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Love Me and Despair!
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $129.22
Salt Sum: 32.26
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Commander

Quantity: 1Price: $0.99
Galadriel, Elven-Queen

Will of the council — At the beginning of combat on your turn, if another Elf entered the battlefield under your control this turn, starting with you, each player votes for dominion or guidance. If dominion gets more votes, the Ring tempts you, then you put a +1/+1 counter on your Ring-bearer. If guidance gets more votes or the vote is tied, draw a card.

Creature
Galadriel, Elven-Queen (ltc) 88
1

Artifact

Quantity: 8Price: $13.08
Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (ltc) 273
1
Commander's Sphere

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. Sacrifice Commander's Sphere: Draw a card.

Artifact
Commander's Sphere (ltc) 276
1
Lembas

When Lembas enters the battlefield, scry 1, then draw a card. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice Lembas: You gain 3 life. When Lembas is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, its owner shuffles it into their library.

Artifact
Lembas (ltr) 243
1
Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {0}

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (ltc) 281
1
Lothlórien Blade

Whenever equipped creature attacks, it deals damage equal to its power to target creature defending player controls. Equip Elf {2} Equip {5}

Artifact
Lothlórien Blade (ltc) 77
1
Mirror of Galadriel

{5}, {T}: Scry 1, then draw a card. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Artifact
Mirror of Galadriel (ltr) 244
1
Model of Unity

Whenever players finish voting, you and each opponent who voted for a choice you voted for may scry 2. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Model of Unity (ltc) 78
1
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (ltc) 284
1

Creature

Quantity: 27Price: $25.57
Arbor Elf

{T}: Untap target Forest.

Creature
Arbor Elf (ltc) 232
1
Arwen Undómiel

Whenever you scry, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. {4}{G}{U}: Scry 2.

Creature
Arwen Undómiel (ltr) 194
1
Arwen, Weaver of Hope

Each other creature you control enters the battlefield with a number of additional +1/+1 counters on it equal to Arwen, Weaver of Hope's toughness.

Creature
Arwen, Weaver of Hope (ltc) 35
1
Celeborn the Wise

Whenever you attack with one or more Elves, scry 1. Whenever you scry, Celeborn the Wise gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each card looked at while scrying this way.

Creature
Celeborn the Wise (ltr) 156
1
Chance-Met Elves

Whenever you scry, put a +1/+1 counter on Chance-Met Elves. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Creature
Chance-Met Elves (ltr) 157
1
Círdan the Shipwright

Vigilance Secret council — Whenever Círdan the Shipwright enters the battlefield or attacks, each player secretly votes for a player, then those votes are revealed. Each player draws a card for each vote they received. Each player who received no votes may put a permanent card from their hand onto the battlefield.

Creature
Círdan the Shipwright (ltc) 50
1
Elrond of the White Council

Secret council — When Elrond of the White Council enters the battlefield, each player secretly votes for fellowship or aid, then those votes are revealed. For each fellowship vote, the voter chooses a creature they control. You gain control of each creature chosen this way, and they gain "This creature can't attack its owner." Then for each aid vote, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

Creature
Elrond of the White Council (ltc) 51
1
Elrond, Master of Healing

Whenever you scry, put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to X target creatures, where X is the number of cards looked at while scrying this way. Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, you may draw a card.

Creature
Elrond, Master of Healing (ltr) 200
1
Elvish Archdruid

Other Elf creatures you control get +1/+1. {T}: Add {G} for each Elf you control.

Creature
Elvish Archdruid (ltc) 237
1
Elvish Mariner

Whenever Elvish Mariner attacks, scry 1. Whenever you scry, tap up to X target nonland permanents, where X is the number of cards looked at while scrying this way.

Creature
Elvish Mariner (ltr) 283
1
Elvish Mystic

{T}: Add {G}.

Creature
Elvish Mystic (ltc) 238
1
Elvish Visionary

When Elvish Visionary enters the battlefield, draw a card.

Creature
Elvish Visionary (ltc) 240
1
Elvish Warmaster

Whenever one or more other Elves enter the battlefield under your control, create a 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature token. This ability triggers only once each turn. {5}{G}{G}: Elves you control get +2/+2 and gain deathtouch until end of turn.

Creature
Elvish Warmaster (ltc) 241
1
Erestor of the Council

Whenever players finish voting, each opponent who voted for a choice you voted for creates a Treasure token. You scry X, where X is the number of opponents who voted for a choice you didn't vote for. Draw a card.

Creature
Erestor of the Council (ltc) 53
1
Farhaven Elf

When Farhaven Elf enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature
Farhaven Elf (ltc) 243
1
Galadriel of Lothlórien

Whenever the Ring tempts you, if you chose a creature other than Galadriel of Lothlórien as your Ring-bearer, scry 3. Whenever you scry, you may reveal the top card of your library. If a land card is revealed this way, put it onto the battlefield tapped.

Creature
Galadriel of Lothlórien (ltr) 321
1
Grey Havens Navigator

Flash When Grey Havens Navigator enters the battlefield, scry 1.

Creature
Grey Havens Navigator (ltr) 53
1
Haldir, Lórien Lieutenant

Haldir, Lórien Lieutenant enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it. Vigilance {5}{G}: Until end of turn, other Elves you control gain vigilance and get +1/+1 for each +1/+1 counter on Haldir.

Creature
Haldir, Lórien Lieutenant (ltc) 39
1
Legolas Greenleaf

Reach Legolas Greenleaf can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less. Whenever another legendary creature enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on Legolas Greenleaf. Whenever Legolas Greenleaf deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Legolas Greenleaf (ltc) 40
1
Legolas, Counter of Kills

Reach Whenever you scry, if Legolas, Counter of Kills is tapped, you may untap it. Do this only once each turn. Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Legolas.

Creature
Legolas, Counter of Kills (ltr) 324
1
Lothlórien Lookout

Whenever Lothlórien Lookout attacks, scry 1.

Creature
Lothlórien Lookout (ltr) 175
1
Mirkwood Elk

Trample Whenever Mirkwood Elk enters the battlefield or attacks, return target Elf card from your graveyard to your hand. You gain life equal to that card's power.

Creature
Mirkwood Elk (ltc) 41
1
Mirkwood Trapper

Whenever a player attacks you, target attacking creature gets -2/-0 until end of turn. Whenever a player attacks, if they aren't attacking you, that player chooses an attacking creature. It gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Creature
Mirkwood Trapper (ltc) 62
1
Paradise Druid

Paradise Druid has hexproof as long as it's untapped. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature
Paradise Druid (ltc) 255
1
Realm Seekers

Realm Seekers enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the total number of cards in all players' hands. {2}{G}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Realm Seekers: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
Realm Seekers (ltc) 258
1
Reclamation Sage

When Reclamation Sage enters the battlefield, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Creature
Reclamation Sage (ltc) 259
1
Wood Elves

When Wood Elves enters the battlefield, search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Creature
Wood Elves (ltc) 263
1

Enchantment

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Asceticism

Creatures you control have hexproof. {1}{G}: Regenerate target creature. (The next time it would be destroyed, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)

Enchantment
Asceticism (ltc) 233
1
Fall of Gil-galad

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Scry 2. II — Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature you control. III — Until end of turn, target creature you control gains "When this creature dies, draw two cards." Then that creature fights up to one other target creature.

Enchantment
Fall of Gil-galad (ltr) 165
1
Lignify

Enchant creature Enchanted creature is a Treefolk with base power and toughness 0/4 and loses all abilities.

Enchantment Tribal
Lignify (ltc) 252
1
Lost Isle Calling

Whenever you scry, put a verse counter on Lost Isle Calling. {4}{U}{U}, Exile Lost Isle Calling: Draw a card for each verse counter on Lost Isle Calling. If it had seven or more verse counters on it, take an extra turn after this one. Activate only as a sorcery.

Enchantment
Lost Isle Calling (ltr) 444
1
Song of Eärendil

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Scry 2, then draw two cards. II — Create a Treasure token and a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying. III — Put a flying counter on each creature you control without flying.

Enchantment
Song of Eärendil (ltc) 69
1

Instant

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Beast Within

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.

Instant
Beast Within (ltc) 234
1
Galadhrim Ambush

Create X 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature tokens, where X is the number of attacking creatures. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by non-Elf creatures.

Instant
Galadhrim Ambush (ltc) 38
1
Growth Spiral

Draw a card. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Instant
Growth Spiral (ltc) 267
1
Heroic Intervention

Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Heroic Intervention (ltc) 249
1
Mystic Confluence

Choose three. You may choose the same mode more than once. • Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}. • Return target creature to its owner's hand. • Draw a card.

Instant
Mystic Confluence (ltc) 193
1
Opt

Scry 1. Draw a card.

Instant
Opt (ltc) 194
1
Sail into the West

Will of the council — Starting with you, each player votes for return or embark. If return gets more votes, each player returns up to two cards from their graveyard to their hand, then you exile Sail into the West. If embark gets more votes or the vote is tied, each player may discard their hand and draw seven cards.

Instant
Sail into the West (ltc) 68
1
Shower of Arrows

Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or creature with flying. Scry 1.

Instant
Shower of Arrows (ltr) 188
1
Swan Song

Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.

Instant
Swan Song (ltc) 197
1
Trap the Trespassers

Secret council — Each player secretly votes for a creature you don't control, then those votes are revealed. For each creature with one or more votes, put that many stun counters on it, then tap it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Instant
Trap the Trespassers (ltc) 25
1
Windswift Slice

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control. Create a number of 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature tokens equal to the amount of excess damage dealt this way.

Instant
Windswift Slice (ltc) 45
1

Land

Quantity: 38Price: $24.66
Ash Barrens

{T}: Add {C}. Basic landcycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Land
Ash Barrens (ltc) 295
1
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (ltc) 301
1
Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land
Exotic Orchard (ltc) 307
1
Field of Ruin

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice Field of Ruin: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. Each player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield, then shuffles.

Land
Field of Ruin (ltc) 308
1
Flooded Grove

{T}: Add {C}. {G/U}, {T}: Add {G}{G}, {G}{U}, or {U}{U}.

Land
Flooded Grove (ltc) 309
1
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (ltr) 270
13
Hinterland Harbor

Hinterland Harbor enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Hinterland Harbor (ltc) 317
1
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (ltr) 264
9
Lonely Sandbar

Lonely Sandbar enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {U}. Cycling {U} ({U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Lonely Sandbar (ltc) 319
1
Path of Ancestry

Path of Ancestry enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Land
Path of Ancestry (plst) C17-56
1
Rejuvenating Springs

Rejuvenating Springs enters the battlefield tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Rejuvenating Springs (ltc) 325
1
Rivendell

Rivendell enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a legendary creature. {T}: Add {U}. {1}{U}, {T}: Scry 2. Activate only if you control a legendary creature.

Land
Rivendell (ltr) 344
1
Shire Terrace

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice Shire Terrace: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Shire Terrace (ltr) 261
1
Temple of Mystery

Temple of Mystery enters the battlefield tapped. When Temple of Mystery enters the battlefield, scry 1. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Temple of Mystery (ths) 226
1
Thornwood Falls

Thornwood Falls enters the battlefield tapped. When Thornwood Falls enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Thornwood Falls (ltc) 338
1
Tranquil Thicket

Tranquil Thicket enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {G}. Cycling {G} ({G}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Tranquil Thicket (ltc) 341
1
Vineglimmer Snarl

As Vineglimmer Snarl enters the battlefield, you may reveal a Forest or Island card from your hand. If you don't, Vineglimmer Snarl enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Vineglimmer Snarl (ltc) 343
1
Woodland Stream

Woodland Stream enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Woodland Stream (ltc) 347
1

Sorcery

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Arwen's Gift

This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control two or more legendary creatures. Scry 2, then draw two cards.

Sorcery
Arwen's Gift (ltr) 39
1
Cultivate

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Cultivate (ltc) 236
1
Devastation Tide

Return all nonland permanents to their owners' hands. Miracle {1}{U} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Sorcery
Devastation Tide (ltc) 189
1
Elven Farsight

Scry 3, then you may reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, draw a card.

Sorcery
Elven Farsight (ltr) 161
1
Overwhelming Stampede

Until end of turn, creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.

Sorcery
Overwhelming Stampede (ltc) 254
1
Plea for Power

Will of the council — Starting with you, each player votes for time or knowledge. If time gets more votes, take an extra turn after this one. If knowledge gets more votes or the vote is tied, draw three cards.

Sorcery
Plea for Power (ltc) 195
1
Preordain

Scry 2, then draw a card. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Sorcery
Preordain (ltc) 196
1
Raise the Palisade

Choose a creature type. Return all creatures that aren't of the chosen type to their owners' hands.

Sorcery
Raise the Palisade (ltc) 23
1
Rampant Growth

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Rampant Growth (ltc) 257
1
Travel Through Caradhras

Council's dilemma — Starting with you, each player votes for Redhorn Pass or Mines of Moria. For each Redhorn Pass vote, search your library for a basic land card and put it onto the battlefield tapped. If you search your library this way, shuffle. For each Mines of Moria vote, return a card from your graveyard to your hand. Exile Travel Through Caradhras.

Sorcery
Travel Through Caradhras (ltc) 44
1

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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"Some will look at this deck and think that there aren't many changes from the Elven Council Commander deck, and they would be correct. The intent for me (at this time) was to take the deck and modify it, keeping with the Lord of the Rings theme. The deck immediately caught my eye when it was previewed, since it had two things I had been interested in for a long time: elves & voting.\n\nIt's not incredibly difficult to find an elf commander - I always leaned towards BG, and with the printing of Lathril, I put a deck together with a lot of my favorite pet elves. Lathril's popularity kind of waned my interest, and Tyvar the Belicose is a tad too expensive right now for me to want to pick up (especially with the Kaldheim showchase frame). Galadriel (and Elrond and Legolas and Cirdan and Arwen) all offer something new to the elves that hasn't been seen before - focus and benefits from Scrying.\n\nGaladriel, Elven Queen doesn't have any Scrying focus, but the deck is versatile enough that Elrond, Master of Healing or Galadriel of Lothlorien could be swapped in if a Scry-focused game was heavily desired. I've toyed with the idea of making Legolas, Counter of Kills the Commander as well, but I need to play a few more games with him to see if he has what it takes. Galadriel, Elven Queen gives me exactly what I want for a Commander - a fun political tool that has a lot of unpredictability around the table. Having a creature that allows me to vote in the Command Zone means I can focus on a lot of the fun aspects of Commander that I enjoy. Tivit, Seller of Secrets was an idea I almost built, until everybody only talked about how he's great for Artifact spam....not exactly what I wanted.\n\nThe only non-LotR card at this point is Temple of Mystery - as a ETB tapped dual land with a Scry bonus, I felt it wouldn't throw anything off that much and was very thematic. It even has art of the sea!\n"}]}
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