Rashmi, Eternities Crafter: Experimental Elves

Commander / EDH Combo Elves GU (Simic)

Forkbeard

Land (34)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Barkchannel Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Detection Tower
• 1x Dreamroot Cascade
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 6x Forest
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Homeward Path
• 3x Island
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Winding Canyons
• 1x Wirewood Lodge
• 1x Yavimaya Coast
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

Tutor (5)

• 1x Elvish Harbinger
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Flash (4)

• 1x Aluren
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Yeva, Nature's Herald

Elf Assets (15)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Allosaurus Shepherd
• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Mind's Dilation
• 1x Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Staff of Domination
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes

Interaction (10)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Equilibrium
• 1x Negate
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Song of the Dryads
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Veil of Summer

Card Advantage (7)

• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Coiling Oracle
• 1x Edric, Spymaster of Trest
• 1x Elvish Visionary
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Sylvan Library

Commander (1)

Ramp + Big Mana (12)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Circle of Dreams Druid
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Nissa, Vastwood Seer  ^Flip
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Wirewood Channeler

Elf Lords (8)

• 1x Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
• 1x Elvish Archdruid
• 1x Elvish Champion
• 1x Elvish Warmaster
• 1x Ezuri, Renegade Leader
• 1x Imperious Perfect
• 1x Joraga Warcaller
• 1x Leaf-Crowned Visionary

Topdeck Manipulation/Visibility (4)

• 1x Mirri's Guile
• 1x Realmwalker
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top

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Please note that I've decided to retire this deck - I'm going to keep the deck here for posterity but won't be updating this list.

A classic Simic elfball suite that is greatly enhanced by Rashmi, their new exotic queen of value. In order to maximise Rashmi's glorious cascade-lite, we want to do a couple of things:

1. Cast cards at instant speed to take advantage of Rashmi's 'each turn' factor.

2. Awareness of the top card of your library to ensure we're cashing in on Rashmi's free casts.

Flash!

So unless you pack the deck full of instants (another viable Rashmi strategy!), the other option is to give your cards flash and I've chosen a few tools to help do just that:

Alchemist's Refuge

Aluren

Leyline of Anticipation

Vedalken Orrery

Winding Canyons

Yeva, Nature's Herald - Bonus points for tribal symmetry

Topdeck Tricks!

As for topdeck manipulation/visibility, there's no shortage of maneuvering in here:

Elvish Harbinger

Mirri's Guile

Momir Vig, Simic Visionary - Absurdly good symmetry with Rashmi's abilities.

Mystical Tutor

Oracle of Mul Daya

Realmwalker

Scroll Rack

Sensei's Divining Top

Sylvan Library

Worldly Tutor

Elf Friends!

A couple of non-elves that I haven't already mentioned that simply had to join Rashmi's cause:

Craterhoof Behemoth - aka Craterwin.

Seedborn Muse - No explanation needed! Flash value gone wild.

And then you have the rest of the deck. The elves do what they always do - They ramp hard, synergize extremely well and quickly spiral out of control before your opponents know what hit them. Their biggest weakness is an ill-fated board wipe so be sure to hold those counterspells back and use them strategically.

As for win conditions, it's pretty straight forward - Go forth and smash face with thine elf army:

The aforementioned Craterwin will take you to victory.

Ezuri, Renegade Leader will provide pseudo-Overrun.

Allosaurus Shepherd or Joraga Warcaller will suddenly turn your tiny feeble elves into formidable powerhouse elves.

Triumph of the Hordes will infuriate everyone.

Beastmaster Ascension will also induce opponent salt.

Aluren + Cloudstone Curio has all kinds of combo potential (e.g. Coiling Oracle, Elvish Harbinger, Elvish Visionary & Eternal Witness).

Secret infinite elves tech (ok, not that secret...Imperious Perfect + Intruder Alarm + any mana dork = {INFINITY} elves) + Akroma's Memorial or Concordant Crossroads is definitely a problem for the rest of the table.

Last but not least, a good old fashioned well timed Coat of Arms slap down.

One card that deserves a special mention is Mind's Dilation. It's an ominous threat without Rashmi on the table, but if you do have her in play, that free cast counts as the 'first spell of each turn' and because it's based on converted mana cost, she'll trigger. Nice.

If you've read this far, you've got the idea - Excellent tribal symmetry, overwhelming Rashmi value and general Simic goodness. Fun times!

Top Ranked	Achieved #8 position overall 7 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Tribal 5 years ago
Date added	7 years
Last updated	9 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 56 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.91
Tokens	Ashaya, the Awoken World, Beast 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Elf Druid 1/1 G, Elf Warrior 1/1 G
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