Not Elves by user8896557

Format: Commander

Commander: Rhys the Redeemed

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is a focused Selesnya Go-Wide Tokens strategy commanded by Rhys the Redeemed. It accelerates its mana in the early turns using an abundant package of 1- and 2-CMC ramp pieces, quickly establishing token-generating permanents and leveraging Rhys's exponential doubling ability alongside multipliers such as Doubling Season and Second Harvest. The deck closes out games through combat damage by swarming the battlefield and resolving decisive overrun effects like Porcelain Gallery, End-Raze Forerunners, and Overrun. A robust suite of low-cost, flexible instant-speed removal allows it to efficiently answer opposing threats across all permanent types. While the deck boasts rapid board expansion and high redundancy in its token creation, the absence of specific nonland tutors leaves card draw engines and overrun finishers dependent on natural draw steps. It also faces inherent vulnerability to board sweepers, relying on defensive spells like Clever Concealment and Rootborn Defenses to preserve its lethal swarm.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 Advent of the Wurm
  • 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Aura Mutation
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Cadira, Caller of the Small
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Caravan Vigil
  • 1 Castle Ardenvale
  • 1 Champion of Lambholt
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Collective Resistance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Dollmaker's Shop // Porcelain Gallery
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Elven Chorus
  • 1 Emeria's Call // Emeria, Shattered Skyclave
  • 1 Emmara, Soul of the Accord
  • 1 End-Raze Forerunners
  • 1 Esika's Chariot
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Evendo, Waking Haven
  • 1 Ezuri's Predation
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fertile Ground
  • 1 Finale of Glory
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Garruk, Primal Hunter
  • 1 Gathering Place
  • 1 Gavony Township
  • 1 Ghalta and Mavren
  • 1 Goldvein Pick
  • 1 Grove of the Guardian
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Hornet Nest
  • 1 Hornet Queen
  • 1 Hour of Reckoning
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Intangible Virtue
  • 1 Khalni Garden
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Leonin Warleader
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Maja, Bretagard Protector
  • 1 March of the Multitudes
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Ondu Inversion // Ondu Skyruins
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Overrun
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Queen Allenal of Ruadach
  • 1 Quina, Qu Gourmet
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rhys the Redeemed
  • 1 Rootborn Defenses
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Scattered Groves
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Selesnya Evangel
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Skyshroud Ranger
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Song of the Dryads
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Strength of the Harvest // Haven of the Harvest
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sundering Growth
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Unity
  • 1 Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
  • 1 Vitu-Ghazi, the City-Tree
  • 1 White Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Wild Growth