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Commander / EDH Battlecruiser Casual Counters Elephant GW (Selesnya) Trample

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Creature (23)

• 1x Aggressive Mammoth
• 1x Arcus Acolyte
• 1x Battle Mammoth
• 1x Bloodline Pretender
• 1x Civic Stalwart
• 1x Dauntless Escort
• 1x Fairgrounds Trumpeter
• 1x Fertilid
• 1x Frontier Mastodon
• 1x Good-Fortune Unicorn
• 1x Kazandu Mammoth  ^Flip
• 1x Loxodon Lifechanter
• 1x Loxodon Line Breaker
• 1x Loxodon Mystic
• 1x Loxodon Sergeant
• 1x Loxodon Smiter
• 1x Realmwalker
• 1x Renata, Called to the Hunt
• 1x Sandsteppe Mastodon
• 1x Spelltithe Enforcer
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Venerated Loxodon
• 1x Woolly Loxodon

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Cleric Class
• 1x Druid Class
• 1x Fall of the Impostor
• 1x Felidar Retreat
• 1x Kindred Boon
• 1x Path of Discovery
• 1x Rally the Ranks
• 1x Shield of the Oversoul

Instant (13)

• 1x Beacon of Immortality
• 1x Dromoka's Command
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Inscription of Abundance
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Light of Hope
• 1x Make a Stand
• 1x Pledge of Unity
• 1x Return to Nature
• 1x Snakeskin Veil
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Unbreakable Formation
• 1x Vastwood Fortification  ^Flip

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Basri's Solidarity
• 1x Collective Effort
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Map the Wastes
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Rout
• 1x Scale the Heights
• 1x Slash the Ranks

Land (32)

• 1x Branchloft Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Command Tower
• 14x Forest
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 14x Plains
• 1x Temple of Plenty

Commander (1)

Artifact (12)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Behemoth Sledge
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Icon of Ancestry
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Mirror Shield
• 1x Obelisk of Urd
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Stoneforge Masterwork
• 1x The Ozolith

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Elephants are great. Here's a whole herd of them (with Hamza at the lead) to trample your enemies with.

This is one of those "play creatures until you hit critical mass, then swing with the team" decks. Shouldn't be hard to do, given that the abundance of +1/+1 counter synergies, cost-reducing effects, and overall big beefy stats of Elephants means that one or two turns can give you a near un-assailable board state. In fact, just about the only thing that could stop you at that point is a board wipe. (Or someone pulling a doofy infinite combo out of nowhere, but this is Commander; that's always a possibility.) Which is why there's boardwipe protection included!

The actual trick of it is getting to that magical Christmas land. For that you need about three things. Enough land to play your elephants (hence ramp and cost reducers), your commander (some protection would nice, too), and ways to give your creatures +1/+1 counters (the rest of the deck). Play pattern is about what you'd expect for this kind of strategy, but a little slow to get there. Elephants are big lumbering creatures, and let's be real, you're not playing them because you're in a hurry.

For removal, you've got both boardwipes (especially the underrated Slash the Ranks) and spot removal like Swords to Plowshares. My playgroup likes artifacts and enchantments so there's a good bit of removal for those in here as well.

Overall I feel like this list is pretty well-rounded and should be able to march gracefully to victory (albeit slowly). Suggestions are welcome!

Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Exclude colors	UBR
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.31
Tokens	Cat Beast 2/2 W, Elephant 3/3 G, Morph 2/2 C
Folders	Build List