Shaman of the Pack

Creature — Elf Shaman

When Shaman of the Pack enters the battlefield, target opponent loses life equal to the number of Elves you control.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	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
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (48)

leovolt884_ on March of the Elfs

2 weeks ago

I don't see the point in adding black since you're not running great black removal or even card draw. I'm not sure that with what else you have in the deck Shaman of the Pack makes black worth it unless you want to start running better removal. Black kind of is driving up the price and Vein Ripper is not going to be cast often despite being powerful. A 6 drop with 3 off color pips that isn't in the decks tribe just doesn't feel great. I would recommend going up to 4 copies of Collected Company since it can hit almost every creature in your deck the value is pretty insane. I would lean into the +1/+1 counter theme and go up to 3 or 4 Kalonian Hydra and play 4 Metallic Mimic so everything can accumulate counters. 27 lands is also crazy without land payoffs. 27 lands + curving out at 3 cmc and running 12 mana dorks is going to keep you mana flooded almost all the time. Cut some mana dorks for more efficient low drop creatures and cut at least 6 lands, even as many as 8 or 9 if you plan on keeping 6+ mana dorks. Add more creatures instead, I would recommend a lord like Leaf-Crowned Visionary, Pelt Collector is great, Pollenbright Druid could be very versatile, and Rishkar, Peema Renegade is very powerful in a counters deck. If you keep black consider both Glissa Sunslayer and Glissa, Herald of Predation as quite frankly they are just busted cards. Consider adding board protection like Heroic Intervention and some removal. Soulless Jailer can be sideboarded if you play best of three matches but I think its a great choice since it can be hit with Collected Company. Those are just some recommendations but play it however you want, and take this from someone who knows nothing about pioneer meta and what decks you'll likely play against :>

Icbrgr on MH3 Elves

1 month ago

I think i am playing more of a "tool boxy" approach with a main focus on swarming the field and getting big mana for a Tooth and Nail win con but im still splashing {B} for Shaman of the Pack and running Wirewood Symbiote.

So far my playtesting has been in a vacuum with no interaction/disruption from an opponent... the deck is really able to pop off fast (can kill Turn 4 pretty consistently) but sometimes I end up at turn 6 with a legion of mana dorks without a full-combo payoff; and that's what got me thinking maybe I need a tutor.

shadow63 on MH3 Elves

1 month ago

I think it depends on if you go all in on the Shaman of the Pack win con. If the goal is to swarm the table them play the shaman I think pack is the way to go. But if you want to be able to more tool boxy approach I'd go with chord. First impression is you probably don't need either tho

Icbrgr on MH3 Elves

2 months ago

I definitely underestimated Wirewood Symbiote and the value of ETB effects in elves. In my playtesting I have been leaning harder into Quirion Ranger and pursuing Tooth and Nail for my win condition. that Eladamri, Korvecdal absolutly seems amazing because it doesnt lock you into a creature type... I personally have been using Aether Vial to chuck out creatures from hand thinking that felt strong but the casting from the top of the library can just be absolutely busted i love it.

after watching the video I've come to these conclusions:

• Shaman of the Pack will win the game via high Elf population; and that's pretty much all there is to it. Seems far and above to be the most consistent way for Elves to win.

• Tooth and Nail needs a high elf population, a mana boon elf Priest of Titania/Elvish Archdruid that can {T} as well as having targets for tooth and nail that are otherwise bricks/dead in your hand like Tyrant of Discord and Realm Razer (there are certainly better targets I just was having fun)

• Craterhoof Behemoth is similar to tooth and nail for the requirements but can feel awkward because somtimes you can {T} elves for mana and then suddenly not have enough attackers for lethal damage.

all in all im just kinda excited for elves in the upcoming near future... I think I wanna give them an honest try.

wallisface on MH3 Elves

2 months ago

From what I've seen the wincon for elves will largely be Shaman of the Pack... there's not a lot of point bothering to go big when you can just nuke the opponent from orbit.

There is a Youtuber who made a video playing with a concept for a new elf deck post-mh3 a while ago (he'd caught-wind of some of the leaks). The video is here. His decklist is listed in the videos description. I imagine there will be a bunch of changes for optimizing this list, but it feels pretty-close to the finished product. He is however using Realmwalker in that list whereas I believe Eladamri, Korvecdal is just strictly better now.

Barbarian_Sun_Pope on Overwelming Elves

1 year ago

I like the set up here and the payoff with Shaman of the Pack (+1). Kind of surprised to see Nettle Sentinel in sideboard though. Do you think a single copy of Skemfar Shadowsage would fit here as an extra copy of Shaman of the Pack? It's a little more expensive, but it shouldn't be much harder to cast than the Shaman and you can pull it with Collected Company.

BioProfDude on Crazy Elves

1 year ago

If you add 4x Chord of Calling you'd have a way to tutor Shaman of the Pack. Also adding 4x Collected Company could help get creatures onto the battlefield and also find Shaman of the Pack to help close out games.

Cool deck! +1 from me!

Bulldawg1310 on Darkwood Elves

2 years ago

Collected Company is better than Elven Ambush with a small army and a little luck Shaman of the Pack can just flat out win you games. with your 4 and higher CMC creatures youll have a brick every now and then but the benefits far outweigh the downsides.