How to Play Modern Elves | Magic the Gathering Deck Tech Lessons | Tips for Beginners

Meghan's here to show you how to play Elves in Modern! Interested in a deck that can interact well with a bunch of decks in the format, is skill-testing to play, and ALSO a lot of fun?! Elves might just be for you! Watch this deck tech and you'll be good to pack this deck for your next big event.

Decklist as of 2/3/17:
4x Elvish Mystic
4x Elvish Archdruid
3x Ezuri, Renegade Leader
4x Llanowar Elves
4x Heritage Druid
4x Nettle Sentinal
3x Elvish Visionary
1x Selfless Spirit
1x Spellskite
1x Eternal Witness
4x Dwynen's Elite
1x Reclamation Sage
4x Chord of Calling
4x Collected Company
5x Forest
3x Horizon Canopy
1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
4x Razorverge Thicket
1x Pendelhaven
4x Cavern of Souls

Sideboard:
1x Aven Mindsensor
1x Chameleon Colossus
1x Essence Warden
1x Kataki, War's Wage
1x Melira, Sylvok Outcast
1x Scavenging Ooze
2x Lead the Stampede
1x Elvish Champion
2x Fracturing Gust
2x Path to Exile
1x Selfless Spirit
1x Eidolon of Rhetoric

YAY!

[DuncanEllis]

this is awesome. I also saw a really nice pauper elves deck that nearly got me in our day job Magic league.

[gregoryleverton]

Been playing the black/green version casually for a while and love it. Elves is such a great deck.
 Excellent deck tech Meghan!

[EnglishPlays]

I just found out about your channel and already dig it! (The effects and awkward 'who would do thats'...I do that...a lot). My first deck from 15 or so years ago was elves so this has me super excited to see if I can add some of these and modify it.

[Parallelepiped]

Thank you for making this deck tech! I also loved Maria's! So helpful, informative, and fun!

[wildwest]

I think my ears died at the singing but my sides hit the sky. This was amazing. Informative and funny!

[master_of_mono_black]

this is amazing! I loved every minute of this. Subscribed liked shared

[derrickswinney]

That was refreshing to hear you make light of a harsh missed trigger at a big event. Happens to the best of us, hope you were vindicated by piloting well later that day. Cheers, I subbed.

[richardlay]

Great job, Meghan! Fun and informative!

[Gandhiji]

I would love a prize calculation, like what are the expensive cards, can some expensive cards have a budget version etc.
love Magic the Amateuring, keep up the good fight, you rock

[nickbrydels]

really been enjoying your content lately! keep up the great work!

[BunBun]

This is AmaZing! Also, I've never seen a better Elves Deck Tech!!!

Heck, I don't think I've seen a better deck tech ever! EVER!

[timlamiam]

i just made this deck and i love it. i love how it's a good, not too expensive way to fight all the super powerful other archetypes in modern on even footing while having reasonable sideboard answers that aren't 80 dollar 15 year old cards (cough... chalice... cough).

[Ottawa]

Sweet sunglasses Meghan - You're such a rockstar :P

[Kuraskvids]

Plot twist, Elves is the deck I love. From the first day I played Magic to a decade later. Any format, turn 1 mana dork.

[meownezz]

great deck tech. I have been using elves actively since I could remember building my own deck, and have been using it competitively in modern since collected company. I like the idea on aven mindcensor on the board, against tron.
sideboarding does have lots of options and might I just add rest in peace against any deck which makes use of the graveyard, and perhaps the new protection spell in heroic intervention (although they cannot be summoned by chord).

[SirenoftheVoid]

Awesome list :) I love elves, and i love options so this is definitely something i'd enjoy.

[AnonymousBadassery]

Just finished Grixis Delver and I might have to do this as a second deck! Looks like a ton of fun. Assuming I don't take this to a GP or major tournament, how badly is the deck hurt by not having Cavern of souls and Horizon Canopy?


Thanks for doing a detailed deck tech! I wouldn't mind seeing more of these in the future.

[shivambhatt]

this was awesome. great script, great delivery, and a great deck =)

[SonictheBedHog]

Loving the giant promo card in the background.

[jaywingate]

My favorite modern deck! Also my only modern deck.