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Treetop Scout
Creature — Elf Scout
Treetop Scout can't be blocked except by creatures with flying.
wthompson714 on
Custom Commander Brew
1 year ago
Some thoughts:
Since your commander already gives evasion, I don't think you need both Swiftfoot Boots and Lightning Greaves.
The group decided Cyclonic Rift is banned in tier 3. I don't know what tier these decks are considered...
Burgeoning is less good the fewer lands you have in the deck. I don't think you will find it as helpful as you would want it to be. I think you have enough ramp to not need it, but if you want something that will ramp similarly to that, consider Carpet of Flowers or Utopia Sprawl.
I like Distortion Strike and Artful Dodge in more casual decks, but I think they are simply less good in commander. I think it would be better to have creatures that simply are unblockable. I do see the value of making anything (including your stand alone commander) unblockable, but only being able to do it twice isn't good enough in my mind. Aqueous Form is great! But some suggested replacements (with extra upsides) for the others are Invisible Stalker, Flitterstep Eidolon, Mercurial Spelldancer, Suspicious Stowaway Flip, Silhana Ledgewalker, Temmet, Vizier of Naktamun, Surge Engine. I also think these cards would be better than Wu Light Cavalry, Treetop Scout, and Nettle Sentinel (not sure why this is in the deck).
I like a little bit of additional flicker magic for value, but I think Yorion, Sky Nomad and Roon of the Hidden Realm are too slow. I like Brago, King Eternal and Displacer Kitten.
Mavinda, Students' Advocate doesn't seem to fit here. It only works with instant and sorceries that are targeting creatures you control. Yes, it works with Distortion Strike, but Artful Dodge already has flashback, and it isn't good enough to include mavinda only for Cloudshift and Distortion Strike. I think it can go along with the other two.
You have 18 instances of ramp. I think this may be too much. initial cuts: Llanowar Elves, Ranger's Path, and Burgeoning. Growth Spiral is good, but I think you need to be playing 2 more lands to include. Nature's Lore and Three Visits are great, but you need more dual lands with basic land types to make those good. Otherwise, Rampant Growth is better. Other thing to consider here: If you have fewer mana rocks, the better chance that your commander's ability will help you blow up artifacts. I guess in general, you may want to try to limit the number of card types you play.
Treva's Ruins and Flood Plain seem too slow. And again, as a midrange value deck, I think you need to be playing at least 38 lands.
I think Venser, the Sojourner is better here than Sun Quan, Lord of Wu. You can make the team unblockable for one less mana, and if that isn't helpful at the time, you can flicker stuff while you wait. Ultimating is just an insane bonus.
I gotta go, but I will try to come back and offer some suggestions on other cards you should include!
MangaVentFreak13 on
Gallia Dance Off
2 years ago
Honestly I had never seen some of these cards before (Treetop Scout? Countryside Crusher? Strangleroot Geist? YES!) and since I'm considering putting some of these in my deck, you deserve the upvote. Thanks for the ideas!
king-saproling on
Yeah I'd tap that. . . Derevi, Empyrial Tactician
3 years ago
And some more you might like: Toski, Bearer of Secrets , Prodigal Sorcerer , Zuran Spellcaster , Sigil of Sleep , Arm with AEther , Basilisk Collar , Treetop Scout , Spire Tracer , Battlefield Raptor , Segovian Angel , Druids' Repository , Mirrormade , Spark Double , Market Festival , Overgrowth , Dawn's Reflection
BrassLord on
3 years ago
Hello fellow squirrel lover! Looks like a good start! Your legendary squirrel boy’s ability incentivizes a few things. For one’ evasion attacks turn into consistent card draw. Things like Hot Soup (with your indestructibility it negates the downside... and come one, squirrel soup man,!), Trailblazer's Boots and Prowler's Helm are all equipment that can ensure you get one or more activations of your commander every combat. The other direction is that he triggers on EACH creature that deals combat damage to a player, meaning you could also play little guys with evasion, kind of like an Edric, Spymaster of Trest deck... but more furry. Hope of Ghirapur , Treetop Scout and the like are all janky little guys that can help draw you more cards.
In terms of general squirrel support, Swarmyard is a utility land that can make things like Squirrel Mob a beast in combat, and it’s a bit expensive, but Earthcraft is an infinite combo with Squirrel Nest that’s sure to make your opponents go nuts (pun intended)
forneyt on
3 years ago
I'm glad I could help! I have some other suggestions if it's no longer budget (I won't include Mana Crypt an stuff though haha) and you want to improve it some more: I see that you also have Ohran Frostfang , which is a great deterrent for your opponents deciding to block. Another good source of Deathtouch could be Bow of Nylea , which also does some other cool abilities on top of giving deathtouch. Some other good drawing enchantments include Garruk's Uprising , Elemental Bond , and Colossal Majesty . Since you run anthems, these guys can trigger on your weenies too. If you want something more consistent, Beast Whisperer and Mentor of the Meek are also good draw power. A fun card that puts creatures onto your opponent's side of the board is Hungry Lynx , especially because it gives your commander protection from the creatures it makes! Legion Loyalist seems perfect in this deck since he gives all your creatures first strike, trample, and evasion from tokens, and all of those things make it easier to get the goad trigger. Dragonmaster Outcast and Emeria Angel can make even more flying tokens to get that sweet goading trigger. Feldon of the Third Path seems good for when things are inevitably in the graveyard and you want to use them. Blade of Selves lets you use a creature you already have even more! Some other ramp that you haven't included is Selesnya Signet , Sol Ring , Rampant Growth , and Sword of the Animist . Anthems that you might consider are War Horn , Spear of Heliod , and Glory of Warfare .
The cards I would cut include: The small creatures with only a landwalk ability, like Dwarven Grunt and Treetop Scout ( Dryad Sophisticate is good, though). They are limited in their ability to get in for damage, and don't do much else beyond that, which makes them your more weak cards. I agree with your decision to try to cut the Hunted Troll , but the Hunted Dragon seems good since you can swing immediately and goad the tokens it makes. Although the Soltari creatures with shadow are good, I think you may have too many of them--they are intensive, and only Soltari Champion and Soltari Visionary really do anything when you use them. The Healer's Hawk and Segovian Angel are basically really bad Serra Ascendant s. If you want the 1-drop, maybe consider Figure of Destiny (gets bigger) or even Rhys the Redeemed (makes tokens). Citadel Siege and Dictate of Heliod are too slow and/or costly to make an impact, in my opinion. You know your meta better though.
SpookyToe on
What Are You Gunna Do, Hit Me?
3 years ago
This is a very creative and cool neck. I'm probably gonna build this now :DD
Here's some ideas to toy around with: Spire Tracer, Treetop Scout, Triumph of the Hordes, Hunted Wumpus, Return of the Wildspeaker, Curse of Stalked Prey, Dragon Mage, Five-Alarm Fire, Hope of Ghirapur, Lust for War, Storm the Citadel
LegionofSam on
Edric's 'Umbral' Elves
4 years ago
Changes as of 24.04.20
Gyre Sage – Silhana Ledgewalker
Jagged-Scar Archers – Eternal Witness
Skyshroud Ranger – Treetop Scout
Flitterstep Eidolon – Hypnotic Siren
Warped Landscape – Alchemist's Refuge
multimedia on
4 years ago
Hey, you're welcome. You're definitely on the right track. You were smart to change the strategy into playing more little creatures instead of big creatures. I think you can even expand on this further. You still want some big creatures, but little creatures with Radha are what you need to generate enough mana to cast big creatures and power mana sinks.
Another direction to consider that gets some inspiration from Edric, Spymaster of Trest decks. These decks play all little creatures who have evasion. Obviously not playing blue, but green has quite a few budget one/two drop creatures that could fit. Red has many budget one/two drops that have haste, but I think green because of the amount of Forests should be the priority for one/two drops.
Apprentice is interesting because it can be repeatable and the Thopter is created at combat before creatures attack. The Thopter can attack and with Radha on the battlefield it's a free one mana. More evasion would be good with Ohran Frostfang and/or Keeper of the Fables . These five drops can be excellent draw engines with evasive creatures, mimicking Edric.
I like these five drops with Vivien, Champion of the Wilds who can give them flash letting you cast them in combat after you have made mana with attacking creatures. Flash is especially good with Frostfang because he also gives your creatures deathtouch. Flash is also very good with Temur Sabertooth and End-Raze Forerunners as a possible repeatable +2/+2 and trample for your creatures. Forerunners is also a 7/7 with haste and trample.
A difficult part of building budget decks in Commander is choosing which of the best expensive price cards to include because you can't include them all and you have done well at including the better ones. Obviously for your deck Aggravated Assault and Stomping Ground are the two expensive price cards to auto include, but after that there's a lot of choices. I didn't see when I first looked that Genesis Hydra is already here. Because of the budget it's a good alternative for Genesis Wave especially because of Temur Sabertooth. In fact it's the best budget way to here to have potential access to enchantments. These two also make Duskwatch Recruiter Flip quite good because as a mana sink it can find either one which then lets you potentially find Assault with Hydra.
Growing Rites of Itlimoc is a good card, but I think the $9+ could be better used. Rites gives you more sources of mana, but you don't really need other sources of mana especially when it's the third most expensive price card in the deck. Gamble for instance can tutor for Assault and I think that's something that can help your deck more than other mana sources.
