I was all geared up to make an intense Dragons Tribal EDH deck as my next deck, but then I stumbled upon this. Looks hilariously fun. I think I'm gonna take maybe 3-4 cards out and sub in all the "Sword of &"'s just because I think killing people with sword wielding elephants is both hilarious and sad (when you lose to it).

Any cards you notice "under" preform that wouldnt be major cutbacks in replacement for the swords?

+1'd, awesome idea

@stayathomewarlock, Descendants' Path and Selvala's Charge are probably the two most underwhelming while playing with. Urza's Incubator as well suprisingly, I usually just have enough mana to do whatever without the cost reduction. other two i couldn't tell you. but those three are going to be the first cut for better things once Wizards prints more cool elephant stuff for me to put in.

@TheHamster

Alright well then I'll take those few out and replace with Sword Feast/Famine, War/Peace and probably Mind/Body.With seeing how the deck runs, assuming youve played it, would the swords work well in conjunction with the attackers? Idk how big of a board state you see with this thing

@stayathomewarlock this is one of the 5 EDH's I take regularly to my LGS, for the most part, people leave you alone till you have around 7/8 elephents and by that point short of a fog you can probably just overrun. It's weak against quick decks that want to combo off early, but have the "trust me I'm harmless" vibe going for it. It's lure effects enter in for getting through in with lots of damage with all the rest of the heard while usually Rabid Elephant on a lure wipes out there mobs.

what do you think about Karametra, God of Harvests as the general?

I mainly have Selvala, Explorer Returned as the general because it's cannon in the lore she's a friend of the elephants. i can see Karametra, God of Harvests have some upside to it. Basically the general's purpose in this deck is to ramp. If you do go with the god you can take out both Wirewood Lodge and Thousand-Year Elixir as well for other inserts to suit your build

Yeah i was even thinking Trostani, Selesnya's Voice would be a pretty good fit for the commander too. Not so much for the populate, but just for the amount of lifegain you'd start ramping up mid to late game