Elspeth, Storm Slayer

Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth

If one or more tokens would be created under your control, twice that many of those tokens are created instead.

+1: Create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.

0: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. Those creatures gain flying until your next turn.

-3: Destroy target creature an opponent controls with mana value 3 or greater.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Pre-release	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Standard	Legal
Standard Brawl	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (13)

CNG_Stream on token enchantment

2 months ago

Like Balaam said the list is not "standard" legal, but is legal for the "Pioneer" format if you are trying to figure out what the closest format you are legal for.

Would cut the card A Tale for the Ages as it only affects cards that are "enchanted" meaning you need to run "aura" cards to enchant your creatures.

The card Optimistic Scavenger would be slightly better then running Generous Visitor for the pairing with Calix, Guided by Fate. You can run both, but the Scavenger is slightly better over Visitor as it triggers on enchantments entering and not a cast trigger meaning the tokens created by Calix would give you extra counters.

Some auras you may want to consider running to help synergize with Calix would be:

Sheltered by Ghosts: removal, lifelink, and psudeo protection for your creatures.

Feather of Flight: card draw and flying bonuses

Audacity: Trample and card draw if creature gets removed

These cards all work Great with Calix and get even stronger as you can create copies of them to not only enchant your other creatures to help with getting more damage through easier, but also your other creatures when they attack can now potentially trigger Calix if they can hit the opponent.

Cards I would suggest trimming would be:

Doubling Season: the card is slow and your decks creatures are designed in a way that I think it is counter productive.

Training Regimen: the card is slow and would be better off being one of the earlier mentioned auras more often.

All Will Be One: Not a full remove, but only 2 copies should be enough as it is slwo to get to board and you really need one of your other payoffs on board first.

Now if you wnat to change your self from the small early creatures you are running to something less aggessive and more controlling to help the Alien Invasion card shine more with the Doubling Season then you might want to just cut all the creatures and bring in control options like Day of Judgment, Get Lost, and/or Abrade. Shifting some of your threats to maybe include something likeUrabrask's Forge, Outlaws' Merriment, or any of the planeswalkers that generate tokens like the Elspeth, Storm Slayer. You can also add Ramp options to speed up your deck pacing and fix your mana by using auras like Shimmerwilds Growth or Sorcery cards like Shared Roots. And since you rely on token generation for your creatures with this build then you can get more stable card draw with Caretaker's Talent over the Artist's Talent.

Best of luck with however you decide to proceed with this deck. The card options I tried to provide were in consideration to the Pioneer format conisdering a fair portion of your deck is currently shifted that way.

clayperce on mono white token

6 months ago

Hmmm, Elspeth, Storm Slayer is amazing, but she's not a legal Commander. Obviously, if your playgroup is cool with it, that nvm. But there are only a few Planeswalkers who "can be your Commander".

Mondrak, Glory Dominus, maybe? There are a TON of other options as well ...

Cheers!

Mortlocke on The Predator of Predators

6 months ago

BloobRyan,

I really appreciate the nice the compliment: Thank you! I love this deck and I hope you get to enjoy your own version of it. As for considering any cards from MTG: TMNT, ill just use the words of Senior Communications Manager for Magic: The Gathering, Blake Rasmussen: “Engage with the parts of Magic that you find fun and that you want to engage with, and not that you feel that you must engage with.”. I simply cannot bring myself to care about MTG:TMNT, and just don't want to spare any of my time even thinking about it - but I did enjoy the 2022 release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge. That game rocks, you should go play it.

I only have cursory knowledge of the MTG: TMNT set and nothing really stood out to me. None of the Dinosaurs i've seen look like they would lend themselves to the Enrage Control archetype theme of the deck. Triceraton Commander has some decent options: temporary Evasion on attack, a minor buff for P/T, and on cast can make tokens. None of that really works in this deck though. Triceraton seems like it would find a home in a deck that's rocking both Anointed Procession and Elspeth, Storm Slayer.

Thanks for commenting! I'd love to hear more of your thoughts and plans for your own iteration of Zacama.

Tulsasaurus_Rex on

1 year ago

8-16-08-decimus I actually meant to put Hardened Tactician into the deck, I must have forgotten to do it. Thank you for noticing. :D

Venum Thank you for your suggestions. I considered running a burn section for cards like Impact Tremors, but opted out of doing it. Ask for Elspeth, Storm Slayer, she's a great card, but since she makes soldier tokens and not warriors, I opted out of using her. If I ran her, I'd also want to run Mondrak, Glory Dominus and Anointed Procession but both are really expensive and I wanted to keep the budget a little on the calmer side.

NV_1980 on Three Pump Chumps

1 year ago

Not sure you want to go this route, but considering you've added enchantments to increase your token generation, would it make sense to add more creatures in here that generate additional tokens too? Adeline, Resplendent Cathar, Brimaz, King of Oreskos, Emmara, Soul of the Accord, Mycoloth and Voice of Victory to name but a few effective ones. Also, the new Elspeth, Storm Slayer seems almost tailor-made for this deck. Granted, she's a bit expensive, but man can she bea powerhouse in here.

Venum on Elsha, Threefold Master - Mystic Meditation (v0.5)

1 year ago

I don't know if you're still going for massive token generation still, but i feel like Cori-Steel Cutter and Elspeth, Storm Slayer would be a great addition at this point

Venum on

1 year ago

You might want to add indirect damage such as Impact Tremors with the mobilize effect. You could also double your tokens with Elspeth, Storm Slayer

Fluggleshmuggits on Cube Eternal

1 year ago

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