More Elves in Extended!

by News | posted at 2010-01-19 23:28:00
tagged: MTG, Magic, Magic the Gathering, StarCityGames, StarCity, SCG, Extended, Pro Tour Qualifier, PTQ, San Juan, Elves, Deck, Gavin Verhey

Yesterday we reported on Chris Lachmann's Elves list over on ChannelFireball.com, which netted him a PTQ Top 8 while taking the top slot for his teammate Jacob Van Lunen. Today on StarCityGames.com, Gavin Verhey wrote thousands of words on HIS version of the deck, which took him undefeated into the Top 8 of a Magic Online PTQ. Here's the list he was running:

 

 

3 Elves of Deep Shadow

4 Elvish Archdruid

4 Elvish Visionary

4 Heritage Druid

4 Llanowar Elves

4 Nettle Sentinel

2 Regal Force

1 Viridian Zealot

4 Boreal Druid

 

4 Summoner's Pact

 

4 Glimpse of Nature

2 Primal Command

2 Weird Harvest

 

7 Forest

1 Horizon Canopy

4 Misty Rainforest

1 Stomping Ground

4 Verdant Catacombs

1 Pendelhaven

 

Sideboard:

2 Thorn of Amethyst

1 Loaming Shaman

2 Viridian Shaman

4 Blood Moon

4 Umezawa's Jitte

2 Primal Command

 

Verhey gives the deck high praises, saying "Right now [in Extended], there is no other deck I would play."

 

Read Gavin's full article on StarCityGames.com.

 

So what do you think? Is Elves the new big deck in Extended? Share your opinion in the forums link below.

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