So this is my spin on a popular Modern archetype: mono-green Elves. It has the same DNA as a lot of Modern Elf decks, using Ezuri, Heritage Druid, and Elvish Archdruid for extreme ramp into Elf-centric Overrun effects. I also use a variety of lords for passive buffs, which enable the much-vaunted turn 4 kill (as it did last night) even without Ezuri. Imperious Perfect creates more bodies, while the single copy of Elvish Champion is there mostly because I didn't have a fourth Perfect, and she also basically ends games if the opponent is running Forests.
I don't bother with Nettle Sentinel or Chord of Calling, for similar reasons. They're really superfluous here. Chord is only ever used to get Ezuri, so I just skip the hassle and run four copies of Ezuri. Lead the Stampede and Collected Company are more than enough searching power to bring him out. Another thing I like to run is Silhana Ledgewalker. I just really like the card. It's evasive and hard to block, and both of those things are great. Even in a situation where I'm not abusing Ezuri's activated ability, the buffs from all the Elf lords on a hexproof creature that can only be blocked by flying makes for some potent offense.
The deck is designed to do what Elves do: ramp out huge numbers fast and swing for lethal. It's intended to be reliable in what it does, and efficient as possible. Much as I love a good Akroma's Memorial or Genesis Wave, I really wanted this deck to be fast and streamlined.
The sideboard is sort of just a collection of answers to various things that could trip me up. Eldrazi are strong, and my friend runs Eldrazi Tron, so a turn 3 All Is Dust could be backbreaking against this deck. Tajuru Preserver helps against that or something annoying like a black sacrifice-oriented deck. Cavern is there in case I end up against some heavy counterspell decks. I have the sweet Game Day Promo alternate art of Reclamation Sage, which works as both a body and removal (and could easily sub in for Elvish Champion).
So, I am interested in your thoughts. This deck is meant to be lean, mean, and oh so green, and so far I'm pretty pleased with how it plays.
The latest change adds Copperhorn Scouts in place of Silhana Ledgewalkers. In my tests, they pretty much accelerate the deck in all the right ways. You can tap an Elvish Archdruid for mana, do Ezuri's Elf Overrun and swing in, then untap all your guys and potentially do that 2-3 more times with the Archdruid and Heritage Druid on the board. Or you can use that now-available mana to regenerate Elves with Ezuri's other ability, and so on. It's very powerful stuff, on top of leaving your guys free to block (and then tap for mana and pump themselves up as they do).
