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Lys Alana Scarblade
Creature — Elf Assassin
, Discard an Elf card: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of Elves you control.
StoryArcher on
Damned Elves!
2 years ago
Thank you for taking the time to come over and check out the deck - I really do appreciate your comments. Board-wipes are a pretty common threat for Elves - this one is just the rare version that is actually capable of doing it back. If I wanted a way to defend against that, wouldn't Heroic Intervention serve better than trying to mix in a whole new color?
I never really post serious sideboards on this site, the meta varies too wildly from one place to another, BUT having said that, apart from the ever brutal Blood Moon, I specifically selected elf options as a toolbox. Sure, they might technically be inferior to many of the sideboard options that you mentioned, but on the flip side, a sideboard card you never see is worthless. By selecting elves that I can hit with off of Collected Company, Realmwalker AND tutor up with Elvish Harbinger, I'm a lot more likely to actually get the inferior option on the board than any of your more popular suggestions. Some others that I've kicked around are Essence Warden, Melira, Sylvok Outcast, Lys Alana Scarblade, Imperious Perfect and Fauna Shaman.
I know that Nettle Sentinel is a popular choice for elf decks and can be very effective, but it just doesn't work for me. If I were to work something in, it would more likely be Quirion Ranger.
Again, thanks for your comments.
carpecanum on
Meren's Elf Herpes
2 years ago
Wood Elves would allow you to pull an Overgrown Tomb or Woodland Chasm.
Lys Alana Scarblade can take out enemies with Indestructible and throw elves into your Graveyard for reanimation.
Elderfang Disciple and Skemfar Shadowsage would both be fun to spam for ETB effect. Thornmantle Striker slightly less fun.
Its off-theme but Eternal Witness can bring back sorceries, instants and other destroyed cards. The picture looks like an elf
FounderX on
Cunning Dark Elves
3 years ago
Hahaha raspberryfish25 now you mention it, it does sound funny :-). If answers are needed in your meta these are definitely good choices, the Golgari colors have lots of answers to play in the form of targeted and mass removal. Abrupt Decay could also be included. Eyeblight Massacre could also get rid of tokens, without harming your own board state. Lys Alana Scarblade in combination with untap abilities could also perform well to get rid of pesky creatures. You can always recur the discarded creatures with several black cards out there, though not really my style of play. Cover of Darkness is sitting in my binder, trying it out, great evasive tech. Genesis Wave , now that is a digger I do like, definitely agree with you on that one.
As for the cards you are willing to try, they are indeed very strong, but strong comes with a price tag, if budget isn't an issue definitely worth upgrading.
Chord of Calling budget one-time use Zenith, Crashing Drawbridge cheaper crossroads, although usable the next turn, but only haste on your side of the board. Fauna Shaman is already the budget version of Survival of the Fittest , but Evolutionary Leap is the cheapest closest card with more or less the same effect. Song of the Dryads combo sounds like a lot of fun indeed. With enough counters on Champion of Lambholt you can achieve the same for the price of a bag of crisps. Seeker of Skybreak is a great "untapper", maybe you like Quirion Ranger and Scryb Ranger too.
Time Spiral remastered comes with a few nice reprints like Slaughter Pact , Summoner's Pact , Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth and Damnation . Still on the steep side, price-wise, but way cheaper than the currently printed versions.
greyninja on
Morophuckin' Elves!
4 years ago
@LordTsukune there are a few black elves; like Gilt-Leaf Winnower, Hunter of Eyeblights, Lys Alana Scarblade, Maralen of the Mornsong, Ayara, First of Locthwain, Blightsoil Druid, etc. I guess I just didn't think they were worth it. I'll take your opinion on the matter tho
Sunbird's Invocation and Stolen Strategy are good generic red gas. They can go in most any red deck, for sure. If you look at my land base you can see that I'm relying heavily on green since that's elves' most dominant color, but I'm splashing all other colors for support. If I did add them, what would you suggest to come out?
I do actually have Fist of Suns in here, so I'll do some updating this morning to match my irl list.
Thanks for the comment! I upvoted some of your decks in return! Don't forget to upvote here as well! Cheers
Hawk_of_Battle on
Gorgeous Girls Deck(list)
5 years ago
Sublime Archangel , AEther Adept , Melira, Sylvok Outcast , Angel of Flight Alabaster , Fathom Mage , Lys Alana Scarblade
wraya2 on
6 years ago
Golgari Elf Buddies - PDH with Imperious Perfect and Lys Alana Scarblade at the helm.
