Syr Elenora + infinite draw engine?
Modern Deck Help forum
Posted on April 16, 2025, 12:36 p.m. by Aquaticism
I'm wondering if Syr Elenora, the Discerning would combo well with an infinite draw engine. And can anyone give some directions for making a deck for it. Thanks!
Well if you draw your hole deck you can pretty much pick whatever wincon you want... draw all the cards with Archangel of Thune + Fathom Mage + Horizon Chimera and Slip Through Space/Aqueous Form on your waifu or Fling her?
April 16, 2025 3:44 p.m.
wallisface says... #4
Not to be overly negative, but this card has a lot of hurdles to overcome. Whatever deck you brew will need to address these:
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5 mana is excessively high for modern. Unless you have some way to mitigate or account for this massive cost, it’s never going to be playable.
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The card reads as being extremely underpowered. It’s 5 mana to draw a card on a Ward-2 body. That’s very, very weak. Unless you have some way to exploit its potentially high power, it’s doing nothing.
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carrying on from the point above, high power doesn’t equate to anything unless you can make it stick. Presumably you’re planning to Fling it?
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there are already lots if decks that excel at drawing their entire deck and winning on the spot with less pain. Notably, if you’re able to draw your whole deck, then you’re competing against Thassa's Oracle, which will always just read as the better option
legendofa says... #2
With an infinite draw engine, you could set Syr Elenora, the Discerning's power to anything you wanted =< the number of cards in your library, but you still need to do something with that power, maybe make her unblockable. Otherwise, she'll get chump blocked all day. Also, make sure you don't accidentally deck yourself out.
April 16, 2025 2:38 p.m. Edited.