This type of foil bears a striking resemblance to classic Pokmon card foiling, which helped make it a very popular style among fans
Desertion Another counterspell that fits the theme of the deck
Elsha, Threefold Master Elsha, Threefold Master | Illustration by Irina Nordsol Commander (1) Planeswalker (1) Creature (21) Sprite Dragon Stormcatch Mentor Third Path Iconoclast Accident-Prone Apprentice Coruscation Mage Frenzied Geistblaster Slickshot Show-Off Smoldering Egg Young Pyromancer Monastery Mentor Mocking Sprite Haughty Djinn Baral and Kari Zev Guttersnipe Murmuring Mystic Archmage Emeritus Shiko and Narset, Unified Storm-Kiln Artist Indris, the Hydrostatic Surge Tolarian Terror Eddymurk Crab Sorcery (13) Anguished Recollection Sleight of Hand Unending Whisper Faithless Looting Strike It Rich Exorcise Expressive Iteration Glacial Dragonhunt Deep Analysis Rite of Replication Baral's Expertise Riverwheel Sweep Vanquish the Horde Instant (20) Defiant Strike Swords to Plowshares Brainstorm Consider Opt Shore Up Expedite Get Lost Faithful Mending Mapping the Maze Think Twice Abrade Twinferno Sink into Stupor Prismari Command Jeskai Charm Rally the Monastery Big Score Sublime Epiphany Magma Opus Enchantment (4) Stormchaser's Talent Ghostly Prison Jeskai Ascendancy Whirlwind of Thought Artifact (1) Land (39) Adarkar Wastes Ash Barrens Battlefield Forge Clifftop Retreat Command Tower Deserted Beach Elegant Parlor Evolving Wilds Glacial Fortress Idyllic Beachfront Island x5 Meticulous Archive Molten Tributary Mountain x5 Mystic Monastery Perilous Landscape Plains x5 Prairie Stream Restless Spire Sacred Peaks Shivan Reef Stormcarved Coast Sulfur Falls Sundown Pass Swiftwater Cliffs Tranquil Cove Wind-Scarred Crag Deck Theme and Strategy This Elsha, Threefold Master deck is all about casting a bunch of spells, drawing cards, and turning that momentum into a flood of tokens or big, flashy plays
Here are some ways to reduce the price of your deck: Run Fewer Colors The best lands for Commander (and all Magic formats as a whole) tend to be expensive
If you were to snag all the copies under $35, that still might set you back $1500-2000, and it could still be months or years before you can yield $10+ (25%+) on your resales
It's the one most likely to be Rule zero'd into actual gameplay, since nothing it's doing is offensive
