Elsha - Spellslinger Fun

Commander / EDH Control RUW (Jeskai, America) Spellslinger Tokens

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Land (36)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 5x Island
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 4x Plains
• 1x Raugrin Triome
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Spectator Seating
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Training Center

Creature (6)

• 1x Guttersnipe
• 1x Kykar, Wind's Fury
• 1x Monastery Mentor
• 1x Murmuring Mystic
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner
• 1x Young Pyromancer

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Narset of the Ancient Way
• 1x Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
• 1x Teferi, Time Raveler

Instant (23)

• 1x Aetherspouts
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Expansion / Explosion *f-pre*
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Increasing Vengeance
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Polymorphist's Jest
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Reverberate
• 1x Sphinx's Revelation
• 1x Sublime Epiphany
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Valakut Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Wear / Tear

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Bonfire of the Damned
• 1x Drawn from Dreams
• 1x Expropriate
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Mizzix's Mastery
• 1x Mystic Retrieval
• 1x Sea Gate Restoration  ^Flip
• 1x Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1x Shatterskull Smashing  ^Flip
• 1x Temporal Mastery
• 1x Vandalblast

Commander (1)

Artifact (12)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Primal Amulet  ^Flip
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Jace's Sanctum
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Metallurgic Summonings
• 1x Penance
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Shark Typhoon
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Whirlwind of Thought

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Elsha of the Infinite

The Story

I was introduced to Magic around the release of Guilds of Ravnica, and I remember seeing Niv-Mizzet, Parun and thinking I need to build this deck. And build this deck I did! It was a fun deck, and I found one of the most fun things about it was creating the tokens.

Fast forward a little less than a year, after I had disassembled all my original decks, after the night of commander dexcribed in my Selvala, Explorer Returned deck. I was looking to possibly rebuild Niv, when Kykar, Wind's Fury was spoiled, and I thought no he will be my commander! I start to build the deck, I already own a good portion of the cards because of my Niv deck but then Elsha of the Infinite gets spoiled. I debated for a long time whether I should go for Elsha or Kykar, but in the end I decided to go with Elsha so I could focus more on the spells and less on tokens, since I already have a token deck.

This deck has become a personal favourite and I hope you enjoy it, or this help you with your own Elsha or Kykar deck!

The Deck

This is a pretty straight forward control deck. You want to control the board and survive until you are ready to go off. One important aspect of the deck though is you need to get something to manipulate the top of your deck as early as possible. Whether it be a Sensei's Divining Top, a Soothsaying or a Penance.

One of the major win cons in the deck is Mizzix's Mastery and having Guttersnipe, Ral, Storm Conduit and/or Niv-Mizzet, Parun on the battlefield. When you overload Mizzix's Mastery, because of the wording, you cast the spells exiled with MM, so those three cards will activate and deal a lot of damage to your opponents.

The secondary win con is Bonfire of the Damned. If you can miracle it out, and Reverberate or Increasing Vengeance on it, you deal a massive amounts of damage to face, and most likely wipe your opponents boards as well, if they aren't dead from the damage.

Lastly, tokens. Tokens are a huge part to protect you from combat damage if you don't have the right spells in hand, or to finish the game off if you do pull off one of the two combos above, and your opponents are holding on for dear life!

Are You Looking to Help?

I am not currently looking for help with this deck. I am very proud of this deck and wish to share it with the community.

That being said, if you do have any suggestions, please feel free to let me know. Our pod is more casual, no infinite combos, not trying to win on turn two or three, we play tuned but not competitive decks.

Thank you for understanding! :)

Updates

Ikoria, Lair of Behemoths

In: Narset of the Ancient Way, Shark Typhoon, Arcane Signet, Raugrin Triome, Arid Mesa and Flooded Strand.

Out: AEtherize & Azorius Charm. I am taking out Soothsaying at the moment as I feel it is too big of a mana sink, to put in Arcane Signet. Tests to come when this set gets released. Additionally, I took out some basic lands.

Core Set 2021

In: Whirlwind of Thought & Sublime Epiphany

Out: Teferi, Time Raveler & Niv-Mizzet, Parun

New Year Deck Clean Up

In: Sevinne's Reclamation, Jeska's Will, Valakut Awakening, Teferi, Time Raveler Shatterskull Smashing, Sea Gate Restoration  , Sea of Clouds, Training Center and Spectator Seating.

Out: Desertion, Insidious Will, Ral, Storm Conduit, Docent of Perfection  , Jeskai Charm, Curse of the Swine, Azorius Chancery, Boros Garrison , and Izzet Boilerworks

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.14
Tokens	Bird Illusion 1/1 U, Construct */* C, Copy Clone, Drake 2/2 U, Elemental 1/1 R, Elephant 3-3 G, Emblem Narset of the Ancient Way, Manifest 2/2 C, Monk 1/1 W, Servo 1/1 C, Shark */* U, Spirit 1/1 W, Treasure
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