Selvala's Elvish Toolbox

Commander / EDH Casual Elves GW (Selesnya) Lifegain Multiplayer Stax

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Lands (36)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Brushland
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 13x Forest
• 1x Fortified Village
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 9x Plains
• 1x Razorverge Thicket
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Wirewood Lodge
• 1x Wooded Bastion

Tutor (7)

• 1x Elvish Harbinger
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Realm Seekers
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Yisan, the Wanderer Bard

Draw (4)

• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Soul of the Harvest

Recursion (3)

• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Reclaim
• 1x Reveillark

Tokens (1)

• 1x Sylvan Offering

Ramp (11)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Boreal Druid
• 1x Elvish Archdruid
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Marwyn, the Nurturer
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Quirion Elves
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Skyshroud Ranger

Utility (9)

• 1x Benefactor's Draught
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Magewright's Stone
• 1x Mercy Killing
• 1x Quirion Ranger
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Seeker of Skybreak
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir

Buff (5)

• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Ezuri, Renegade Leader
• 1x Immaculate Magistrate
• 1x Joraga Warcaller
• 1x Pathbreaker Ibex

AltWin (3)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Felidar Sovereign
• 1x Squall Line

LifeGain (2)

• 1x Essence Warden
• 1x Wellwisher

Commander (1)

Removal (9)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Jagged-Scar Archers
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker

Protection (6)

• 1x Dragonlord Dromoka
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Windborn Muse

Stax (3)

• 1x Hokori, Dust Drinker
• 1x Imposing Sovereign
• 1x Winter Orb

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Stax (13)

• 1x Armageddon
• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Crackdown
• 1x Eidolon of Rhetoric
• 1x Fall of the Thran
• 1x Gaddock Teeg
• 1x Glare of Subdual
• 1x Loxodon Gatekeeper
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Rule of Law
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar

Removal (6)

• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Intrepid Hero
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Song of the Dryads
• 1x Viridian Zealot

Elf (2)

• 1x Timberwatch Elf
• 1x Wildborn Preserver

Recursion (2)

• 1x Return to the Ranks
• 1x Sun Titan

AltWin (7)

• 1x Approach of the Second Sun
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Genesis Wave
• 1x Selvala's Stampede
• 1x Serra Avatar
• 1x Shaman of Forgotten Ways
• 1x Storm Herd

Utility (7)

• 1x Bonds of Mortality
• 1x Elvish Piper
• 1x Huatli, Radiant Champion
• 1x Quest for Renewal
• 1x The Great Henge
• 1x To Arms!
• 1x Yeva, Nature's Herald

Ramp (4)

• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Paradise Druid
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Buff (3)

• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Imperious Perfect
• 1x Thunderfoot Baloth

Other (1)

• 1x Qasali Pridemage

Draw (7)

• 1x Fecundity
• 1x Heartwood Storyteller
• 1x Momentous Fall
• 1x Shamanic Revelation
• 1x Temple Bell
• 1x Voice of Many
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

Protection (6)

• 1x Dauntless Escort
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Peacekeeper
• 1x Tajuru Preserver
• 1x Thornweald Archer

Tutor (6)

• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Ranger-Captain of Eos
• 1x Ranger of Eos

Tokens (2)

• 1x March of the Multitudes
• 1x Secure the Wastes

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A versatile causal deck with different win conditions and also a deck that can deal with many threats.

Win early game by flooding the board with elves and buff them or win late game by utilizing life advantage

I like Selvala, Explorer Returned because usally she is allowed to be on the board longer than e.g. Rhys the Redeemed.
Selvala, Explorer Returned scales well in a multiplayer game. But the deck is also quite strong in small plays groups or 1vs1.

Some of the most important cards are (not in order):
- Felidar Sovereign with some of the protection spells; such as Teferi's Protection
- Aetherflux Reservoir is really strong in 1vs1 matchups.
- The stax pieces can be changed to your meta. I have found Hokori, Dust Drinker and Imposing Sovereign to be great vs a semi-strong Maelstrom Wanderer in our playgroup. The stax pieces are all easy to tutor and some of them are also easy to recur from graveyard with Reveillark
- Realm Seekers I just added him for some flavor. For a casual deck it has been a good inclusion. Selvala, Explorer Returned makes sure everybody has cards, so he will almost always be big. It is easy to tutor him (Elvish Harbinger, Fauna Shaman, Fierce Empath and Recruiter of the Guard), buff (e.g. Ezuri, Renegade Leader) and recur him from graveyard (e.g. Reveillark). And he can tutor Rogue's Passage and other important lands. He also works great with Selvala, Heart of the Wilds, Pathbreaker Ibex and Mercy Killing
- Many games will be won by elves (approx 25 elves in the deck) getting buffed by Joraga Warcaller who gets buffed by either Immaculate Magistrate or Gavony Township

I'm looking for ways to improve the synergies in the deck. I use elves, life and tap synergies. One example is that I just found Seeker of Skybreak. Seeker of Skybreak is both an elf, a creature I can tap and also a tool to make Selvala, Explorer Returned parley again. Did I miss some or do you have some other suggestion? Leave a comment! Upvotes are not frowned upon either :-)

(some) of the notable exclusions:
- Umbral Mantle, Sword of the Paruns and Staff of Domination because it gets too easy to go infinite. If you playgroup is okay with inifinte. Then swap them with utility cards, e.g To Arms!, Benefactor's Draught and Magewright's Stone. This will open up for inifinite mana with Elvish Archdruid, Marwyn, the Nurturer, Priest of Titania orSelvala, Heart of the Wilds. After that you can draw with Selvala, Explorer Returned until you find a win condition. That could just be creatures hasted with Concordant Crossroads. Or you could tutor creatures with Yisan, the Wanderer Bard. You can also sink your infinite mana into Joraga Warcaller, Squall Line, Ezuri, Renegade Leader. Or lastly you could storm of with Aetherflux Reservoir
- Sensei's Divining Top Would be really great for the deck, but the price tag is too high
- Aura Shards Too much degeneration and I will become a target.
- Craterhoof Behemoth I don't have one.
- Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite Too abusive, and if somebody steals her, it will ruin my day...

Date added	6 years
Last updated	4 years
Exclude colors	UBR
Splash colors	WG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.89
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Elf Warrior 1/1 GW, Treefolk X/X G