We tap both Nettle Sentinels (and something else) for mana to cast a cheap Elf and untap our Nettle Sentinels then, we can tap the Nettle Sentinels and whatever Elf we just cast to do it again. With two copies of Nettle Sentinel, we can go pseudo-infinite with mana. The trick is that Nettle Sentinel untaps itself whenever we cast a green card, which allows us to tap it again for mana with Heritage Druid. While this is fine when played fairly, it gets especially crazy when we have a copy or two of Nettle Sentinel on the battlefield. Heritage Druid basically turns all of our Elves into Llanowar Elves. While we have a ton of mana producers in the deck, our most powerful mana engine is Heritage Druid with Nettle Sentinel.
While the card draw from Beast Whisperer is essential to our combo, we also need a way to make a bunch of mana, to keep casting the Elves we draw from Beast Whisperer.
Since Elves are really good at producing extra mana, it's pretty realistic that we'll get Beast Whisperer on the battlefield by Turn 3, and once we have a Beast Whisperer on the battlefield, it becomes pretty easy to play through our entire deck in one turn. While more expensive, Beast Whisperer essentially gives us a Glimpse of Nature that also comes attached to an Elf body (which is a meaningful upside, since extra copies draw us a card). In the past, Glimpse of Nature allowed Elves to combo off and draw through their entire deck in one turn, but Glimpse of Nature is banned in Modern. The card that makes Combo Elves possible is Beast Whisperer. To understand the plan of the deck, we first need to talk about the combo engine, then our finishers, and finally the filler cards. While we do have a couple of Elf lords in our deck, so we can occasionally win by curving out and attacking, our primary plan is to go pseudo-infinite in mana and card draw, play through quite literally our entire deck (hopefully on Turn 3 or 4), and then kill our opponent with a single attack. Budget Magic: Combo Elves (Modern)Ĭombo Elves is basically a tribal combo deck.
#Mtg goldfish standard golgari elfball series#
Oh yeah, and when things go well, we can go infinite as early as Turn 3 or 4! Can Beast Whisperer make old-school Combo Elves work in Modern on a budget? Let's get to the videos and find out then, we'll talk more about the deck!įirst, a quick reminder: if you enjoy the Budget Magic series and the other video content on MTGGoldfish, make sure to subscribe to the MTGGoldfish YouTube channel to keep up on all the latest and greatest. Rather than beating down with a bunch of buffed Elves, our main plan is to generate infinite-ish mana, draw our entire deck, and then win with just a single attack. Aluu, Budget Magic lovers, it's that time once again! Next week, we'll kick off our exploration of Ravnica Allegiance Standard with a string of of budget decks focused on the format, but for this week, we're heading back to Modern for one of the sweetest tribal combo decks we've played in a long time: Combo Elves! We played Beatdown Elves in Modern a while ago, which was focused on stacking up as many lords as possible and beating the opponent down, Merfolk-style.
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