Ezuri Combo Elves *Primer*

Commander / EDH CommanderPatsy

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Update #8 —Dec. 15, 2019

Added: Oakhame Adversary & Altar of the Brood Cut: Song of the Dryads & Guardian Project

Guardian project was two slow, and we have enough removal that song of the dryads felt like over kill

WUBRG97 says... #1

Hi CommanderPatsy

What purpose does Temur Sabertooth serve? Any combo, synergy or meta choice for its inclusion?

September 20, 2019 5:31 p.m.

LordTsukune says... #2

Probally saves a creature from removal or board wipes

September 20, 2019 5:46 p.m.

WUBRG97 says... #3

Thought Ezuri, Renegade Leader would fill that role quite nicely, it seems to take up a slot :/ But that might be.

September 20, 2019 5:51 p.m.

CommanderPatsy says... #4

LordTsukune WUBRG97 It is very versatile in its role. Mainly you can use it to bounce creatures to get more value, like elvish visionary or regal force. But it does have infinite combos with cards like priest of titania to make infinite mana if you have a haste enabler plus the elv

September 20, 2019 5:58 p.m.

WUBRG97 says... #5

CommanderPatsy Oh okay, so not as straightforward as some of the other combos, but still serves a big purpose. Thanks for the quick reply.

September 20, 2019 6:02 p.m.

LordTsukune says... #6

Agreement

September 20, 2019 7:14 p.m.

Rdmdhudlum says... #7

Do you see a spot for The Great Henge since its release?

November 17, 2019 8:28 p.m.

Rdmdhudlum says... #8

The deck easily bumps an elf to power 7 making The Great Henge cost 2G to then immediately be able to tap for the 2G you just used essentially then costing 0. Which then also adds +1/+1 to each elf thereafter and giving you a constant draw mechanic.

November 22, 2019 2:26 p.m.

CommanderPatsy says... #9

Rdmdhudlum I am going to playtest it. The main thing I’m worried about is having it in my hand when my biggest creature has only 2 power since thats the most common this deck has at the moment. The moment its on the field its definitely powerful don’t get me wrong. I’m interested to see how it performs.

November 26, 2019 1:21 p.m.

I wonder why do you use Pendelhaven? Cannot protect your Commander with it... And Aluren have any especific use?

I liked your list, increased a lot the power of my deck, but have some questions how those cards work.

November 26, 2019 2:51 p.m.

danielmauricio Theres really no downside to playing pendelhaven beside it not being a basic land. It comes into play untapped and just offers extra slight protection for our Mana dorks if they need it for a blocker. Aluren is just really good value since like 70% of our creatures are 3 or under including the commander. It also helps cards like Priest or Archdruid go infinite with Temur Sabertooth because you dont have to pay to recast them. If you play against other creature heavy decks, I could definitely see someone cutting this card because it does offer huge advantages to other players as well. But if you are going against more combo, artifact, or control decks its super helpful to be able to slam down creatures at instant speed, especially if you have a draw engine such as beast whisperer or glimpse of nature that lets you draw into more creatures. Usually I would do something like this if I needed to flash in my commander to save another elf or flash in something like a rec sage to destroy someone's combo piece like helm of the host or aetherflux.

November 26, 2019 3:20 p.m.

CommanderPatsy I get it. About Aluren, I didn't read "3 or less" so for me didn't make any sense until read again. What you think about to use Great Oak Guardian? Always I see Temur Sabertooth the Guardian comes togheter... it's a great combo, pump and untap, an alternative when you can't cast Ezuri or use his ability (Pithing Needle, Nevermore...)

November 27, 2019 6:25 a.m.

Thundercall says... #13

Hello sir,

What are your thoughts about Dryad Arbor and Green Sun's Zenith in this deck?

kind regards

December 8, 2019 6:01 a.m.

Thundercall says... #14

You can ignore my previous comment. Green Sun's Zenith was already on your list I noticed, I looked over it.

Probably Dryad Arbor isn't included because it's a creature with summoner sickness and it will also die to boardwipes. The upside however is that it counts as an extra on everything that requires as many creatures as possible like Cradle/Glimpse/Itlimoc/card drawing abilities. What are your thoughts on this?

Was Seedborn Muse (not an elf tho) an option for you to protect your elves against most boardwipes with Ezuri on the battlefield?

What are your thoughts on Yavimaya Hollow to regenerate i.e. Ezuri and the rest of your elves with Ezuri?

December 8, 2019 6:43 a.m.

Nelane775 says... #15

I am building this decklist, but I have a few cards I run I am surprised you don't have on this list currently. One is Vanquisher's Banner which pumps up the elves but gives us a card draw each time we play an elf, Kenrith's Transformation which is a form of removal that also draws a card, and last but not least Boreal Druid , Utopia Sprawl and Wild Growth which are 1 drop mana ramp?

December 11, 2019 2:43 a.m.

Nelane775 says... #16

Is there a reason you aren't running these?

December 11, 2019 2:46 a.m.

Nelane775 says... #17

also, have you tried running Boreal Druid and Sylvan Scrying ?

December 11, 2019 7:48 p.m.

Nelane775 There are better card draws like guardian project and beastwhisperer than vanquisher's banner. I prefer Lignify over kenriths transformation, and boreal druid can only tap for 1 colorless which early game can put us behind since most of our cards are one drops with green mana. Sylvan scrying is great card but I prefer crop rotation over it. Sprawl and Growth are great ramp, but we run mana dorks instead because we want to have as many creatures as possible on the field.

Thundercall Seedborn Muse would be great if we could get yeva out more reliably, other wise theres not much we can do on another person's turn. I would like to add both Dryad arbor and Yavimaya Hollow. Dryad arbor is a solid 0 drop creature that we could get with green suns and would also help with our cradles.

December 12, 2019 7:26 p.m.

Thundercall says... #19

"Thundercall Seedborn Muse would be great if we could get yeva out more reliably, other wise theres not much we can do on another person's turn. I would like to add both Dryad arbor and Yavimaya Hollow. Dryad arbor is a solid 0 drop creature that we could get with green suns and would also help with our cradles."

Would you consider Vedalken Orrery as a back-up for Yeva then? I know you can tutor for Yeva with your deck while you can't for artifacts.

If you would consider Vedalken Orrery and/or Seedborn Muse, what would you take out?

What would you remove from Dryad Arbor and Yavimaya Hollow? 2x Forest?

December 14, 2019 10:27 a.m.