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I know that there is better cards, however im trying to make a basic platform elf deck, and test it out a bit, I would love some input and suggestions!
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You want Wirewood Symbiote. It's not an Elf, but it allows you to either untap your Elves or to return them to your hand (one at a time, anyway), should someone try to get rid of them.Priest of Titania is also a great Elf that's somewhat better (faster) than the Elvish Archdruid.Then, there's Seeker of Skybreak or Wirewood Lodge to untap all those Elves.I'd also consider something to draw cards, like Sylvan Messenger, or my favorite in this kind of deck, Collective Unconscious (I've played my entire library on turn ~5 with that and a few other cards, I stopped playing it because it was so ridiculous, but then, Primal Surge is even better) or even Wirewood Herald.You'll want something to give Haste and/or Hexproof/Shroud to your creatures, like Concordant Crossroads, Swiftfoot Boots or Lightning Greaves.Ambush Commander is another great card, especially if you're playing Elvish Promenade and/or "X/X", "+X/+X" or any other "X" elves. It also works great with Wirewood Herald or any other Elf that has an ability activated upon death.Oh, and make sure you run 4x Llanowar Elves, 4x Fyndhorn Elves and/or 4x Arbor Elf. See how many you want to use, but those will help ramp your mana up fast and get you a lot of Elves in play, fast, which is what Elves deck are all about. You can easily drop 4 Forests and play 4 Fyndhorn Elves or Arbor Elf instead.Take a look at my Elf decks for ideas...Here's my Mono-Green Vintage Elf deck: http://www.mtgvault.com/panik8/decks/panikelf-vintage/And here's my Green/Black Modern Elf deck: http://www.mtgvault.com/panik8/decks/panikelf-v102modern/...I ended up splitting my main deck into two, and they're still both very powerful in their own ways.Possibilities are endless, but make sure you have something to draw cards, otherwise, you'll be easy to stop if/once you run out of steam. In other words, if an opponent has as many removal as you have creatures, you're screwed, and since that's pretty much the only way to stop an Elf deck, you want to make sure you can draw cards to keep the aggro up through the removal. Haste is also great so you can play a ton of Elves via your near-infinite mana, then tap them all to pump them up and finally attack with the deadliest ones.Sorry for the wall of text, I'm very passionate about elf decks, let me know if you want more ideas. I posted a lot of stuff on this deck, too, if you want to check it out...: http://www.mtgvault.com/benware/decks/elf-invasioncomments/Cheers.
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Long story short, the hardest part is to limit yourself to as few Elves as possible, while being as hard to counter as possible.