My Pointy-Eared Dudes! (Standard MTG Deck)

My Pointy-Eared Dudes!

Standard Aggro BG (Golgari) Collected Company Competitive Elves Tribal

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Instant (6)

Enchantment (3)

3x Cryptolith Rite

Creature (31)

Land (20)

Sideboard

Instant (7)

Sorcery (6)

Creature (2)

2x Dragonlord Atarka

The Golgari Elves are... baaaaack!

The deck that started it all. Born from 2 Intro Packs, and lovingly crafted into the deck you see here. Post-M15 rotation, this deck had evolved into an Atarka (or Jund, for the purists) build, specifically for Atarka's Command . Now that Khans and Fate are rotating out, we return to the consistency of Green/Black.

As with most elf decks these days, the major win condition is to flood the board with elves, and drop a Shaman of the Pack for massive damage(!). This can be done through Collected Company, with the assured land drop coming from Nissa, and your 1 and 2-drop elves fuelling the fire.

'But what if you never see your Shamans, smart guy?'

Oh, we will. Cryptolith Rite allows us to tap our little elves and tokens for a lot of mana, meaning we can usually play Sylvan Messenger and every single elf we find with it, all in the one turn.

Otherwise, just attack and drop a Foul-Tongue Shriek on them. They'll never see it coming.

The big surprise (now shifted to the sideboard) is Duress . Being able to immediately nerf an opponent's instant/sorcery spells and planeswalkers is something that the vast majority of decks don't see coming from a relatively aggressive deck.

This deck is surprisingly resillient against a variety of aggressive decks post-sideboard, as well as being able to outrace and cripple slower decks. The ability to deal with midrange creatures comes with our removal package, while Natural State helps us deal with all these pesky enchantments out there.

Advice on the (new) landbase/sideboard would be very much appreciated!

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GAME DAY CHAMPION!!! — Aug. 13, 2016

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So, I played 2 Game Days yesterday. 2 Top 8 finishes, with the second event being the one where I only dropped 1 game all tournament, and earned the magnificent EMN Game Day Champion mat!

Event 1 had 20 players, with my losses being to mono-white humans and GW angels. Wins were against Jund, UB control, and another mono-white deck. Good enough for a 3-2 finish, squeaking into 8th place on resistance.

Second tournament had 14 players. My opponents were G/B midrange, mono-U Brains, Wr Humans (a very tough match, where I lost my only game of the night), and the final was against UG ramp. 4-0, and the Game Day Champion!

Major highlights of the day included casting Dragonlord Atarka with only one elf on the board to tap for red mana (the look on opponents' faces when it happens is priceless), as well as keeping a 2-lander (both Swamps, no green mana) and playing Duress into Transgress the Mind to destroy an opening hand and stop them in their tracks. Drawing 3 Shaman of the Packs off Sylvan Messenger was also pretty crazy.

The sweetest play, however, was my opponent (on 14 life) swinging 6 damage into me with 2 Den Protectors, with one blocker back. The following play that clinched the final match being a Shaman of the Pack for 6 life before combat, attacking with my remaining 5 elves for 5 damage, and resolving a Foul-Tongue Shriek before damage to put him to -2 and winning the tournament!

Not a bad way for the elves to go out, I think. :)

Standard Elves... in Modern?! — July 2, 2016

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C-C-C-COMBO MAKER — May 8, 2016

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Rotation... no more Red :( — March 14, 2016

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Oath, Eldrazi... *sigh* — Feb. 7, 2016

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Atarka! — Oct. 25, 2015

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Latest FNM — Oct. 9, 2015

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My poor elves! — Sept. 25, 2015

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Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 2 Mythic Rares 11 - 0 Rares 16 - 5 Uncommons 13 - 8 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.38
Tokens	Ashaya, the Awoken World, Elf Warrior 1/1 G
Folders	Decks I'll test out., Decks, Standard, Standard, Interesting Decks, Save, elf deck
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