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Anusien
03-10-2010, 03:00 PM
It's designed to be like Glimpse Elf Combo/Beatdown in EDH. The biggest concern is maintaining immunity to Wrath effects (even though the local playgroup is short on them).

Taunting Elf will become a Joraga Warcaller as soon as I put my hands on one.

Kaysa

// Land
24 Forest
Mosswort Bridge
Gaea's Cradle
Wirewood Lodge
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
Tranquil Thicket

// Elf Spells
Elvish Promenade

// Mana Elf Creatures
Quirion Ranger
Boreal Druid
Wood Elves
Arbor Elf
Birchlore Rangers
Seeker of Skybreak
Fyndhorn Elves
Heritage Druid
Priest of Titania
Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
Llanowar Elves
Nettle Sentinel

// Card Draw Elf Creatures
Multani's Acolyte
Bloodline Shaman
Sylvan Messenger
Elvish Visionary
Masked Admirers

// Elf Lord Creatures
Elvish Archdruid
Elvish Champion
Imperious Perfect

// Naturalize Elf Creatures
Viridian Shaman
Glissa Sunseeker
Elf Replica
Viridian Zealot

// Other Elf Creatures
Heedless One
Elvish Vanguard
Drove of Elves
Gaea's Herald
Elvish Soultiller
Essence Warden
Lys Alana Huntmaster
Wren's Run Packmaster
Timberwatch Elf
Caller of the Claw
Nissa's Chosen
Taunting Elf
Wirewood Herald

// Non-Elf Creatures
Regal Force
Primordial Sage
Eternal Witness
Patron of the Orochi
Woodfall Primus
Skyshroad Poacher
Genesis
Wirewood Symbiote
Duplicant

// Draw/Tutoring
Summoning Trap
Nature's Resurgence
Primal Command
Glimpse of Nature
Slate of Ancestry
Harmonize
Natural Order
Akroma's Memorial
Coat of Warms
Worldly Tutor
Sylvan Library
Weird Harvest
Chord of Calling
Survival of the Fittest

// Other Non-Creature Spells
Sword of Light and Shadow
Umezawa's Jitte
Sword of Fire and Ice
Crop Rotation
Concordant Crossroads
Nissa Revane
Thousand-Year Elixir
Eldrazi Monument
Door of Destinies
Coat of Arms

MattH
03-10-2010, 03:56 PM
I will totally trade you a Joraga Warcaller if you are at BF tonight. I have regular nonfoil and release foil.

Jaynel
03-10-2010, 04:03 PM
Why no Summoner's Pact? And I think you have Coat of Arms listed twice.

Anusien
03-10-2010, 04:05 PM
I don't want to cast Summoner's Pact and die to any removal spell.

Monument is really exciting, and one of the reasons why I haven't cut Nissa Revane yet. It's a great answer to Wrath. I had Jolrael, Empress of Beasts but it was such a pain casting it, keeping mana and cards in hand, and waiting a turn.

In particular, am I missing any good Elves?

Atwa
03-10-2010, 04:17 PM
In particular, am I missing any good Elves?

I think you missed Wren's Run Vanquisher. Deathtoutch is really nice for only 2 mana. In that same thought, I would also like to suggest Thornweald Archer, it almost serves as a green Terror. I played them a lot in Survival Elves and both worked really well. In Legacy, the 3/3 is a beast, but in EDH where people have more life and creatures are bigger overall, I think the Thornweald would function better actually.

Depending if you really want to play combo elves, or you also want to try to play a little slower, I've always been satisfied with Heart Warden as a mana supplier. Sure it costs 2, but drawing a card when you really need to chumpblock is a handy feature to have around.

Overall, the list seems pretty solid.

Edit: I don't know the decks you face off course, but I always seem to face decks which pack Goblin Sharpshooter, you might want to consider Eladamri to counter it.

hyc8028
03-10-2010, 05:13 PM
Where is top?

Aluren is a must in an elf deck.

Umbral Mantle let you have infinite mana if your elf can make 4 or more.

Anusien
03-10-2010, 05:34 PM
Aluren I might add.

I chose not to add Sword of the Paruns/Staff of Domination/Umbral Mantle. Winning that way isn't fun.

Not sure if I like Wren's Run Vanquisher or Thornweald Archer. I'd thought of them before, but they just get into combat. That's somewhat unexciting.

Aggro_zombies
03-10-2010, 05:36 PM
Why Kaysa over Vig? Even if you're not trying to Elfball, being in blue lets you do really tricky stuff (for example, Opposition allows you to make all of your creatures infinitely big with Umbral Mantle by tapping down the opponent's team).

Anusien
03-10-2010, 05:38 PM
Style. I decided I wanted to be monogreen.

Although having access to a Lord on command is sort of exciting to beat things like Shard Phoenix.

MattH
03-11-2010, 02:27 PM
Sapseep Forest? lol