Versatile Elf Ball

Commander / EDH* BG (Golgari) Combo Elves Lifegain Primer Tap/Untap Tokens Tokens

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Creature (34)

• 1x Allosaurus Shepherd
• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Boreal Druid
• 1x Copperhorn Scout
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Elvish Archdruid
• 1x Elvish Champion
• 1x Elvish Harbinger
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Ezuri, Renegade Leader
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Great Oak Guardian
• 1x Immaculate Magistrate
• 1x Imperious Perfect
• 1x Joraga Treespeaker
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Opposition Agent
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Quirion Ranger
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Regal Force
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Shaman of the Pack
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Timberwatch Elf
• 1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1x Wirewood Symbiote
• 1x Yeva, Nature's Herald

Land (29)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 3x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

Artifact (7)

• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Jeweled Lotus
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring

Instant (13)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Invigorate
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Summoner's Pact
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Veil of Summer
• 1x Vines of Vastwood
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Aluren
• 1x Awakening
• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Contamination
• 1x Quest for Renewal
• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Utopia Sprawl
• 1x Wild Growth

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Natural Order
• 1x Turntimber Symbiosis  ^Flip

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Maybeboard

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Primal Vigor
• 1x Sanguine Bond

Creature (3)

• 1x Collector Ouphe
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Oakhame Adversary

Artifact (2)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Null Rod

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes

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Introduction

Tokens, Voltron, tribal, untap and even life gain/drain. This commander lends itself to all the things! This is the main version of the deck; However, I do plan on creating a budget variant and perhaps a more voltron focused version.

Basic Strategies

Plan A

Amass an elf army of 10+ and use cards like Awakening/Seedborn Muse/Quest for Renewal to kill table in one turn rotation.

side note - Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose and Copperhorn Scout may not be able to kill table in one rotation but they definitely speed up the clock on one opponent.

Plan B

Amass an elf army and Craterhoof Behemoth. Simple yet very effective.

Combos

Originally, I was going to place this under basic strategies but this definitely deserves it's own section.

Unbound Mana

Temur Sabertooth or Cloudstone Curio work and alternatively Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + qurion ranger can work in a pinch in conjunction with a positive mana producing dork like Elvish Archdruid or Priest of Titania

Notable exclusiond

Even though this isn't a "CEDH" deck I'm still striving for this to be the most powerful default build of this commander. I'll try my best to give sound reasoning as to why some "staples" may not be present in the build. However, I'm always open to having my mind changed; though I warn you, I am very stubborn and ask that you fully articulate why I should be including a card that I've deemed not worthy. That being said any of the cards in the maybeboard or sideboard still make for excellent swaps if something like Gaea's Cradle is out of budget for you and your group/lgs doesn't allow proxies.

Exquisite Blood/Sanguine Bond - even with elves this gimmicky combo is far too slow and extremely telegraphed to be worth running. In a meta with very limited interaction this is a slam dunk but at a casually competitive table this wont cut it.

Triumph of the Hordes - Overrun effects have a ridiculously high ceiling but a very low floor. Typically you're only going to win with these effects if you're already ahead but if you're behind this will be a dead draw.

Doubling Season/Parallel Lives/Primal Vigor - token and counter doublers/adders are great, when you're ahead. Though our commander can create tokens on its' own it's still conditional. We must connect. Granted, we have ways of doing that but we'd need to dedicate more slots to the token strategy for these cards to truly shine.

Oakhame Adversary - basically a budget Dark Confidant and works wonders with Eldritch Evolution and Birthing Pod but the space in the deck is just ultra tight and I couldn't find room.

Null Rod/Collector Ouphe - both of these are wonderful. If your play group is full of commanders like Urza and Breya 100% run both of these.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 46 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	99
Avg. CMC	2.29
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Elf Warrior 1/1 G