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Mono Green Elves

Started by TeKo, 21-11-2008, 07:33:20 PM

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TeKo

Here is my MGE Highlander:
// Lands
    23 [UNH] Forest
    1 [ON] Wirewood Lodge
    1 [TSB] Pendelhaven
    1 [US] Gaea's Cradle
    1 [10E] Treetop Village
    1 [AQ] Mishra's Factory (3)
    1 [MOR] Mutavault
    1 [TE] Wasteland

// Creatures
    1 [GP] Silhana Ledgewalker
    1 [TSP] Scryb Ranger
    1 [LRW] Jagged-Scar Archers
    1 [VI] Quirion Ranger
    1 [LRW] Elvish Harbinger
    1 [LE] Gempalm Strider
    1 [AP] Sylvan Messenger
    1 [ON] Bloodline Shaman
    1 [LRW] Imperious Perfect
    1 [DS] Viridian Zealot
    1 [TE] Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
    1 [LRW] Masked Admirers
    1 [LRW] Wren's Run Packmaster
    1 [SC] Treetop Scout
    1 [SHM] Safehold Elite
    1 [CS] Boreal Druid
    1 [LRW] Lys Alana Huntmaster
    1 [7E] Llanowar Elves
    1 [SHM] Wilt-Leaf Liege
    1 [SHM] Wilt-Leaf Cavaliers
    1 [LRW] Leaf Gilder
    1 [UD] Heart Warden
    1 [SC] Wirewood Symbiote
    1 [LRW] Wren's Run Vanquisher
    1 [LE] Wirewood Hivemaster
    1 [ON] Wirewood Herald
    1 [ON] Wirewood Elf
    1 [ON] Wellwisher
    1 [SHM] Devoted Druid
    1 [ON] Kamahl, Fist of Krosa
    1 [IA] Fyndhorn Elves
    1 [SC] Fierce Empath
    1 [MOR] Bramblewood Paragon
    1 [FD] Eternal Witness
    1 [EX] Skyshroud Elite
    1 [MOR] Wolf-Skull Shaman
    1 [9E] Viridian Shaman
    1 [LE] Caller of the Claw
    1 [LE] Tribal Forcemage
    1 [IN] Elvish Champion
    1 [US] Priest of Titania
    1 [ON] Birchlore Rangers
    1 [LE] Timberwatch Elf
    1 [MOR] Heritage Druid
    1 [ON] Elvish Warrior
    1 [AP] Brass Herald
    1 [EVE] Talara's Battalion
    1 [UD] Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
    1 [EVE] Nettle Sentinel
    1 [RAV] Elves of Deep Shadow
    1 [LRW] Garruk Wildspeaker
    1 [ALA] Elvish Visionary
    1 [NE] Skyshroud Poacher
    1 [UL] Multani's Acolyte

// Spells
    1 [PLC] Seal of Primordium
    1 [ON] Naturalize
    1 [REW] Harmonize
    1 [TSP] Krosan Grip
    1 [MR] Lightning Greaves
    1 [UL] Rancor
    1 [ON] Slate of Ancestry
    1 [SC] Alpha Status
    1 [MI] Worldly Tutor
    1 [A] Regrowth
    1 [8E] Fecundity
    1 [FD] Staff of Domination
    1 [UL] Crop Rotation
    1 [OD] Overrun
    1 [5E] Sylvan Library
    1 [ON] Biorhythm

// Sideboard
SB: 1 [UL] Multani's Acolyte
SB: 1 [FUT] Thornweald Archer
SB: 1 [SHM] Rhys the Redeemed
SB: 1 [DS] Oxidize
SB: 1 [LRW] Gilt-Leaf Ambush
SB: 1 [MOR] Hunting Triad
SB: 1 [10E] Gaea's Herald
SB: 1 [LRW] Immaculate Magistrate
SB: 1 [PLC] Gaea's Anthem
SB: 1 [10E] Creeping Mold
SB: 1 [ON] Taunting Elf
SB: 1 [EX] Coat of Arms
SB: 1 [RAV] Chord of Calling
SB: 1 [PLC] Essence Warden
SB: 1 [LRW] Elvish Eulogist
SB: 1 [AL] Elvish Spirit Guide

The Sideboard cards are the cards which are maybe playable.

I didn't find an updated Elf decklist.
And I am not really sure if I should splash a 2nd color (white or black)
Any suggestions?

grizzledmage

Hi! You may find some information of note in this thread:

http://www.magicplayer.org/forum/index.php?topic=81.0

Almost a year ago I posted a possible decklist for a Gb Elves build, and there is some excellent feedback to be found in that thread, so by all means take a look (and pay attention mostly to the feedback). As you will probably see, my own deckbuilding skills aren't as high as I'd like and I've come to trust the advice given in these forums.

Now having said that, here are a couple of provisos, warnings, cautions, and heads-ups...

1. I generally keep about 7 Highlander decks around at any one time, and for a while I had the best version that I could come up with on that Elves build... yet despite all tweaks, changes, etc. it nevertheless seemed to be the least consistent of all the decks... and I finally broke it apart in favor of another one.

2. In one online tournament match here (online and hosted by this site), I tried that deck 'cuz my "original" deck for that tournament (at least as I was playing it) had been floundering. As soon as my opponent, one of the "regulars" here who knows the Highlander format quite well, saw that I was playing Elves, commented something like "hm; elves are hard to do." (I lost that match in straight games.)

Now having said THOSE, I seem to recall that Elves have nevertheless done well in other HL tournaments... the other guys here will know more about that than I do  ;)

Mythrandir

i think the biggest problem with elves is that they arent aggro enough to win quickly like a MGA deck thus becoming more fragile to cards like damnation, wog, pyroclam, etc, etc.

Nevertheless they can make nice combos between them.

Like grizzledmage said, chek out that thread, most of the stuff have already been said there.

TeKo

I already read the Thread but I cant find anything good, that isn't in my deck ;)