Elvish Advantage by FrostbiteMTG

Format: Commander

Commander: Edric, Spymaster of Trest

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a Simic elf-ball/aggro deck built around Edric, Spymaster of Trest as a command-zone draw engine. The plan is to flood the board with cheap elves and evasive 1-drops, attack every turn, and convert each point of combat damage into a card, snowballing into a massive hand and board. Wins come primarily from Craterhoof Behemoth or Triumph of the Hordes overruns, with Ezuri, Renegade Leader as a tutorable backup pump and team-protection piece. The three extra-turn spells - Temporal Mastery, Nexus of Fate, and Time Stretch - act as force multipliers, re-firing Edric's draw triggers and the combat step multiple times in one turn cycle. A compact countermagic package (Force of Will, Fierce Guardianship, Counterspell, Arcane Denial, An Offer You Can't Refuse) protects the critical swing, while the fetch/shock/bond mana base and dense elf-dork battery smooth the two-color curve.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arwen, Weaver of Hope
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Canopy Tactician
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 Coiling Oracle
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dionus, Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen
  • 1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
  • 1 Eladamri, Korvecdal
  • 1 Elrond, Lord of Rivendell
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Champion
  • 1 Elvish Harbinger
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Vanguard
  • 1 Elvish Warmaster
  • 1 Ezuri, Claw of Progress
  • 1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Galadhrim Ambush
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Haldir, Lórien Lieutenant
  • 1 Heritage Druid
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Joraga Treespeaker
  • 1 Joraga Warcaller
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Leaf-Crowned Visionary
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lys Alana Huntmaster
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Master Biomancer
  • 1 Master Chef
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Nexus of Fate
  • 1 Nissa, Ascended Animist
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Tracer
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Temporal Mastery
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Time Stretch
  • 1 Triumph of the Hordes
  • 1 Turbulent Wilderness
  • 1 Tyvar, the Pummeler
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Wellwisher
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Yeva, Nature's Herald