Ezuri's Elvish Overrun

Commander / EDH newbuu2

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Mataran says... #1

I can say just by only reading the Planeswalker, who ever goes against this deck, will die very soon.

August 15, 2012 3:48 p.m.

betsy says... #2

w00t another Ezuri EDH, I have one too :-)

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/elf-ball-now-in-edh/ if you need ideas. Good luck with the deck although I warn you people tend not to like you when you can kill a player a turn via overrunning...

August 29, 2012 12:23 a.m.

CommanderFun says... #3

Nice! I have an elf EDH too using Nath of the Gilt-Leaf as a commander... LOVE it! A couple of ideas: Immaculate Magistrate + Joraga Warcaller works a lot like a Coat of Arms . I found that I liked Viridian Shaman more than Viridian Zealot , especially with a Wirewood Symbiote out in play to use it over and over. Also, I found also that my power increased a lot when I added Quest for Renewal for the untap mechanics. one use of Nullmage Shepherd activates it, and then my opponents are loosing an artifact and enchantment during each of their turns... so that was fun. Love the deck! let me know what you think of mine! (Nath's Wrath)

August 30, 2012 2:15 p.m.

Nightwing690 says... #4

I suggest adding Primitive Etchings to this deck, it's really good card draw.

July 7, 2013 3:22 a.m.

arham07059 says... #5

I suggest Door of Destinies

July 9, 2016 2:09 a.m.

newbuu2 says... #6

@arham07059

It certainly works with the tribal theme of the deck, but is excluded because it's too slow. I have to build Door of Destinies up before it's useful, even though it affects only my creatures. I can drop a Coat of Arms and get instant value of it; yes it affects my opponents but I'm usually the one to maximize on the effect. I could even potentially flash Coat of Arms in with Vedalken Orrery.

July 11, 2016 9:17 a.m.

FlyingJ4 says... #7

Boardwipes can be a big problem for this deck, especially something like Wrath of God. To solve this I like to run Elvish Soultiller. Acidic Slime isn't the best value card you could be running. Glissa Sunseeker is good value or if enchantments are a problem then Rain of Thorns can be useful as you don't have to pick over a land or an artifact. Good value. Also a Llanowar Druid can provide some fantastic temporary ramp. You seem to be running less forests than me so it devalues it quite heavily. Drove of Elves is amazing, and Elvish Champion is fantastic with something like Gaea's Liege, while both holding value as the liege can disable lands and is a strong blocker while the champion is a good early game lord.

August 24, 2016 2:17 a.m.

newbuu2 says... #8

@FlyingJ4

I've just retooled this deck to be combo oriented, here's the old version. The old version ran very little non-permanents as the main win conditions were with Primal Surge and Genesis Wave. While wins with those cards were fulfilling, it rarely happened.

The whole idea of this is to generate infinite mana and kill the table ASAP.

Elvish Soultiller has always been a consideration. I might cut Seeker of Skybreak for it, just because Seeker of Skybreak is one of the last cards that I would want to tutor for.

Acidic Slime was replaced with Woodfall Primus.

Glissa Sunseeker is nice, but unless I have a haste outlet or Thousand-Year Elixir out, she's going to be a sitting duck. Plus, her ability has a goofy requirement.

Rain of Thorns has a ton of versatility, but unfortunately I cannot tutor for it. If I need an answer I can always tutor for something like Woodfall Primus, Reclamation Sage, or Strip Mine.

Llanowar Druid is in the same situation as both Glissa Sunseeker and Seeker of Skybreak. I don't know that I'd want to tutor for her and I have to wait for summoning sickness. Plus, she has to sac herself and can possibly assist my opponents.

Drove of Elves is just a beater. His size irrelevant considering the whole point is to make infinitely large Elves with Ezuri, Renegade Leader.

Elvish Champion's anthem is nice, but that's all it really does. The forestwalk and even anthem are irrelevant when pumping with Ezuri, Renegade Leader.

Gaea's Liege requires that my opponents be playing forests, otherwise it's mostly dead card. Sure, it can turn lands into Forests but once its destroyed any progress made is lost.

August 26, 2016 1:48 p.m.

piemanDW says... #9

Might I recommend Primal Surge? It guarantees an instant victory. Just keep putting permanents onto the battlefield until there is 1 card left in your library. Then, draw that card with Elvish Visionary.

However, that power comes at a price: There must be no other instants or sorceries in your deck. Here are recommended substitutions:

Beast Within to Spine of Ish Sah

Chord of Calling to Citanul Flute

Crop Rotation to Ulvenwald Hydra

Krosan Grip to Caustic Caterpillar

Worldly Tutor to Brutalizer Exarch

Genesis Wave to Primal Surge

Green Sun's Zenith to Hibernation's End

Harmonize to Vizier of the Menagerie

Primal Command to Wild Pair

Sylvan Scrying to Paradox Engine (There are no more substitutes)

Tempt with Discovery to Garruk, Caller of Beasts

Other additions:

Forest to Dryad Arbor

Sensei's Divining Top to Garruk's Horde

July 8, 2017 8:12 p.m.

newbuu2 says... #10

piemanDW

This deck was actually centered around Primal Surge in its previous revision. It's a really fun card, but the changes that need to be made to a deck to make it worthwhile hurt the performance significantly.

Many of the cards you've suggested carry not only a significantly higher CMC, they also come at the cost of interaction. For instance, changing Beast Within to Spine of Ish Sah comes at the cost of 4 more mana and the inability to react at instant speed. Green is easily the worst color for interaction, so taking any more of that away isn't viable in my opinion.

I am, however, trying to figure out where to put Paradox Engine and Vizier of the Menagerie, the former because it enables infinite mana combos in this deck and the latter because it gives card advantage.

July 13, 2017 10:19 a.m.

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