GB Elf-Ball

Commander / EDH* BG (Golgari) Druid Elves Tap/Untap

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1Land (26)

• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkbore Pathway  ^Flip
• 7x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Gilt-Leaf Palace
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Petrified Field
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Wirewood Lodge
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

1LandFetch (7)

• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

2RemovalSingle (5)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Maelstrom Pulse
• 1x Putrefy

2RemovalWipe (4)

• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Decree of Pain

3Draw (11)

• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Tireless Tracker
• 1x Abundance
• 1x Ambition's Cost
• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Vizier of the Menagerie
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner

3DrawTutor (2)

• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Demonic Tutor

4Combo (1)

• 1x Umbral Mantle

4FinishersBlack (2)

• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

4FinishersTrampleInf (3)

• 1x Ezuri, Renegade Leader
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth

4FinishersTutorCTB (4)

• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Natural Order
• 1x Tooth and Nail

5Flash (1)

• 1x Yeva, Nature's Herald

5Haste (2)

• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Akroma's Memorial

5Protection (5)

• 1x Allosaurus Shepherd
• 1x Autumn's Veil
• 1x Veil of Summer
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Imp's Mischief

5Recursion (2)

• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Reanimate

6Ramp1Others (4)

• 1x Elvish Guidance
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Leyline of Abundance
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya

6Ramp2TutorElf (3)

• 1x Elvish Reclaimer
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Wood Elves

6Ramp3TutorIS (4)

• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Pir's Whim
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Tempt with Discovery

6RampTapE1 (5)

• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Elvish Harbinger

6RampTapE2 (1)

• 1x Joraga Treespeaker

6RampTapE3p (2)

• 1x Heritage Druid
• 1x Incubation Druid

6RampTapEX (4)

• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Elvish Archdruid
• 1x Marwyn, the Nurturer
• 1x Argothian Elder

Commanders (2)

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Anthem (6)

• 1x Joraga Warcaller
• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Elvish Champion
• 1x Imperious Perfect
• 1x Pride of the Perfect
• 1x Coat of Arms

Cheat (3)

• 1x Genesis Wave
• 1x Elvish Piper
• 1x Selvala's Stampede

Draw (20)

• 1x Village Rites
• 1x Costly Plunder
• 1x Foreboding Fruit
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Merciless Resolve
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Rites of Flourishing
• 1x Succumb to Temptation
• 1x Bitter Revelation
• 1x Brightwood Tracker
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Path of Discovery
• 1x Rowen
• 1x Syphon Mind
• 1x Voice of Many
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

DrawTutor (5)

• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Dark Petition

DrawTutorLand (6)

• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Sylvan Ranger
• 1x Civic Wayfinder
• 1x District Guide
• 1x Nissa, Vastwood Seer  ^Flip
• 1x Krosan Tusker

Finishers (2)

• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Skull Storm

FinishersTrampleInf (5)

• 1x Tribal Unity
• 1x Overrun
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Pathbreaker Ibex
• 1x End-Raze Forerunners

InfiniteMana (6)

• 1x Wirewood Symbiote
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Seeker of Skybreak
• 1x Krosan Restorer
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Temur Sabertooth

Land (9)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Castle Garenbrig
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Scrying Sheets
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs

Lifegain (6)

• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Essence Warden
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Wellwisher
• 1x Retreat to Kazandu
• 1x Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen

Protection (9)

• 1x Fog
• 1x Spore Frog
• 1x Constant Mists
• 1x Destiny Spinner
• 1x City of Solitude
• 1x Dosan the Falling Leaf
• 1x Hall of Gemstone
• 1x Prowling Serpopard
• 1x Sudden Spoiling

RampOthers (14)

• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Elvish Pioneer
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Joiner Adept
• 1x Llanowar Scout
• 1x Lotus Cobra
• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Into the Wilds
• 1x Wilderness Reclamation
• 1x Nissa, Who Shakes the World
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Regal Behemoth
• 1x Nyxbloom Ancient

RampTapA (3)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Golgari Signet

RampTapE (26)

• 1x Boreal Druid
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Gnarlroot Trapper
• 1x Beastcaller Savant
• 1x Blightsoil Druid
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Druid of the Cowl
• 1x Elfhame Druid
• 1x Harvester Druid
• 1x Heart Warden
• 1x Leaf Gilder
• 1x Llanowar Dead
• 1x Paradise Druid
• 1x Quirion Elves
• 1x Quirion Explorer
• 1x Wirewood Elf
• 1x Woodland Mystic
• 1x Fyndhorn Elder
• 1x Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
• 1x Greenweaver Druid
• 1x Lifespring Druid
• 1x Llanowar Tribe
• 1x Llanowar Visionary
• 1x Rosethorn Acolyte
• 1x Elvish Aberration

RampTutor (16)

• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Frontier Guide
• 1x Into the North
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Far Wanderings
• 1x Harvest Season
• 1x Natural Connection
• 1x Primal Growth
• 1x Search for Tomorrow
• 1x Springbloom Druid
• 1x Circuitous Route
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Quirion Trailblazer
• 1x Wild Wanderer

RampTutorBackup (3)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Nissa's Pilgrimage

Recursion (6)

• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

RemovalSingle (7)

• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Lignify
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Song of the Dryads
• 1x Force of Vigor
• 1x Murderous Cut

RemovalWipe (15)

• 1x Back to Nature
• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Dead of Winter
• 1x Force of Despair
• 1x Seeds of Innocence
• 1x Calming Verse
• 1x Creeping Corrosion
• 1x Eyeblight Massacre
• 1x Languish
• 1x Massacre
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Feast of Succession
• 1x Whiptongue Hydra
• 1x Kindred Dominance

Tokens (1)

• 1x Elvish Promenade

Utility (1)

• 1x Unbound Flourishing

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Classic elf-ball (the original definition), but in golgari colours.

The original elf-ball concept combined the mana generation synergy of elf-tribal with the pay-off of a high X Fireball. This deck changes that pay-off from red to black finishers, including Exsanguinate and Torment of Hailfire. While the goal of the deck is not to win through combats, as a backup, the deck can still win through classic green finishers such as Craterhoof and Triumph of the Hordes due to decent creature density.

While they might not seem as natural choices for this deck, Miara and Kamahl provide both the colours that we want as well as utility from the command zone. Kamahl provides a repeatable Overrun effect to finish off games from the command zone, while Miara is both a low-cost elf to get elf/creature synergy going and also a potential board wipe recovery tool.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 52 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.00
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Clue