Which Card is Best For Elsha?
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Posted on June 12, 2021, 10:38 p.m. by DemonDragonJ
I am planning to build a red/white/blue deck with Elsha of the Infinite as the general, which shall have a strong focus on instants and sorceries, so I naturally will wish for a way to copy such spells, and I need to decide between Double Vision , Swarm Intelligence , or Thousand-Year Storm as an enchantment that shall perform that function, so which card between those three does everyone recommend?
Double Vision has the lowest mana cost, but the other two trigger multiple times, so they are appealing in that regard, but they would also trigger if I cast a counterspell, which could work against me.
What does everyone else say about this? Which of those three cards would work best in an Elsha deck?
DemonDragonJ says... #3
Lanzo493, I shall need to decide which card to use based upon how much mana acceleration my deck shall have, and I thank you for recommending Veyran, as she shall be awesome in that deck.
June 13, 2021 7:41 a.m.
what is the power level you are running at not a number but like low power; optimized; highly optimized etc it will help with the answer. I ran all them at one time or another in elsha before I moved to a budget cedh deck with eslha.
June 13, 2021 12:21 p.m.
Hardhitta7 says... #5
I personally like Thousand-Year Storm in my Spellslinger decks, but I also run more 1 mana cantrips than most people so it’s easy to build up storm and get multiple copies of stuff.
If your going bigger with the spells I would go with Swarm Intelligence so you can guarantee to get a copy if you only cast one big spell per turn.
June 13, 2021 2:42 p.m.
The issue with Swarm Intelligence is mana cost I had it but that 7 mana was so prohibitive unless you had a ritual in hand you cast it tapped out and nothing even with fast mana why I went to double vision I got more value and easier to get out then swarm.
Thousand year storm is not worth unless you have a lot of rituals and 1 cmc spells was the first one i pulled from the deck rarely got value because it does not count top and other cards in the storm count so very underwhelming for a 6 cmc. Thousand year is a very dependent on deck construction does works while with Ral, Storm Conduit
That's my two cents as a person that use to play elsha as a storm/spell slinger type deck for a long while before going into more a breach/scepter/Brain freeze deck
June 13, 2021 3:41 p.m.
DemonDragonJ says... #7
hejtmane, I am seeking to have a low mana curve for the deck, since many of my earlier decks had high mana curves, and, thus, I would have difficulty casting some of the more expensive spells in those decks.
Hardhitta7, when I was new to EDH format, I was fond of expensive and powerful spells, but I now prefer numerous less expensive spells over a small number of more expensive spells.
Lanzo493 says... #2
Copying extra counterspells is actually extremely powerfl. It's the main reason Flusterstorm is so strong. With extra counterspells, your opponent has to use twice as many resources to stop you. You don't have to change the targets if you don't want.
I personally think Swarm Intelligence is the most consistent. I would run it if you have enough ramp to get there. If you're running a deck that likes to cast rituals and lots of draw cards in a turn, Thousand-Year Storm is the best choice. If you lack ramp and don't storm, Double Vision is your best bet. In any case, Veyran, Voice of Duality is great since it double triggers all of them as well as double triggers your commander's prowess.
June 12, 2021 10:49 p.m.