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Non-Lethal Turn 3 Win

Hand: 2x Forest + 2x Utopia Sprawl + Arbor Elf + Garruk Wildspeaker + Elvish Archdruid

Turn 1: Play Arbor Elf + Forest

Turn 2: Draw Genesis Wave + Play Forest + Utopia Sprawl on first forest, tap enchanted Forest twice with Arbor Elf for 4 mana. Play Garruk Wildspeaker and untap both forests with his +1 ability. Play another Utopia Sprawl on first Forest and cast Elvish Archdruid.

Turn 3: Draw Utopia Sprawl + Play another Utopia Sprawl on first Forest, tap it three times for 12 mana + 1 mana from the other forest to cast Genesis Wave where = 10. Hope to get 5 more Druids and a Gilt-Leaf Archdruid for the land steal.

Turn 4+: Keep stealing lands until you have enough damage to kill your opponent.

Card Choice

-Gilt-Leaf Archdruid is an awesome card to have in an Elf deck. Synergizing it with 6 more untapped Druids, like Elvish Archdruid, Arbor Elf, Elvish Mystic and Joraga Treespeaker will grant you access to the lands of your opponents. Also, having one or multiple of these on the battlefield will make you draw cards everytime you play a Druid spell. One drops like Arbor Elf, Elvish Mystic and Joraga Treespeaker will automaticaly renew themselves with a card draw.

-Elvish Archdruid is the overall best modern legal creature you can get in any Elf deck. It is a 2/2 Elf Druid for , grants +1/+1 to all Elves and gives you for every Elf you control. Let's say you have two Forest and an Elvish Archdruid in play, with two Arbor Elf in hand. Playing those Arbor Elf with your Forest won't make you loose mana, because it gives devotion to Elves and Elvish Archdruid will just produce more mana. This means, even thought you could have produced only three mana at the start of this turn, you can still produce three mana at the end of it, making you able to produce a total of five mana instead.

-Arbor Elf is the best Elf Druid one drop producing mana. It helps out ramping mana when combined with enchanted lands like Utopia Sprawl or Overgrowth. Llanowar Elves and Elvish Mystic can sometimes be better than Arbor Elf only because their ability can't be countered (because they are mana abilities). Yet, there are more situations where Arbor Elf is better.

-Joraga Treespeaker is also an amazing Elf Druid to have in this deck. Being simultaneously a one drop Elf Druid that can trigger Gilt-Leaf Archdruid draw ability, add up in Elvish Archdruid devotion and being able to evolve into a Greenweaver Druid for two more mana (and it is a 1/2, not a 1/1). Also, if you ramped up too much mana, you can use eight more mana to grant his ability to all your Elves.

-Elvish Harbinger is another Elf Druid played to give an easy access to either Elvish Archdruid and Gilt-Leaf Archdruid, which are our main components of the deck, or finishers like Joraga Warcaller and Ezuri, Renegade Leader. It is also played for its mana ability. Finally, Elvish Harbinger casted while Gilt-Leaf Archdruid is on the battlefield will make you draw the creature you just searched.

-Ezuri, Renegade Leader is not a Druid, but it is played for its instant speed regeneration and Overrun capacity. Granting +3/+3 trample is a must have finisher in this kind of deck, and a regeneration helps a lot against destroy spells and for blocking in general.

-Joraga Warcaller is also not a Druid, but his multikicker ability can grant incredible power to all Elves you control.

-Doubling Chant helps a ton with Gilt-Leaf Archdruid tap ability. It also helps adding up for elf devotion and bringing blockers.

-Genesis Wave is a must have in this kind of deck. Even thought permanents entering your battlefield won't trigger Gilt-Leaf Archdruid draw ability, they can still tap to steal the lands of your opponent. It is generally an awesome card to add to a deck when mana ramp is high.

-Quest for Renewal is absolutely useful in this deck. The main purpose is to easily bring back blockers and mana dorks that were tapped for mana. It can also help for Gilt-Leaf Archdruid land steal ability, especially in multiplayer.

-Utopia Sprawl is excellent in many ways. First of all, it can be a good one drop in a starting hand when no mana dorks show up. In combination with Arbor Elf, it increases mana ramp by a lot. I specifically placed this card in my deck for a turn two combo with Arbor Elf, granting at least 5 mana (even more with Garruk Wildspeaker.

-Garruk Wildspeaker is an amazing Planeswalker for two reasons: it brings speed and lethality to a deck. In this particular deck, it increases mana ramp even more and it also brings the +3/+3 trample finisher to top it off.

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I decided to add Nikthos, Shrine to Nyx to my mainboard, and Elvish promenade to my sideboard, as suggested by Archfline! Thanks for the help.

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Date added 8 years
Last updated 6 years
Legality

This deck is not Modern legal.

Rarity (main - side)

2 - 0 Mythic Rares

34 - 3 Rares

1 - 2 Uncommons

15 - 9 Commons

Cards 58
Avg. CMC 2.20
Tokens Beast 3/3 G, Elf Warrior 1/1 G
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