Numa, Joraga Chieftain
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Format Legality
1v1 Commander Legal
Archenemy Legal
Block Constructed Legal
Canadian Highlander Legal
Casual Legal
Commander / EDH Legal
Commander: Rule 0 Legal
Custom Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Freeform Legal
Highlander Legal
Legacy Legal
Leviathan Legal
Limited Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Planar Constructed Legal
Planechase Legal
Quest Magic Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Vanguard Legal
Vintage Legal

Numa, Joraga Chieftain

Legendary Creature — Elf Warrior

At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may pay . When you do, distribute X +1/+1 counters among any number of target Elves.

Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

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indieinside on Elves & Friends

2 months ago

Kamahl, Heart of Krosa seems like he would be great. Only real issue is the CMC. More of a mid-late game play. But he does buff all of your creatures. Numa, Joraga Chieftain seems a little more relevant, but a bit costly to activate to be worth it. But yeah, Kamahl would be pretty cool. It’s probably a bit pricy budget wise, but Urza's Incubator would be a great pull for this build.

MaliciousMayhem on Elves & Friends

2 months ago

indieinside

At first I was going to use Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa for the splash of white and because there's some old white and green multicolored cards I liked playing in Lorwyn-Eventide blocks. Also the added removal spells would be a plus.

Then I figured maybe an elf commander like Numa, Joraga Chieftain since it would be beneficial to my elves in the deck. I realize wolves took a backsest because there just so many good to great elves available.

This is more of a list of cards I'd like to use but not final. I'm still going to try and draw some hands on here to see what happens. I'm expecting to not need all of the mana producing elves and maybe I'll add some more instances, enchantments, artifacts or a planeswalker or two.

MaliciousMayhem on Elves & Friends

2 months ago

indieinside

At first I was going to use Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa for the splash of white and because there's some old white and green multicolored cards I liked playing in Lorwyn-Eventide blocks. Also the added removal spells would be a plus.

Then I figured maybe an elf commander like Numa, Joraga Chieftain since it would be beneficial to my elves in the deck. I realize wolves took a backsest because there just so many good to great elves available.

This is more of a list of cards I'd like to use but not final. I'm still gonna try and draw some hands on here to see what happened. I'm expecting to not need all the mana producing and elves and maybe I'll add some more instances, enchantments, artifacts or a planeswalker or two.

xram666 on [Marwyn] Army of Elves

3 years ago

Nice deck. +1 from me. My black green elf EDH deck is with Miara, Thorn of the Glade and Numa, Joraga Chieftain at the helm but very similar in some aspects (Miara & Numa Elves). So I have some suggestions for you:

With we untap abilities and the mass of elves you create Timberwatch Elf could be a nice addition.

Always nice in tribal token decks is Coat of Arms but this card depends on your meta of course.

As you already play Miara, Thorn of the Glade and can create a lot of mana you could also play Numa, Joraga Chieftain as a mana sink.

Alas I cannot tell you what to cut for the cards.

But I would try Binding the Old Gods for Putrefy as it is more flexible and also ramps.

Guerric on Lathril's Relentless Elves

3 years ago

As for things to cut, here is my list-

Cards to definitely cut- 1) Abomination of Llanowar he's just a big, dumb of elf with a target on his back for removal. There are better options. At least Drove of Elves has hexproof, but I wouldn't even play that. The only one I'd play is Jagged-Scar Archers, and that's because of its utility against flyers.

2) Elvish Rejuvenator He gets a land, but doesn't actually ramp you. And that is if you get a land- you might whiff. You have better options. If you really want this effect Sylvan Ranger costs one less mana and is guaranteed to not whiff.

3) Eyeblight Cullers 5cmc is just too much for something that only gives you three tokens on its death, and you have no mill synergy.

4) Golgari Findbroker This card was made for draft. It just costs too much for what it does. Its not just the four cmc, 2 and 2 is a high opportunity casting cost.

5) Harald, King of Skemfar He's basically a 3/2 with menace that replaces himself. The clause on Tyvar might seem good if you add him (which is good idea, btw- he'll be worth it even if he doesn't stick around too long), but even then you have to remember that he won't find Tyvar the majority of the time. Again, its nice he replaces himself and gives you some selection, but there are better options.

6) Jaspera Sentinel Dorks are great, but you have to tap two creatures for one mana, which is a bad rate in elves. There are better dorks suggested above.

7) Masked Admirers This is one of those cards that Wizards stuffs into every precon conceivable, even though its bad in most of them. We don't need it here.

8) Thornbow Archer He's only draining one life for each time he attacks. That isn't enough to justify his slot.

9) Voice of Many You get maybe three cards for four mana at most? He's not the worst and he does draw cards, but I've never liked him.

10) Voice of the Woods This might sound like a good use of your elves, but its better to pump your elves than to use them to summon elementals. Plus he costs five to cast.

11) Tergrid's Shadow We have a joke about this card in our playgroup, but in general it isn't what we want. Letting your opponents pick what they sacrifice means you'll rarely hit the thing you need to get rid of. You might as well just play Doom Blade or any other premium removal card in these colors. There are a lot!

12) Poison the Cup They just put this in the precon because foretell was a Kaldheim theme, but there are so many cheap (both in real world and mana cost) black removal cards that this one shouldn't make the cut.

13) Roots of Wisdom You're better off just playing Harmonize or getting one of the consistent draw pieces I suggested. This card won't do a lot for the slot in your deck.

14) Return Upon the Tide This just costs too much mana, and you have other better recursion pieces out there.

Cards to think about removing

1) Serpent's Soul-Jar This card could be good, but could also be a trap. Your graveyard is a resource, and exiling everything from it prevents mass recursion. Also, your opponents can target this with removal and you'll never get your stuff back. I'd probably just play Haunting Voyage, Patriarch's Bidding, and Living Death to get your goodies back for more fun!

2) Twinblade Assassins He does draw cards, and is probably at least as good as Phyrexian Arena while he lives. So you might keep him, but he costs 5cmc, so if you have enough card draw you might want to cut him.

3) Numa, Joraga Chieftain He can pump your stuff. But Kindred Summons, Genesis Wave, or the above mentioned Torment of Hailfire and Exsanguinate are much better ones!

4) Nullmage Shepherd This can allow us to remove problematic stuff. But tapping four elves is a bigger cost than we often want to pay. Something to think on.

5) Sylvan Messenger Again, this card does get us some draw, much like Lead the Stampede which I used to play does. I've just never found it good enough to include though. Nonetheless, you want at least ten pieces of draw, and this does count as that!

6) Eyeblight Massacre This will kill a lot of stuff, but will often leave what you most need to kill alive. Ezuri's Predation is a recently reprinted board wipe that is now more affordable and will wreck your opponents while leaving your stuff intact. In Garruk's Wake and Plague Wind cost a 25 cents each and will hose everyone but you, and because you are playing elves you can afford their cmc!

7) Ruthless Winnower Having played against this card I can attest that it is annoying, but your opponents will often kill it before it can have too much impact. If it were a lower cmc it would be a guaranteed in, at least it will take the heat off of more important cards. It is high at 5cmc though. Keeping it might be the right choice, but I'd at least consider it.

UrzasUnderstudy on Glissa's_Tiny_Tribal_Army

4 years ago

Some possible How Abouts: Abomination of Llanowar , Boreal Outrider (you might want some Snow-Covered Forest and Snow-Covered Swamp if you go this route), Elf Replica , Elvish Warmaster , Eyeblight's Ending , Gilt-Leaf Ambush , Harald, King of Skemfar , Jaspera Sentinel , Nadier's Nightblade , Numa, Joraga Chieftain , Path of Ancestry , Pendelhaven Elder , Prowess of the Fair , Quest for Renewal , Quirion Ranger , Reclamation Sage .

multimedia on Lathril Elves v1 copy

4 years ago

Hey, on a budget well done upgrading the precon.

There's some cards in the precon to consider adding:

One problem with the precon is there's too many Swamps. Green mana is overall much more important to have than black mana. You still need black mana, but playing the same amount of Forests and Swamps hurts the consistency of having green mana early. This is especially problematic when playing so many green one drop Elves which you want to be able to consistently cast turn one. Consider cutting Swamps for more Golgari dual lands?

Good luck with your deck.

multimedia on BG Elves

4 years ago

Hey, I'm impressed, well done building your deck on a budget with like 90% cards from Commander Legends.

Commander Legends was an amazing set for Elves especially Miara. Unfortunately, to make any real impact from upgrades you're going to want to add more cards from other sets, but most cards you add could be $1 or less each and still make a huge impact.

An advantage of Elves as a tribe is ramp, more specifically one drop mana Elves and Elves who can tap to make a lot of mana. No other tribe has as many one drop mana creatures or creatures who can make a ton of mana. By adding more mana Elves you can reduce the amount of lands while increasing the amount of Elves. More ramp from Elves is wanted by both your Commanders to cast Nadier quicker and to pay more into X with Numa. Both of your Commanders don't do much without lots of ramp.

Archdruid is the budget Elf who defines the tribe since he's an anthem for Elves and can make as much green mana as Elves you control. Marwyn and Joiner are good with Numa, Joraga Chieftain since they want counters put on them, they care about how much power they have. Marwyn is also good with Elf tokens since each token that's created puts a counter on her. Guidance has excellent interaction with Arbor Elf if you enchant a Forest or Woodland Chasm .

Other mana rocks are more sources of ramp. Sol Ring and Arcane Signet are two budget staple cards in Commander. Golgari Signet is another two drop ramp source upgrade.

These cards would expand on the Elf token theme and Prowess is unique since it's an Elf that's not a creature. Expanding on the token strategy makes Nadier better. Warmaster is another mana sink to pump and give Elves deathtouch. Elderfang doesn't create tokens like the other cards, but it has good interaction with them. Letting you swing with your Elves and opponents have to make difficult decisions about what to do.

I offer more advice including cuts to make. Would you like more advice?

Good luck with your deck.

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