[Deck] Elf Glimpse Staff

[yawg07]

I honestly (and I know I'll get attacked for this) haven't fallen in love with Priest of Titania for the current style of kill.
It seems sacrilegious NOT to run Priest, but it seems too ... slow.
WHAT? Yes. Honestly, I like to be able to just drop the hammer and explode all in one turn without worrying about needing
to wait a turn for the largest removal magnet in elf history to go active.

In the list I've been running, my general plan vs. countermagic/threshold is to simply board in Choke and Elvish Champion and then go aggro on their ass.

If anyone is interested, here is what I've been working with ...

// Lands
13 Forest
2 Gaea's Cradle

// Creatures
4 Nettle Sentinel
4 Heritage Druid
4 Wirewood Symbiote
4 Birchlore Rangers
1 Regal Force
4 Elvish Visionary
4 Llanowar Elves
3 Viridian Shaman
1 Eternal Witness
4 Elvish Spirit Guide

// Spells
4 Glimpse of Nature
4 Summoner's Pact
1 Grapeshot
3 Weird Harvest

// Sideboard
SB: 1 Viridian Shaman
SB: 3 Elvish Champion
SB: 2 City of Solitude
SB: 3 Caller of the Claw
SB: 3 Gaea's Herald
SB: 3 Choke

I started off by cloning the winning list for 1.x and adapting the landbase to 1.5.
Then I hated it and wanted to try and just nullify Wasteland effects altogether, may just be a meta call, but the card is DAMN popular where I play.

Honestly, the deck doesn't need very many non-extended cards. o_0
I've tried Natural Order, Living Wish, Eladamri's Call, Worldly Tutor, etc
The best cards are tried and true Weird Harvest and Chord of Calling.

Also, in Legacy, I'd strongly suggest the Grapeshot kill.
If they Stifle it, play E.Witness and get it back. OR just wreck them next turn with an attack.
Dragon is just too vulnerable as a kill, too many 1-cost or free removal. Also, FoW on the win card sucks.

I've only played the deck in two actual tourneys and the lists are drastically different.

22-man I got in Top 8 but lost to the decks biggest nemesis, AGGRO LOAM
9-man I got 1st and was happy :D

After all the testing and the two tourneys, the weakest card is honestly Elvish Visionary, just because of it's being unpredictable.
I'll feel like cutting it, but then the Wirewood Symbiote synergy is just nuts, and sometimes the kill IS at the bottom and
you need to fudge numbers a bit to make sure you don't commit draw-suicide.
17 cards left, eh? Okay, I'll play the 4th Glimpse, and then 3 elves and a Visionary, gg?

I plan on playing it a lot more, it is an absolute BLAST to play.
It also combats hate really well, my SB changes may be ...

-2 City of Solitude
+2 Krosan Grip


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Just last night, in a game vs. Canadian Thresh, game one I did the combo thing, but "fizzled".
He took his turn and did nothing of importance, staring down 15 elves.
He passed, I tapped cradle, payed for two Summoners pacts, took 7 burn and attacked for the win.
Game two, he boards in the 'clasms/whatnot. I bring in 3x Choke, 3x Elvish Champion.
I get Choke to land, attacking for a few each turn. He kills off my Symbiote so I can't block down the 'Goyf.
I draw and resolve Elvish Champion. Next turn, I Weird Harvest for Champion #2 and now all my elves are not only unblockable, but also clasm proof. Game.