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My goal was to create an FNM competitive Elves list for under $100. The sideboard is not included in this price, since it should be created specifically for your meta -- in collaboration with others. Head over to the link to join the discussion on the deck!https://www.reddit.com/r/ModernMagic/comments/4icokv/my_list_of_100_budget_modern_decks/
The goal of the deck is incredibly simple, and very similar to other tribal strategies. Go wide with your elves, buffing them with your lords (Elvish Archdruid) then overrun Ezuri, Renegade Leader for massive amounts of trample damage for the win. Not-So-Budget Upgrades:4x Cavern of Souls2x Horizon Canopy4x Collected Company3-4x Chord of Calling4x Heritage Druid1-2x SpellskiteColors to consider spashing:White - Mirror Entity, Kataki, War's Wage, Burrenton Forge-Tender, Aven Mindcensor, Path to ExileLands to consider - Razorverge Thicket, Windswept Heath, Temple GardenBlack - Thoughtseize, Abrupt Decay, Shaman of the PackLands to consider - Gilt-Leaf Palace, Overgrown Tomb, Windswept Heath, Verdant Catacombs
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Have you taken this to a FNM already? I want to play Modern, and Elves are my style. It looks really good!
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I haven't taken it to an FNM, but I have done quite a bit of testing on Cockatrice. It is less explosive without Collected Company, but the deck still does a fantastic job at going wide -- and swinging in for the kill. Did you have any questions about specific matchups?
Thanks for the reply! I just want to know how to deal with Abzan Companyand/or Kiki Chord
Abzan Company is a matchup I know very well :) It's the deck I've been playing for the last 3 months or so!With Abzan Company the best way for you to deal with the combo, is to use Scavenging Ooze to eat the Kitchen Finks/Redcap out of their graveyard in response to the persist trigger. Alternatively, you can kill the creature they are using to keep the Persist creature alive (Anafenza/Melira) in response to the Finks/Redcap's Persist trigger. Any graveyard hate (Rest in Peace, Nihil Spellbomb, Relic of Progenitus, Leyline of the Void) are all very good against the combo as well, since the creature will be exiled before it can come back. The way the combo works is: Finks is sacrificed to Vicera Seer. Kitchen Finks then dies like a normal creature, enters the graveyard and then the game checks to see if he has high enough toughness to re-enter the battlefield with a Persist counter. The Persist then goes on the stack (giving you a chance to respond with Scooze) and then Kitchen Finks comes back. With Melira on the battlefield, the Persist Counter is unable to be added to Kitchen Finks and it stays a 3/2. With Anafenza on the battlefield, it enters the battlefield as a 2/1 and Anafenza's Bolster Trigger goes on the stack (giving you a chance to respond). The bolster trigger then resolves pumping the 2/1 Finks back to a 3/2. Then the life gain trigger from Kitchen Finks applies giving the player 2 additional life. Without the ability to combo, the Company player will then have to rely on his value creatures to try and pull the win, pumping his team with Gavony Township. With Elves, you are much better prepared to deal with this and thanks to Elvish Archdruid + Ezuri, Renegade Leader you can quickly swing through what resistance Company is able to present. The cards you'll need to watch out for will be spot removal such as Abrupt Decay and Path to Exile (aimed at your Lords/Scavenging Ooze), and Orzhov Pontiff who is essentially a board-wipe against elves if played early enough -- which can slow you down tremendously. Eidolon of Rhetoric is another card that may be boarded in against you, limiting you (and the Company player) to 1 card per turn. Not good for Elves, which is trying to dump it's hand as quickly as possible. Additionally Phyrexian Revoker is another card that I've seen in Company sideboards, and is capable of preventing Ezuri's abilities from being activated -- making it that much harder to swing for lethal damage. Keep in mind any of these creatures can be brought out, at any time, at instant speed thanks to Chord of Calling and Collected Company.All in all, it comes down to a race. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Kiki Chord is, in my opinion an easier matchup. While they have access to Lighning Bolt and other forms removal that elves don't do well against, the clock you are against is much slower. The earliest Kiki Chord can combo is turn 4, by which time you can (and should) have already pumped out enough elves to swing in for lethal (or at least extreme damage) with Ezuri. Just be aware that Restoration Angel can be flashed in at any point (including in response to damage), potentially giving them enough creatures to Chord of Calling into Kiki-Jiki immediately -- if not just on their next turn. In games 2/3 watch out for Engineered Explosives and Anger of the Gods as well as additional removal in the form of Lightning Helix.
Ok. Thank you SO much for this info! :D
No problem at all! Glad I could help!