4
Fyndhorn Elves
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Priest of Titania
3 Wellwisher
4 Wirewood Herald
4 Wirewood Savage
2 Wirewood Symbiote
3 Elvish Guidance
2 Emerald Charm
4 Hunting Pack
4 Land Grant
1 Malachite Talisman
4 Vitalize
17 Forest
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 Elves
on the Hunt.
Description of deck by its author (quoted):
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right, so you've set your deck up to generate a true pack of creatures.
These 4/4s aren't here for tea and crumpets or egg pies. They're hungry,
and they're here to rend and smash—they're Beasts! That's something you
can take advantage of when choosing cards for your deck. Just imagine
you've managed four or five spells for Hunting Pack to storm off; what
if there's a Wirewood Savage or two on the board? Wow, that's some
serious card drawing! What if you've got an Aether Charge down? Ouch,
that's some serious damage to your opponent before you even declare your
attack! Ravenous Baloth can help with the assault and then munch on his
buddies to net you a ton of life. While not Beast-tastic, Kavu Lair and
Pandemonium also get juiced up by storming Beasts.
So you're having a grand time with your Hunting Pack. Why not double
your fun? Unfortunately, cards like Fork and Mirari don't combo well
with storm spells. The storm ability triggers only when a spell with
storm is played. Otherwise, every single storm spell would go infinite!
However, you can effectively fork your Hunting Pack by targeting it with
Spelljack; while the original spell is countered, all the copies put on
the stack by the storm ability still resolve. You can either go ahead
and play Hunting Pack again for free, adding an additional copy from the
Jack itself, or just hold the Pack in reserve, removed from the game and
safe, just waiting for another opportunity to storm off.
What's that? Well, yeah . . . casting Spelljack and Hunting Pack in the
same turn is a lot of mana, but you can figure out a way can't you? I
have faith. And didn't we just see Upwelling on this site?
In closing, I'll present a Hunting Pack deck built around the explosive
mana production of Elves! I've kept the build free of rares to make it
easier to assemble, but it could certainly make use of a Gaea's Cradle
or two if you own them.
The plan is to drop quick Elves and ramp up your mana as quickly as
possible. Get a Wirewood Savage in play, and then wait to spring your
Hunting Pack when the time is ripe!
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