Wanted to try a charr in the same style as my latest experiments before opening possible commissions for these. I went with my brand new charr Arminus Copperhorn who I created about 2 days ago.

Copperhorn Scout

Fangren spur may sound louder, but Viridian resurgents claim that the horn of the vorrac creates a truer, more inspiring note.

Artist: Shelly Wan TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

A bunch of lovely Cats from yesterdays ArtParty ♥

Tanatalus Locksmith (@brightwingedbat) Blot Wyrmquill (@vyrmu) Arminus Copperhorn (@ilona-art) Leonardo Chevalier (@nassanpl)

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I finally joined my first gw2 #vsartparty after forgetting the past few months. (Was there on my charr Blot Wyrmquill, and then briefly as my asura Vale) I felt weirdly shy, but it was very fun and I nabbed alot of screenshots. Everyone had such cool and interesting looking characters... very inspiring! Planning to tackle some more characters, using this event as a prompt to try out lots of stuff with my traditional supplies. So here are the first three! Dreamwalker Sonia - @rostomanologist Baadh - @9asurainatrenchcoat Arminus Copperhorn - @ilona-art

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copperhorn scout

Ezuri’s Budget Elves

I wanted to make a budget deck that could still hold its own (probably around a 5 or 6 power level), so here’s $35 mono-green elves, helmed by Ezuri, Renegade Leader: https://archidekt.com/decks/643521#Ezuri's_Budget_Elves. 

And here’s a guide to playing the deck:

The Commander Ezuri’s a great, straightforward commander for a budget build. He’s cheap to cast, he fits our tribe, he can protect other elves, and he can give our elves Overrun at instant speed. So our game plan with him is also simple: establish a large board presence with a huge elf army, take out our opponents’ key threats with removal, play Ezuri, and swing for the win.

Elves Galore We get to run all the fun, cheap elf cards in here, many of which are my favorites from way back in Onslaught block. Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen is another elf pumper and buffers our life total against other aggressive strategies, as does Wellwisher. Heedless One can get very large and crucially has Trample so she can get in for lots of damage. Imperious Perfect pumps elves and makes elf tokens. Wildborn Preserver can become a huge blocker against flyers and gives us something to do with all the green mana we’ll be generating. And Wirewood Symbiote, while not an elf itself, can simultaneously save an elf from death as well as ready another creature. The Symbiote is even better in multiplayer, because we can activate it on each of our opponents’ turns as well as our own.

The Big Green We need a LOT of green mana to play as many elves as possible each turn, and many of our mana generators also happen to be elves. Classics such as Elvish Pioneer and Llanowar Elves make their obligated appearance. More exciting cards, though, are Rishkar, Peema Renegade; Rhonas’s Monument, and Elvish Archdruid. Rishkar can pump two elves as well as turns all our creatures with counters on them into mana dorks. This combos with Wildborn Preserver; Renata, Called to the Hunt; Ivy Lane Denizen; Elvish Vanguard; and Oran-Rief, the Vastwood. The Monument can give our creatures Trample, which, again, is crucial to getting damage through. And the Archdruid doubles as both a huge mana generator and an Anthem effect, making it one of the MVPs of the deck.

Drawing on Nature Green’s draw options have gotten considerably better in modern Magic, but many of the best of them are outside our price range at $10+. We still have good budget choices though, like Keeper of Fables, Primordial Sage, Harmonize, and Sunset Pyramid. Bag of Holding and Kithkin Mourncaller help us get value from elves that died or that we discarded as well. We’re not too upset if someone blows up the Bag before we get everything back from exile, either, as it will likely have drawn us a few cards already.

Cleansing the Earth We’re still limited in the realm of removal and board wipes, but hopefully we can rely on our opponents to destroy some big threats as well. Desert Twister is an old classic that can take care of almost anything for a high cost. Viridian Shaman and Reclamation Sage are elves that hate out the unnatural, and Kenrith’s Transformation and Lignify can deal with any pesky Indestructible creatures. We also have a cute trick in Eaten by Spiders that can totally shut down a flying Voltron commander by destroying them along with their favorite toys. Hurricane and Whirlwind deal with flying armies, and Stone-Tongue Basilisk can sometimes wipe out an opponent’s board (gets even more devastating if we can pump it). Hurricane is some of the only direct damage in the deck as well and helps to close out games. And in the case that an opponent is relying too heavily on broken enchantments, artifacts, and nonbasic lands, Wave of Vitriol and Multani’s Decree can really set them back while leaving our mostly creature-based board relatively unscathed.

Elf-Help Finally, we need ways to address the deck’s chief weaknesses, i.e. it’s vulnerability to board wipes, control decks, and faster aggro creature strategies. One of the worst outcomes is for you to spend all your time clashing your elf army against someone else’s Merfolk or Zombie deck while the red deck sneaks in a mass damage win or the blue/white deck locks everyone else out of the game. So for damage control, we’re running Wrap in Vigor and Fog. Taunting Elf and Copperhorn Scout ensure we can go all-in against our opponent’s similarly-large army without waiting for them to tap out. And Fierce Empath and Wirewood Herald can find some of our most valuable pieces (like Soul of the Harvest) if we haven’t drawn them already. Reclaim can get anything back from the graveyard, and we’re also including Overrun and Bounty of Might just in case Ezuri dies too many times for us to play him efficiently.

And that’s the deck! It’s a classic tribal strategy, but the deck can eke out wins surprisingly often. And it’s a great intro deck for new players, as it's easy to understand, won’t get mana screwed often, and doesn’t require a lot of skill to pilot successfully. Plus, who doesn’t like elves?

Thanks for reading if you got this far, and let me know if you liked the deck and/or the write-up. :) I’d definitely like to do more of these for my other brews.

You can follow me on Twitter @NCBurnham

Until next time, be kind and stay safe out there. <3

Round of 16384 - Batch 127

Batch 127 voting is now open.  The following polls are currently open:

Batch 127 Batch 126 Batch 125 Batch 124 Batch 123 Batch 122 Batch 121

Batch 120 results will be up soon.

The full list of matchups for today is:

Bogardan Phoenix vs Scroll of the Masters Chandra's Spitfire vs Essence of the Wild Giant Caterpillar vs Aetherflux Reservoir Leafcrown Dryad vs Catacomb Slug Flowstone Salamander vs Bull Cerodon Mire's Malice vs Gerrard's Wisdom Familiar Ground vs Winter Sky Protector of the Crown vs Copperhorn Scout Soulcage Fiend vs Deadbridge Chant Indestructibility vs Clock of Omens Griffin Guide vs Akiri, Line-Slinger Tragic Poet vs Felhide Minotaur Cloud Pirates vs Noble Steeds Infused Arrows vs Phantom Wurm Not of This World vs Demonfire Burning Fields vs Eldrazi Obligator Overburden vs Zhalfirin Knight Ravenous Baloth vs Sea Scryer Noxious Dragon vs Tumble Magnet Youthful Knight vs Rite of Passage Dead Weight vs Seething Anger Ogre Enforcer vs Encroach Voracious Dragon vs Druids' Repository Get a Life vs Steadfastness Splinter vs Kilnmouth Dragon Viridian Scout vs Maro Kyren Sniper vs Tidewalker Berserkers of Blood Ridge vs Widespread Panic Tariel, Reckoner of Souls vs Loxodon Stalwart Font of Ire vs Herbal Poultice Arcades Sabboth vs Mindreaver Pestilence Demon vs Rain of Thorns

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Concentrate upon your question, and draw from a deck of 257 non-multicolored green or black Elf cards...

The Past

Elvish Berserker

{G}

Creature — Elf Berserker

Whenever Elvish Berserker becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature blocking it.

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The Present

Copperhorn Scout

{G}

Creature — Elf Scout

Whenever Copperhorn Scout attacks, untap each other creature you control.

1 / 1

The Future

Viridian Scout

{3}{G}

Creature — Elf Warrior Scout

{2}{G}, Sacrifice Viridian Scout: Viridian Scout deals 2 damage to target creature with flying.

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Friday Night Magic

Went to a chaos draft last Friday and forgot to post.

I had a nice group of small creatures, a bit of synergy, as well as some removal and combat tricks in a Blue/Green deck.

A little bit completely lacking in finishers though, with only a couple cards qualifying. I ended up finishing 5th of 7 and picking up nothing worth noting in my prizes.

Oh well, still had fun.

Decklist for those interested

//Lands 8 Forest 8 Island

//Spells 1 Cryptolith Fragment 1 Hunger of the Howlpack 1 Invigorate 1 Krasis Incubation 1 Mutant's Prey 1 Nature's Panoply 1 Numbing Dose 1 Select for Inspection 1 Simic Cluestone 1 Woodcutter's Grit

//Creatures 1 Battlefield Thaumaturge 1 Copperhorn Scout 1 Druid of the Cowl 1 Elvish Vanguard 1 Entourage of Trest 1 Glacial Wall 1 Greenhilt Trainee 1 Invasive Species 1 Long-Finned Skywhale 1 Neurok Replica 1 Thornweald Archer 2 Watchful Automaton 1 Wind Drake