{"ops":[{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thranduil, the Elvenking"}},{"insert":" \n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"an unlimited budget cEDH Theorycraft (WIP, testing)"},{"insert":"\nPrice... it is what it is. If you want to run smooth you need fetch lands and duals.\n\nPlan A is to "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"crush"},{"insert":" the enemy with board before they can OTK us, without ever playing our commander. Then someone will wipe our board and we have to initiate plan B.\nPlan B is to OTK the enemy before they can OTK us and play the commander once to pull it off.\n\nTo achieve this, we disguise as harmless elf tribal playing cute mana dorks in round 1 and at one point in the game, \nself mill with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hermit Druid"}},{"insert":" until our graveyard is full of elves with good activated abilities and we have drawn or tutored some of our combo cards.\nCurrently I am including Hermit Druid with 2 Forests alongside a handful of other mill / surveil cards. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Laboratory Maniac"}},{"insert":" is another win con, but also a lose con if it gets countered or removed on the stack. You can easily remove the forests, if you chose to mill your entire library. Lab maniac serves as backup.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Combo Cards & requirements:"},{"insert":"\nThere are multiple ways to get infinite mana with this deck.\n3 cards can give us infinite untaps.\n4 cards can give us haste\n3 cards can give us blue mana\ncountless ways to pump creatures for lethal damage.\n\n1) "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Untap cards"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pemmin's Aura"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Freed from the Real"}},{"insert":" can be used to untap Thranduil infinitely for a single blue. (Using Pemmin's third ability will destroy the enchantment and end your combos.)\nWe can use "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Demonic Tutor"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Call Damage Control"}},{"insert":" to look for both of those ideally. (counters)\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Wirewood Lodge"}},{"insert":" can be used with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Argothian Elder"}},{"insert":" to get infinite mana. \n\n2) "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Haste cards"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Akroma's Memorial"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Swiftfoot Boots"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lavaspur Boots"}},{"insert":" can give Thranduil haste.\n( "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lightning Greaves"}},{"insert":" are not included, because we can't use it for our combo.)\n\nAkroma's Memorial might seem a bit overkill, but remember that we have several elves that tap for X so we can play it at turn 4.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mimic Vat"}},{"insert":" can only give him haste, if an enemy chooses to kill him and you get the possibility to imprint your commander.\nWe can use "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Fabricate"}},{"insert":" to look for artifacts.\n\n3) "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Blue Mana Tap abilities in the graveyard"},{"insert":"\nWe can use "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Buried Alive"}},{"insert":" andto put either "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Argothian Elder"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bloom Tender"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Deathbloom Ritualist"}},{"insert":" into our graveyard, alongside two "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"finishers"},{"insert":".\nAt this stage, we have infinite mana, because we generate more, than we pay for untapping.\n\n4) "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Finishing moves"},{"insert":"\nUse the activated abilities of either"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Timberwatch Elf"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Immaculate Magistrate"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ezuri, Renegade Leader"}},{"insert":" to pump any minion other than our commander, and the ability of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord"}},{"insert":" to blow it up. If you feel less creative, you could overdraw the opponent using "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Stroke of Genius"}},{"insert":" or give yourself infinite life with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Wellwisher"}},{"insert":". Note that technically infinite life doesn't win the game, if can only cause your opponent to scoop.\n\nAnother great untap card, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Umbral Mantle"}},{"insert":" is currently not included, because we need to swing with Thranduil himself, \nopening doors for a few defensive instants like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Wing Shards"}},{"insert":" that specifically refer to attacking creatures. \nIt is worth considering, but I disliked that you need to untap 2 bounce lands to gain +1 mana, otherwise you're at 0.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Other Tutor Targets:"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Elvish Harbinger"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Formidable Speaker"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Wirewood Herald"}},{"insert":" are your three elf tutors. Generally I would look for elves that draw cards, if you don't know what else to look for.\nYou could also tutor one of these to protect your board from specific deck archetypes: "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gaea's Herald"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Oak Street Innkeeper"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tajuru Preserver"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Selfless Safewright"}},{"insert":" .\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Trinket Mage"}},{"insert":" fetches "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Skullclamp"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lavaspur Boots"}},{"insert":" ,"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sensei's Divining Top"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Library of Leng"}},{"insert":". (Or sol ring)\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Mimic Vat:"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mimic Vat"}},{"insert":" can copy anything, even enemy creatures. Whenever something dies, you can just switch the minion you want to copy.\nFor example, you can copy your tutor minions or removals like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ochran Assassin"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Viridian Shaman"}},{"insert":".\n\nAll these combos look fine on paper, but we can't expect our opponents to leave our stuff alone.\nMore often than not, if you rely too heavily on a single combo piece, you can scoop if it gets destroyed. \nEven if someone uses "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Extract"}},{"insert":" on "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hermit Druid"}},{"insert":", we still have multiple ways to mill cards.\nSo if we end up getting our combo pieces countered, destroyed, exiled and bounced, and your opponents draw their "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tormod's Crypt"}},{"insert":", or"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Farewell"}},{"insert":" ,we have to go back to plan A and just do elf things.\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Master Biomancer"}},{"insert":" has several great interactions in this deck, using some of the pump cards above.\n\nIf you feel like some Ramp is missing, add "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Elves of Deep Shadow"}},{"insert":" ,"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Urborg Elf"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Llanowar Dead"}},{"insert":" from the maybeboard back into the deck. I cut them for now.\n\nHope you enjoy.\n"}]}