GW Selesnya Elves

Standard Aggro Combo Competitive GW (Selesnya) Tribal

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Creature (29)

• 2x Beast Whisperer
• 4x District Guide
• 2x Druid of the Cowl
• 4x Elvish Clancaller
• 4x Llanowar Elves
• 3x Marwyn, the Nurturer
• 3x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 3x Steel Leaf Champion
• 4x Thorn Lieutenant

Land (22)

• 11x Forest
• 5x Plains
• 4x Sunpetal Grove
• 2x Temple Garden

Artifact (2)

• 2x Vanquisher's Banner

Instant (2)

• 2x Assure / Assemble

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Camaraderie

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Conclave Tribunal

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Sideboard

Creature (9)

• 3x Knight of Autumn
• 2x Lyra Dawnbringer
• 2x Shield Mare
• 2x Vine Mare

Instant (2)

• 2x Settle the Wreckage

Artifact (2)

• 2x Sorcerous Spyglass

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Vivien Reid

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Citywide Bust

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Maybeboard

Creature (6)

• 2x Carnage Tyrant
• 2x Pelakka Wurm
• 2x Pelt Collector

Land (2)

• 2x Temple Garden

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Find / Finality

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Vivien Reid

Artifact (1)

• 1x Weatherlight

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Selesnya deck with elves as the focus.

Any feedback is appreciated.

The build for the deck was inspired by Ross Merriam's article at SCG on elves and his ideas on the Charles Gindy setup. I have tried to take approximations of that build and came up with this iteration of it. It is not 100% tribal but around 80% and for what drops I make there I make up for in the sideboard to help with the deck's resiliency because I feel that is the worst part of these kinds of deck. Really have to try to build an effective board state while warding off the OP.

I have cut Steel Leaf Champion down to 3 and have Marwyn, the Nurturer at 3 Land count is at 22 and plan to add more Temple Garden

mana sinks are:

• Camaraderie
• Vanquisher's Banner
• Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• Thorn Lieutenant
• Elvish Clancaller
• Assure / Assemble

Wincon: Wide board state ideally swing in by Turn 7 to close out a game. I am considering a few tweaks to the sideboard so whatever suggestions are appreciated.

Matchup Summaries and Sideboarding:

Against Burn:

These show up either in Mono-red/Izzet either way they tend to be prowess based. These are terrible matchups which we are unlikely to win.

Take Out:

• -2 Llanowar Elves
• -3 Marwyn, the Nurturer
• -2 Conclave Tribunal
• -2 Elvish Clancaller

Put In:

• +2 Settle the Wreckage
• +3 Knight of Autumn
• +2 Lyra Dawnbringer
• +2 Shield Mare

Against Mono-Blue Tempo:

These are beatable. Not easy because they do have plenty of ways to remove/blink are stuff. Have to go wide as possible and constantly swing in. Beware of hard-tapping out for Conclave Tribunal for a creature with Curious Obsession because they will use Dive Down the next option would be to take away the enchantment itself.

Take Out:

• -2 Druid of the Cowl
• -3 Marwyn, the Nurturer
• -1 Elvish Clancaller

Put In:

• +2 Settle the Wreckage
• +3 Knight of Autumn
• +1 Vivien Reid

Against Izzet Tempo:

These come in a few flavors. There is the drake variants and then there is the control variant. Both versions are tough to work through because they place 1 wizard out and grind the game out via card advantage and can take advantage of the graveyard to jump-start cards.

Take Out:

• -2 Llanowar Elves
• -1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
• -1 Vanquisher's Banner
• -1 Conclave Tribunal
• -1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty

Put In:

• +2 Settle the Wreckage
• +1 Citywide Bust
• +1 Vivien Reid
• +2 Lyra Dawnbringer

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	0 - 3 Mythic Rares 30 - 8 Rares 8 - 4 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.21
Tokens	Elf Knight 2/2 GW, Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Emblem Vivien Reid