifact Creature} Elvish Aberration {Forestcycling} Elvish Archdruid Elvish Harbinger Elvish Mystic Elvish Visionary Farhaven Elf Fauna Shaman Fyndhorn Elves Imperious Perfect Joraga Treespeaker {Leveler} Llanowar Elves Masked Admirer Priest of Titania Realm Seekers Reclamation Sage Regal Force Skyshroud Poacher Sylvan Ranger Terastodon Wirewood Channeler Wirewood Herald Wirewood Symbiote Wood Elves Sorceries [9] Damnation Demonic Tutor Genesis Wave Green Sun's Zenith Harmonize Increasing Ambition {Flashback} Praetor's Counsel Regrowth Rise of the Dark Realms Instants [9] Abrupt Decay Beast Within Crop Rotation Crushing Vines Eyeblight's Ending Krosan Grip {Split Second} Putrefy Sudden Death {Split Second} Withering Boon |
Artifacts [11] Cloudstone Curio Expedition Map Fellwar Stone Lotus Petal Memory Jar Staff of Domination Swiftfoot Boots Thousand-Year Elixir Tormod's Crypt Umbral Mantle Unstable Obelisk Enchantments [1] Prowess of the Fair {Tribal Elf} Planeswalkers [1] Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury Lands [35] Bloodstained Mire Bojuka Bog Cavern of Souls Command Tower Forbidden Orchard Gaea's Cradle Gilt-Leaf Palace Golgari Guildgate {Gate} Golgari Rot Farm Llanowar Waste Mutavault Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx {Devotion} Overgrown Tomb {Forest Swamp} Reliquary Tower Tectonic Edge Thespian's Stage Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth Wasteland Windswept Heath Wirewood Lodge Wooded Foothills Woodland Cemetery Forests - 10 Swamps - 3 |
Annotations
Notes: 04:18 PM 01/26/2008 [ Moved from Geocities to Blogger ]
Notes: 12:00 AM 08/01/2011 [ Shell: The Deck, Elf Combo ]
Notes: 12:00 AM 07/13/2012 [+ Yeva, Nature's Herald / - Artisan of Kozilek ]
Notes: 06:08 PM 09/07/2012 [+ Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord / - Rain of Thorns ]
Notes: 12:00 AM 10/27/2012 [+ Evolving Wilds {FNM Prize 2nd Place 4-0 ATC 26Oct2012} / - Rupture Spire ]
Notes: 12:00 AM 10/27/2012 [+ Golgari Guildgate / - Forest ]
Notes: 12:00 AM 11/11/2012 [+ Abrupt Decay / - Naturalize ]
Notes: 12:00 AM 04/18/2013 [+ Thespian's Stage / - Grim Backwoods ]
Notes: 04:00 PM 04/22/2013 [ Staff of Domination unbanned for Multiplayer and Duel ]
Notes: 04:00 PM 04/22/2013 [+ Staff of Domination / - Oak Street Innkeeper ]
Notes: 06:00 PM 09/21/2013 [+ Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, - Temple of the False God ]
Notes: 08:00 PM 07/12/2014 [ + Reclamation Sage / - Viridian Corrupter ]
Notes: 08:00 PM 09/12/2014 [ Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary banned ]
Notes: 08:00 PM 09/12/2014 [+ Realm Seekers, - Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary ]
Notes: 08:00 PM 11/07/2015 [+ Rise of the Dark Realms, - Cultivate ]
Notes: 08:00 PM 11/07/2015 [+ Unstable Obelisk, - Darksteel Ingot ]
Notes: 08:00 PM 11/07/2015 [+ Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury, - Lodestone Bauble ]
Notes: 08:00 PM 11/07/2015 [+ Bloodstained Mire, - Jund Panorama ]
Notes: 08:00 PM 11/07/2015 [+ Windswept Heath, - Evolving Wilds ]
Notes: 08:00 PM 11/07/2015 [+ Wooded Foothills, - Forest ]
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