Hi Falkenrath,
If this is the kind of posts you'll make over here , welcome
Hello, this is my first post here.
I am a legacy elf combo player, so this thread interests me greatly. What are your thoughts on the pros and cons of your build versus the established Glimpse-Combo, Natural order decks using Craterhoof Behemoth as a game ender?
I'd say those
Natural Order decks are more combo oriented than my build, which I consider more aggro.
The Order builds are definitely fast and if they go off, it's over but they may be easier to stop.
Correct me if I'm wrong please, but if you can somehow stop
Craterhoof Behemoth from hitting the table they are in trouble.
I'm thinking counters of course but also
Meddling Mage or
Circu, Dimir Lobotomist or
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver,
Glimpse the unthinkable etc... Fast and powerful but also fragile and with no defense to speak of if the deck does not go off for some reason.
My build was originally built to ramp up asap towards Emrakul but I've scaled that part down over the last few weeks ( with the help of these excellent posters here )
I can still get Emrakul out as fast as T3 with the right hand and uninterrupted but the focus has shifted more towards the Joraga Warcallers lately.
Between them, the Elvish Archdruids and Dwynen they can boost those elves quickly and become a force to be reckoned with.
Get a couple of 5 mana Warcallers out together with an Archdruid and you're giving those little Elves +5/+5.
So, overall I'd consider my build also quite fast but with more potential threats and multiple means to win the game.
The Shroud, provided by
Eladamri, Lord of Leaves is another element that should make my deck more resistant to some types of
opposition, I think.
Have you considered adding black to your deck and using the Deathrite Shaman, Fetchlands, Bayou, and Abrupt Decay package?
Short answer : no, I hadn't and this is a great suggestion.
As I mentioned above, the deck was originally designed to ramp up asap to 15 mana for Emrakul and thus mono green and lots of elves to boost
Priest of Titania and
Elvish Archdruid was my original goal.
But as the focus of the deck has shifted, adding black would very likely be an improvement.
You have earned yourself some
Karma, Sir.
Updated deck forthcoming.
The mana base is a bit of a concern though.
Bayou is risky (
Wasteland ) and
Bayou with
Utopia Sprawl on it may be too much of a risk to take.
Otoh
Utopia Sprawl gives me 4 additional potential black mana sources.