Quote Originally Posted by Capt4in View Post
I played Elves combo to a top 4 split at a local 45-person event this weekend, finishing 4-0-2 in the swiss, beating 2x Jund, 2x BUG, then double-drawing into top 8 with Sneak/Show and 4c Cascade, and beating Goblins in the Quarterfinals. I played basically Riley/Chrandersen's list, with a forest in place of the Savannah and an extra Abrupt Decay and a Mortarpod (I think? Maybe the sb Dryad Arbor) in the Teeg/Pridemage slots. I personally don't think Teeg is necessary against combo (with 2 Mindbreak Traps, 4 Therapies, and a reasonable clock) nor do I think he is enough against Miracles, since he shuts off Zeniths and NO. Pridemage is fine, but I was able to fight through Plagues just fine all day, switching to the Progenitus plan postboard against black decks. I can see where you'd want Pridemage against something like Moat or Energy Field, but those are unpopular enough in my meta that I don't think they are necessary.

Didn't play very many different matchups, so don't have a lot of matchup insight other than that other Deathrite Shaman decks seem like pretty favorable matchups, as they are too slow to race you and don't have enough disruption/removal to keep you off of all 3 of Symbiote/Visionary, Glimpse combo, and Natural Order.
Most fair decks are a good match up for elves, showing in its recent success due to the decline of combo. The bad match ups for this deck are by far and away the combo decks that can win a turn or two faster without having to interact.