Elven Council | Precon Upgrade Guide | Cut-Rate Commander | Commander | MTG | EDH
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- Опубликовано: 29 июл 2024
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Cut-Rate Commander - Precon Upgrade Guide for the Elven Council Precon & its face commander - Galadriel, Elven-Queen - from Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth #mtg #commander #edh #mtgxlotr
It looks like the Elves are ready to go to war in this latest precon upgrade for the Lord of the Rings set - led into battle by The Lady of Light Galadriel - and all too willing to show the forces of Sauron why they are the mightiest race on middle reach,
In this precon upgrade, we'll be focusing on streamlining the build into a elf tribal one - cutting the small Big Mana and Vote sub-themes included in the core deck and replacing them with more elves and elf payoffs - ranging from mana generating elves to provide us with use amounts of mana, elven lords to passively power up our wide tribal boards, and in tribe overrun style effects to make our boards even bigger, Then, to take advantage of the blue portion of our color pie, we'll be adding additional +1/+1 counter distribution to power up our elves even further, alongside multiple draw X spells to allow us to replenish our spells as quickly as we can cast them (as well as to but the huge amounts of mana our elves can generate to good use) - giving our elite elven warriors the resources they need to take on the Hosts of Mordor.
Let me know if the comments below if you agree with my choices and/or what you would add to the deck instead. Also, let me know know who you would like to see next by voting on in the comments on the three choices of commander listed at the end of the video.
Decklist - www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5684...
All art used is copyright of Wizards of the Coast
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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Introduction
00:54 - Commander & Playstyle
06:14 - Keepers
13:27 - Upgrades
20:41 - Breakdown
24:56 - Closing Thoughts 
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Hey Folks! See below for the full list of upgrade, sidegrades, and Further Upgrades recommneded in the video and be sure to let me know what other commander from the Lord of the Rings set you want to see me cover in the future!
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Creatures
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Radagast, Wizard of the Wilds >>> Leaf-Crowned Visionary
Gandalf, Westward Voyager >>> Imperious Perfect
Colossal Whale >>> Canopy Tactician
Hornet Queen >>> Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen
Mirkwood Elk >>> Joraga Warcaller
Wose Pathfinder >>> Zameck Guildmage
Celeborn the Wise >>> Master Biomancer
Legolas Greenleaf >>> Ivy Lane Denizen
Realm Seekers >>> Immaculate Magistrate
Mirkwood Trapper >>> Ezuri, Renegade Leader
Learn from the Past >>> Cultivator of Blades
Commander’s Sphere >>> Llanowar Elves
Model of Unity >>> Fyndhorn Elves
Travel Through Caradhras >>> Coiling Oracle
Opt >>> Marwyn, the Nurturer
Elven Farsight >>> Priest of Titania
Preordain >>> Wirewood Channeler
Sylvan Offering >>> Lys Alana Huntmaster
Seeds of Renewal >>> Wolverine Riders
Mirror of Galadriel >>> Beast Whisperer
Sail into the West >>> Edric, Spymaster of Trest
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Instants
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Trap the Trespassers >>> Counterspell
Field of Ruin >>> Negate
Plea for Power >>> Pull from Tomorrow
Mystic Confluence >>> Stroke of Genius
Song of Earendil >>> Even the Score
Lorien Revealed >>> Diviner's Portent
Lonely Sandbar >>> Transcendent Message
Tranquil Thicket >>> Return of the Wildspeaker
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Lands
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Thornwood Falls >>> Yavimaya Coast
Woodland Stream >>> Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
Ash Barrens >>> Island
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Sidegrades
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Coiling Oracle >>> Taunting Elf
Transcendent Message >>> Elven Ambush
Return of the Wildspeaker >>> Kamahl, Heart of Krosa
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Further Upgrades
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Erestor of the Council >>> Realmwalker
Cirdan the Shipwright >>> Elvish Harbinger
Elrond of the White Council >>> Elvish Champion
Elvish Visionary >>> Allosaurus Shepherd
Cultivator of Blades >>> Craterhoof Behemoth
Diviner's Portent >>> The Great Henge
I'd love to see a Samwise Gamgee deck! GW Legends and Food should be a very interesting deck.
This is currently my favorite EDH channel on RUclips ❤
Same, love this channel!
Those are some mighty kind words considering there are a LOT of talented EDH deckbuilders here - so thank you!
@@GrazzetMTG it’s just the truth ;)
Yep!! The way Grazzet explains things just clicks with me!
I'm glad you chose Galadriel as the commander rather than Elrond. while E might be a more logical choice, Galadriel is the more challenging one. :-) very good video. :-)
If you want to be particularly mean, use Immaculate Magistrate to buff Joraga Warcaller.
Rhystic Study is always a good add too :]
Saving the best for last with Grixis I see haha. Thanks for being to on top of these builds Grazzet. Love your brews and appreciate having them right on time for release. Appreciate you!
No problem! I know folks want to see them as soon as they come out - so I'm doing my best to get them done as quickly as possible!
Looking forward to the Mordor deck. It'll be interesting to see where you take it, I went mass "summon army" cards and sprinkled in some from war of the spark.
Love your guides so much! I'm building a Galadriel, Light of Valinor (The Bant one) on top of the precon. Rumor Gatherer, Rhys, the Redeemed, Drizzt Do'urden, Swords to Plowshares, Austere Command Generous Gift are all very welcome
Great Video Grazzet! Hope you keep on producing EDH content!
Thanks, will do!
i honestly wouldn't know how to upgrade this deck lolz, very glad for the upgrade and understanding of the deck
Interesting take on the upgrade, I liked, thanks one more time!
Glad you liked it!
Great video! I'll definitely consider building this deck. I was leaning building a scry elf deck using the other Galadriel card (Galadriel of lothlorien). If you have any tips how to build a fun and somewhat competitive edh deck around that commander, I'd greatly appreciate any insight you may have. Thanks in advance!
Really excited about the Sauron deck, you have been making these videos really fast. I am almost wondering if its more worth to play the Sauron from the set instead of the precon but I'm excited to see either way
thanks so much!
Amazing content!
Getting back into Magic, after like 10 years away. Bought this precon... Ordered a lot of these cards to make these modifications. Probably going to make the deck slightly worse by trying to sneak in my old favorite Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger though 😂
Elven Council seems to take a very controlled route as an Elf Precon compared to its Kaladiem (If Im right) Green Black Counterpart which is very Aggro.
You're the first person I've seen with a take on this precon that I agree with. I think this is easily the worst of the 4 decks out of the box. Well done trying to salvage it!
It wasn't easy but I think this deck now performs pretty good overall. That said, not sure my it was released in such a sub-optimal state when compared to the other decks - which were at least tuned.
@@GrazzetMTG Tht's fair, Ive just seen so many people talking about how good this particular deck is and a few even said was the best of the group, and that just made no sense to me. Maybe it's my bias towards not liking this representation of the Tolkein Elves. There's nothing about them that feels connected to his writing.
hey grazzet tyvm for this guide! do you think upgrading this precon limited within the LOTR set would be possible to bring it up to the powerlevel of the other 3 precons? i feel like the elfen precon is by far the least powerfull... after playing some games with them they never seemed to do much at all which is a shame... i would love to have all 4 precons on a similar powerlevel to play lotr magic with my friends
Still the best deck channel on RUclips! Id love to see your take on legolas master archer with fight cards to start sniping creatures and going for game!
Thank you for the high praise!
Legolas, Master Archer would be a interesting "Spot Removal Tribal" / Voltron style build - so I'll see what I can do to get him on a future poll!
@@GrazzetMTG I think so as well. For example cards like whip silk would be repeatable and using stuffy doll to redirect would just seem like a lot of fun
I'm planning on removing all the voting stuff and focusing on mana ramp, card advantage, and huge creatures... with cascade
Me too, but I'm a noob how do you do this?
New magic player here - how does Beast Whisperer work? Thanks!
Hey Grazzet, this is my first time commenting on your channel, was very much looking forward to this video, it helped me turn this precon around, love your videos, I have upgraded some of my precons following your guides and they worked very well. I do have an idea and was wondering your opinion, what do you thing about switching out Asceticism for Elven Chorus?
Thanks for the comment and glad to hear that guide helped you improve on this deck!
Regarding your question - while I think Elven Chorus is a fine card for the card advantage and ramp it provides - Asceticism is just too good to swap out in my opinion, since it shores up Elfball's weakness of being picked apart by spot removal and wipes. If you do want to add it in however, I would recommend looking at switching out Cirdan the Shipwright for it, since they both provide card advantage and Elven Chorus is less symmetrical.
I love your build, but i go more for the sry engine with the 3 mana galadriel of lothlorien. Specially with the new scry support in the set 😊
Fair enough! Galadriel of Lothlorien if certainly an interesting build around and we certainly did get a lot of Scry support from this set, so I can see a build featuring it doing very well (especially since she can ramp us multiple times per turn).
You weren’t kidding about the jank pile on the og precon- I was trying to see if it was possible to make it into a “ring tempts you” focused deck and there’s only like 4 cards that are relevant
Bonjour ! J aime beaucoup ce que vous avez proposez pour ce deck avec galadriel. Je vais enfin pouvoir le modifier pour qu il soit viable.
J ai une petite question.
La joueuse de flûte elfe est si importante pour être dans le deck ? Sachant qu il n y a pas de grosses créatures a poser tel que les eldrazi. 🤔
J aimerai avoir votre avis sur l utilité de cette carte dans le deck.
Si il faut absolument la garder ou pas forcément. Si non quelles sont les possibles alternatives.
Merci encore pour tout ton travail 😊🙏 et vive Magic !!!
Howdy Grazzet, any chance you might have a look at King of the Oathbreakers when you're done with the precons?
That would be cool
King of the Oathbreakers certainly looks like a fun build around for a spirit self targeting deck - so I'll see what I can do about putting him on a upcoming poll!
What about that new Nissa from MoM aftermath
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Would you recommend swapping this Galadriel for the other blue/green Galadriel from the set?
I don't think so with this build. Here almost all the scry support was cut (with a reason), so I think you should do a different take with Scry Galadriel.
@@Porlakh Thank you! I’m still new to deckbuilding
New to the game and your channel. Are there cards that allow the ring to tempt you?
I like that this upgrade is very cheap. As I really like this deck and wouldn't want to spend a ton into improving it.
Also, as a side note. I really liked playing warlock in hearthstone (card advantage, late game control). Do you think there's a similar precon? (preferably LOTR themed).
Glad you enjoyed it!
The following link should contain all the cards that have the text "the ring tempts you" in its rules text - scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=oracle%3A%22the+ring+tempts+you%22+%28game%3Apaper%29
As far as a more control heavy LOTR build, I would say that the Hosts of Mordor precon may be what your looking for. Its slow, but Grixis (Blue, Black, Red) has a LOT of good draw options and the gameplan of the deck it to cheat in big, high impact creatures by reanimating them from the graveyard. Lots of value to be had there and I made a precon upgrade guide for it too to make it even nastier (Maybe a bit too nasty with some of its new inclusions...).
Hope that helps!
I think sometimes like in this case, it would have been better to just choose another commander in the commander and go from there. The effect is just not enticing enough
Maybe Im wrong. It was cool to see you try to salvage this one
Yeah, I would say that you may have a point there but Simic Leaf tribal really only has 1 other real option and that's Ezuri, Claw of Progress - whose playstyle actually makes Elf Lords a non-bo for him since it will prevent his ability from procing - making it a very different build overall.
Still, I do wholeheartedly agree that Galadriel, Elven Queen is a bit weak when compared to other busted Simic commanders we've seen in the past - so maybe they just over corrected here....
@@GrazzetMTG Also, I just feel like a deck Helmed by Elrond of the white council would have been on the easier side for you. Good work
Other than cutting the cards you don't need, I don't see how it's possible to 'upgrade' the precon in terms of adding power to its scale
Gandalf the grey please
Elven council should have been Selesnya or Bant colors.
Oh man - another one! This is a real political deck, so curious to see what you've done with the load outs.
3 minutes in and Grazz is really not digging this deck at all. Just had to wait a minute - "Now that I've complained how janky this deck is out the box..." Subtle. Simic Elfball; now you have my attention! I'll dub this build "Galadriel, when diplomacy fails"
I see you've been sandbagging on instant X draw spells in your designs. Now they show up!
Great Hendge drum roll - priceless :)
We need some Grazzet merch to pimp our play out
The upgrade sound good, but it sounds like you are adding silences at the end of your words. I think you have to try to smooth out a little
It's not his voice it's AI generated
@@famousstranger8468 well that would make sense
Thanks for the feedback! Despite what it sounds like, it is actually me recording here (some folks do think its AI generated due to m voice just being very mono-tone) and that silence us there to remove the breathes that I normally take between recording lines - which end up being a bit more distracting than the silences would be (in my opinion). Still, I am working to improve my recording and audio editing setup to improve the speed and efficacy at which I am able to do these, so your feedback is appreciated!
@@GrazzetMTG no problem the content is good for sure if you remove the silences entirely instead of muting it would flow better it's the editing flow called truncating silence
@@GrazzetMTG if you want to learn some of it reach out any time
in lotr set, flavor should be way more important than gameplay. I can't believe how difficult it is to find a video with upgrades only from lotr collection. If i wanted to fill my deck with cards from other collections, I wouldn't have bought such a weak commanders deck. I find it appalling that youtubers don't seem to understand that. -1 for you
worst precon.
Out of the 4 LotR precons? Yeah, hands down. Of all time? Its certainly in contention in regards to playability but the very solid reprints it has may just keep it from being the bottom of the barrel in my opinion.