Should I Keep Parallel Lives in my Ghired Deck?

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Posted on March 23, 2025, 4:43 p.m. by DemonDragonJ

I have copies of Doubling Season, Parallel Lives, and Mondrak, Glory Dominus in my Ghired, Conclave Exile EDH deck, but I am considering replacing parallel lives with another card, since I feel that it is simply too passive, rather than proactive, and the new Elspeth, Storm Slayer seems as if she would be amazing in that deck, so she is definitely one of my top candidates for replacing the enchantment, but I also believe that Rabble Rousing would be amazing in that deck, as well, since two cards that double the amount of tokens that I can generate are more than sufficient, so I now am uncertain about what to do, in this situation, so I would like to ask everyone else for advice.

What does everyone else say, about this? Which card, between Elspeth, Storm Slayer and Rabble Rousing, should replace Parallel Lives, or should I simply keep the existing enchantment in my deck? I certainly would appreciate your feedback, on this subject.

Icbrgr says... #2

I am particularly excited for Elspeth, Storm Slayer and I was gonna try her in the 99 of my own Ghired, Conclave Exile deck.

I think so long as you dont really benefit from getting double counters I think the new Elspeth is the better option than Doubling Season... her 0 ability on it's own is kinda nuts.

March 25, 2025 11:03 a.m.

DemonDragonJ says... #3

Icbrgr, that does make sense, but I then thought that putting her into that deck would raise its mana curve, and I am seeking to lower the mana curve, so why not put either Eladamri, Korvecdal or Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds into that deck, instead, as they would lower its mana curve (and I already have two cards that double the amount of tokens that it can generate anyway)?

March 27, 2025 8:26 p.m.