Elsha Staff

Commander / EDH* Combo Control RUW (Jeskai, America)

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Land (31)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 9x Island
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 6x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Win Con (11)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Cloud Key
• 1x Dance of the Manse
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
• 1x Mandate of Peace
• 1x Proteus Staff
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1x Silence

Stax (3)

• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils

Ramp (15)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Empowered Autogenerator
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Jeweled Amulet
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Midnight Clock
• 1x Mirrormade
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Primal Amulet  ^Flip
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Talisman of Creativity

Removal (9)

• 1x By Force
• 1x Disenchant
• 1x Divine Reckoning
• 1x Magmaquake
• 1x Planar Cleansing
• 1x Purify the Grave
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Wear / Tear

Tutor (4)

• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor

Draw (12)

• 1x Anticipate
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Gush
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Telling Time
• 1x Windfall

Counterspells (11)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterflux
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Negate
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Render Silent

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Thousand-Year Storm

Commander (1)

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Maybeboard

Other (2)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Land Tax

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I am new to paper mtg and this is my first ever paper magic deck.

INTRO

I have played a bunch of arena and hit mythic in RNA. As I am new to paper I don't have much of a collection to draw from to put into the deck so most of this has been bought singles wise. Currently working on making the deck more consistent and there is a LOT I have to do to get it to that point.

Win Cons

Here's the combo:

Activate Proteus Staff on Elsha.

With no creatures in your deck, you get to put Elsha back onto the battlefield and stack the rest of your deck.

Stack your deck as such (from the top down):

Gitaxian Probe to draw into a counterspell for hand)

Any counterspell (Looking to get a pact of negation)

Mox Amber + Sol Ring + Lotus Petal + Jeweled Amulet (or any combination of 5+ mana of mana- positive rocks) Brainstorm (any cantrip) Dramatic Reversal Isochron Scepter Aetherflux Reservoir Sensei's Divining Top (backup kill to draw your deck for Jace, Wielder of Mysteries if Aetherflux Reservoir isn't going to work) Other counterspells or whatever

After deck is stacked:

Cast Gitaxian Probe , getting Counterspell into your hand

Cast your mana rocks

Cast the cantrip, getting Dramatic Reversal into your hand

Cast Isochron Scepter , imprinting Dramatic Reversal

Activate Isochron Scepter , untapping the rocks and Scepter itself. Repeat for infinite mana and storm.

Cast Aetherflux Reservoir

Activate Isochron Scepter again, gaining infinite life from Reservoir

Death Star Laser

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BACKUP LINE

Sensei's Divining Top + Cloud Key = Draw deck at instant speed** After you draw the deck play Jace, Wielder of Mysteries to win.

BUDGET

I am currently in Uni and definitely don't have 2k or even 100$ to drop on this deck.

Because of this I usually go to draft and use my winnings to get some upgrades for my deck. Luckily I live about 20 mins away from the Card Kingdom HQ store in the seattle area meaning any card I want I can place an order for and pick up in store.

Multiple good cheap cards >>> 1 expensive card

Since this deck is still in its infancy and is not tuned yet there are a lot of "dead cards" that are just strictly worse then other cheap counterparts. If I had to choose between a Cyclonic Rift or 3 sub 10$ staples that need to go in eventually anyways, I would rather pick the latter short term as that will help in the meantime to make the deck more consistent.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 27 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.38
Tokens	Treasure