Elsha Prowess by GR_Logos

Format: Commander

Commander: Elsha, Threefold Master

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is an explosive Jeskai prowess spellslinger build piloted by Elsha, Threefold Master. The game plan revolves around casting cheap cantrips, evasion spells, and combat tricks to trigger prowess, deal substantial combat damage with Elsha, and create a rapidly expanding army of 1/1 prowess Monk tokens. As the token swarm grows, successive noncreature spells trigger prowess across every permanent simultaneously, generating exponential power output. High-velocity card draw engines such as Whirlwind of Thought, Archmage Emeritus, and Skullclamp keep the hand full of cheap fuel, while Jeskai Ascendancy and Shared Animosity turn modest attacks into game-ending swings. The deck also features an infinite storm and mana finish with Storm-Kiln Artist and Haze of Rage. Resilient protection spells like Fierce Guardianship, Boros Charm, and Enter the Avatar State safeguard key pieces, allowing the deck to assemble its board on Turn 4 and close out games by Turn 6.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 Access Tunnel
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Aligned Heart
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Artful Dodge
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Break Through the Line
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cloak of Invisibility
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cori-Steel Cutter
  • 1 Crash Through
  • 1 Crown of Flames
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Duelist's Heritage
  • 1 Elsha, Threefold Master
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Enter the Avatar State
  • 1 Enter the Enigma
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Firebending Student
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Haze of Rage
  • 1 Impolite Entrance
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Jeskai Ascendancy
  • 1 Kabira Takedown // Kabira Plateau
  • 1 Kykar, Wind's Fury
  • 1 Leap
  • 1 Legion Leadership // Legion Stronghold
  • 1 Mishra's Bauble
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Monastery
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
  • 1 Nimbus Maze
  • 1 Ondu Inversion // Ondu Skyruins
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overmaster
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Perilous Landscape
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Ral, Crackling Wit
  • 1 Reckless Charge
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Robe of Stars
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Shadow Rift
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Slip Through Space
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spikefield Hazard // Spikefield Cave
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Teleportal
  • 1 Temur Battle Rage
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Two-Handed Axe // Sweeping Cleave
  • 1 Urza's Bauble
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Warlord's Fury
  • 1 Whirlwind of Thought
  • 1 Young Pyromancer
  • 1 Your Temple Is Under Attack
  • 1 Zada, Hedron Grinder