Monking Around by Valkarion

Format: Commander

Commander: Elsha, Threefold Master

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Jeskai Voltron and token swarm strategy helmed by Elsha, Threefold Master. The primary game plan revolves around accelerating mana early, casting Elsha on turn three, and outfitting her with massive power enhancers and unblockable effects like Colossus Hammer, Aqueous Form, and Brotherhood Regalia. When Elsha connects for combat damage, her ability triggers to create an equivalent number of 1/1 Monk tokens with prowess. The deck then chains low-cost noncreature cantrips and protection spells to trigger prowess across the entire board, rapidly turning a modest swarm into an overwhelming, lethal combat force. A robust instant-speed protection suite headlined by Clever Concealment, Boros Charm, and eight counterspells shields Elsha and her army from removal and sweepers. Backup win conditions include independent token generation from Monastery Mentor and an untutored infinite damage combo with Heliod, Sun-Crowned and Walking Ballista, providing resilience and reach across diverse multiplayer pods.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Aqueous Form
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
• 1 Artful Dodge
• 1 Boros Charm
• 1 Bria, Riptide Rogue
• 1 Brilliant Wings
• 1 Brotherhood Regalia
• 1 Celestial Armor
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Clever Concealment
• 1 Clifftop Retreat
• 1 Colossus Hammer
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Conqueror's Flail
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Danitha Capashen, Paragon
• 1 Deserted Beach
• 1 Distortion Strike
• 1 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale
• 1 Elsha, Threefold Master
• 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
• 1 Embercleave
• 1 Enter the Enigma
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Expedite
• 1 Expressive Iteration
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Floodfarm Verge
• 1 Forge Anew
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Goldvein Pick
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
• 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
• 1 Impact Tremors
• 1 Invisibility
• 7 Island
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Lyse Hext
• 1 Mana Drain
• 1 Mantle of the Ancients
• 1 Monastery Mentor
• 4 Mountain
• 1 Mystic Monastery
• 1 Narset's Reversal
• 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
• 1 Negate
• 1 Nimbus Maze
• 1 Path to Exile
• 5 Plains
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Ponder
• 1 Port Town
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Puresteel Paladin
• 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Reyav, Master Smith
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Scorched Geyser
• 1 Settle the Wreckage
• 1 Sigarda's Aid
• 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Slip Through Space
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Soul Partition
• 1 Steam Vents
• 1 Stoneforge Masterwork
• 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 1 Sundown Pass
• 1 Sunforger
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1 Unable to Scream
• 1 Unwind
• 1 Walking Ballista
• 1 Whirlwind of Thought
• 1 Winged Boots
• 1 Witness Protection