A Competitive Elementals Decklist for Standard

June 18, 2009 | Posted by Dee

SmokebraiderMTG pro Manuel Bucher took this 5 Color Elementals list to a 10th place finish out of 637 players in Grand Prix Sao Paulo.

Five Color Elementals
Creatures (37)
Spells (2)
Lands (21)
Sideboard (15)

It looks pretty fun to play and it seems to have good matchups against some of the popular decklists in the metagame. Manuel said he beat G/B Elves easily in testing.

Here’s what a forum member said about the decklist:

For those considering this deck for upcoming PTQs, be sure to know your meta. In my experience from block, this deck is strong against Faeries and honest midrange decks (Elves, etc). The control matchup is good with smart play. Their counters will be trouble if they get to a point that they can sweep your creatures and untap, but Horde is a house if you can resolve it and Reveillark is hard for them to beat. Zerg/Swarm decks can be bad for you. Tokens, Kithkin, and Red can put serious pain on you while you’re pissing around with Harbingers and evoking Mulldrifters. But the Soul Wardens are fantastic tech for that (if you last long enough to find them). There were no combo decks back in Lowrwyn block, and I can’t imagine any way for this deck to beat Swans. Your only options are mulling until you find a Needle post board and hope it gets there or get a degenerate multiple Fulminator Mage draw and keep them from hitting assault/cascade mana.

So if you expect a room full of Faeries and Elves (which is probably a good bet this week), I’d reccomend this deck. If you’re in an aggro and/or combo meta, leave this at home.

Source for the decklist: Positive EV – Elementals in Sao Paulo (Premium Article)

Filed Under Standard 

Get our blog posts for free in your email inbox.

Just enter your email address below and click the subscribe button: