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Putting the 'No' in Norn

Commander / EDH Aggro Combo Mono-White Soul Sisters Tokens

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Commander: Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

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"Your creations are effective, Sheoldred, but we must unite the flesh, not merely flay it." - Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

This here is I suppose my 2nd Proper edh list. The inspiration for this one was a little different than my previous effort with Queen Marchesa, in that the reason this exists is the simple fact that Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite is one of my favourite cards in magic. Everything from the insane abilities to the sheer magnificence of the artwork makes me love the creature enough to use her as a general. Also, the Norn that I own was a gift from a very good friend of mine, so using it in this manner feels great!

Unlike my previous commander, Elesh Norn’s power is brutally obvious. On the plus sides - of which there are many - she has a tough combination of both 7 toughness and Vigilance, making her a decent force to attack with should it take your fancy. Not much is going to defeat her in combat, especially when you view the rest of the card…

Now things get silly. All your creatures get +2/+2. Great, but not absolutely ridiculous, especially in the shitstorm that is commander. All creatures your opponents control get -2/-2? Nonsense. Complete, utter nonsense. What does that look like on the board? Well, her mere entrance immediately kills all opposing creatures of toughness 2 or less. Gone. No ifs or buts. As for the rest of them, you can have a field of 1/1’s that now trade with your opponents 5/5’s, and outright kill and survive 4/4’s. The price of all this power? An admittedly hefty .

So as far as strategy goes, you can either focus on the +2/+2 side of the card and be very aggressive or utilsise the -2/-2 aspect and be very controlling. I’m used to playing pillow fort so I fancied going for the more pro-active, aggressive strategy and build mainly around tokens. After all, it's all about uniting the flesh!

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Huge update — Sept. 4, 2018
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This morning I took the time to do a long, overdue update to the list. The list that was on here before is not the one I have been running for a long time so apologies to anyone thinking it was up to date.

I wont bother listing the changes I've made as there are so many of them, but I can safely say that the deck works waaaaay better as a result. The increase of enablers and further card-draw at the expense of some enhancers has proved to be a good move, as was the addition of Snow-Covered Plains and Scrying Sheets.

Hope everyone enjoys these changes as much as I enjoy playing them.

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Date added 7 years
Last updated 5 years
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)

13 - 0 Mythic Rares

43 - 0 Rares

17 - 0 Uncommons

1 - 0 Commons
Cards 100
Avg. CMC 3.73
Tokens 2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Cat 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Cat 2/2 W, Cat Soldier 1/1 W, Construct 0/0 C, Copy Clone, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Human 1/1 W, Kithkin Soldier 1/1 W, Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance, Kor Soldier 1/1 W, Monk 1/1 W, Myr 1/1 C, Pegasus 1/1 W, Phyrexian Myr 1/1 C, Servo 1/1 C, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W, Vampire 1/1 W, Warrior 1/1 W
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