Tier 1.5aggro

Elves

Tribal Aggro

Featured list~$8675Premodern Night Show (Technoliga)

Overview

"Elves builds a mana engine around Llanowar Elves, Fyndhorn Elves, and Priest of Titania, whose output scales with every Elf in play. Quirion Ranger returning a Forest and Wirewood Symbiote returning an Elf each untap Priest of Titania for repeated mana bursts in one turn, while Survival of the Fittest recurs Squee, Goblin Nabob to tutor at will. That mana floods the board with Deranged Hermit squirrel tokens or powers Masticore, given haste by Anger, for explosive multi-card turns."

Game Plan

Deploy mana dorks (Llanowar Elves, Fyndhorn Elves) to flood the board. Use Priest of Titania for massive mana and finish with Deranged Hermit or Overrun effects.

Key Cards

Core engine & flex

Llanowar Elves

$0.36

TCG MP CK

Fyndhorn Elves

$4.88

TCG MP CK

Wirewood Symbiote

$1.49

TCG MP CK

Quirion Ranger

$2.43

TCG MP CK

Gaea's Cradle

$1504.77

TCG MP CK

Signature

Priest of Titania

$3.70

TCG MP CK

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Sample Decklists

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Premodern Night Show (Technoliga)

1st PlaceJun 11, 2026

Pablo Suarez

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Pablo Suarez

TCG

Mainboard (60)

$8590

Creature (35)

$278

$1.44G

$1.12GG

$14.801G

$9.72G

$5.96G

$14.64G

$78.121GG

$4.123R

$18.82G

$6.822G

$83.963GG

1Kamahl, Fist of Krosa

$3.244GG

$0.383G

$30.742R

$3.721G

$0.292G

Instant (2)

$9.48

2Crop Rotation

$9.48G

Enchantment (4)

$1542

4Survival of the Fittest

$15421G

Land (19)

$6761

$5.46

$6019

$446

$111

$178

$0.82

Sideboard (15)

$85.04

$8.641G

$4.081G

$2.620

$13.642G

$3.721G

$1.852G

$42.634

$7.744G

$0.12G

Est. Total$8675

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Weekly Tournament @ Eternal League (Spezzina, Italy)

1st PlaceMay 28, 2026

Gimmic91

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Gimmic91

TCG

Mainboard (60)

$8386

Creature (36)

$312

$4.123R

$0.88G

$1683GG

$14.64G

1Kamahl, Fist of Krosa

$3.244GG

$1.44G

$42.634

$1.12GG

$0.763G

$14.801G

$7.29G

$6.752GG

$30.742R

1Thornscape Battlemage

$0.312G

2Wall of Blossoms

$9.501G

4Wirewood Symbiote

$5.96G

1Yavimaya Granger

$0.292G

Enchantment (6)

$1599

4Survival of the Fittest

$15421G

2Sylvan Library

$57.761G

Land (18)

$6474

$8.19

$6019

$0.82

$446

Sideboard (15)

$42.37

$13.642G

$6.481G

$1.021R

$3.930

$4.081G

$9.501G

$3.721G

Est. Total$8429

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IV Torneo Mensual Open

1st PlaceMay 25, 2026

Kerri

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Kerri

TCG

Mainboard (60)

$8546

Creature (33)

$372

$4.123R

$75.28G

$6.822G

$1683GG

$14.64G

1Kamahl, Fist of Krosa

$3.244GG

$1.44G

$42.634

$0.84GG

$0.383G

$11.101G

$7.29G

$30.742R

1Thornscape Battlemage

$0.312G

3Wirewood Symbiote

$4.47G

1Yavimaya Granger

$0.292G

Artifact (4)

$146

4Tangle Wire

$1463

Enchantment (4)

$1542

4Survival of the Fittest

$15421G

Land (19)

$6487

$7.28

$6019

$13.78

$0.82

$446

Sideboard (15)

$27.91

$7.744G

$8.641G

$1.531R

$0.841GG

$0.61G

$2.620

$4.081G

$1.852G

Est. Total$8574

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Archetype Anatomy

Based on 1134 decks with known dates(1135 total)2021-05-09 to 2026-06-18

Mana Base

Average18.2lands

Median18lands

Range13–22lands

Spells41.8avg non-land

Based on 1131 decks (All-time)

core Cards(>80%)

Llanowar Elves

100%

3.9x

Fyndhorn Elves

100%

3.8x

Wirewood Symbiote

99%

3.9x

Quirion Ranger

99%

3.7x

Priest of Titania

99%

3.8x

Gaea's Cradle

99%

3.9x

Multani's Acolyte

98%

3.9x

Deranged Hermit

97%

1.9x

Survival of the Fittest

94%

4.0x

Squee, Goblin Nabob

94%

1.0x

Masticore

90%

1.2x

Wooded Foothills

90%

4.0x

Anger

89%

1.0x

Nantuko Vigilante

88%

1.2x

Yavimaya Granger

86%

1.0x

flex Cards(30-80%)

Caller of the Claw

62%

1.0x

Tangle Wire

59%

3.8x

Kamahl, Fist of Krosa

56%

1.0x

Wellwisher

51%

1.1x

Tribal Forcemage

33%

1.1x

Biorhythm

31%

1.8x

fringe Cards(<30%)

Birchlore Rangers

22%

1.4x

Wall of Roots

18%

1.6x

Thornscape Battlemage

14%

1.1x

Sylvan Library

12%

1.7x

Elvish Champion

12%

1.8x

Windswept Heath

10%

2.9x

Naturalize

10%

1.7x

1.6x

2.3x

1.4x

1.2x

1.0x

1.0x

2.7x

2.9x

1.0x

2.9x

2.6x

2.6x

2.1x

3.2x

2.8x

2.3x

1.1x

1.2x

1.1x

1.0x

2.1x

1.0x

2.6x

Concordant Crossroads

2.0x

Elvish Spirit Guide

3.3x

Orcish Settlers

1.0x

Wirewood Herald

2.8x

Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary

1.9x

1.1x

3.3x

1.5x

2.1x

1.8x

1.3x

Sideboard Anatomy

core Sideboard Options(>80%)

Naturalize

98.8%

3.5x

flex Sideboard Options(30-80%)

Tormod'S Crypt

69.4%

2.2x

Caller Of The Claw

68.5%

1.4x

Uktabi Orangutan

49.6%

1.0x

Tranquil Domain

46.8%

1.7x

Genesis

46.1%

1.0x

Call Of The Herd

37.6%

2.8x

Wall Of Blossoms

37.3%

2.7x

Wellwisher

36.9%

1.1x

Goblin Sharpshooter

36.5%

1.0x

Druid Lyrist

32%

1.0x

fringe Sideboard Options(<30%)

Masticore

27.7%

1.1x

Spike Feeder

26.1%

1.4x

Nantuko Vigilante

25.6%

1.2x

Winter Orb

22.8%

2.1x

Elvish Champion

22.2%

1.1x

Gaea'S Blessing

20%

1.2x

Crumble

14.9%

1.2x

Thornscape Battlemage

13%

1.0x

Biorhythm

8.5%

1.6x

Ravenous Baloth

6.9%

1.3x

Pyroclasm

5.1%

2.6x

Tangle Wire

4.6%

2.5x

Wall Of Roots

4.5%

1.8x

Reverent Silence

4.2%

1.5x

Null Rod

3.9%

1.7x

Phantom Nishoba

3.6%

1.0x

Flametongue Kavu

3.5%

1.0x

Phyrexian Furnace

3.4%

1.8x

Sylvan Library

3.3%

1.7x

Emerald Charm

2.2x

Natural Order

1.8x

Steely Resolve

2.6%

2.4x

Xantid Swarm

2.6%

2.8x

Elvish Lyrist

2.3%

1.2x

Absolute Law

2.3%

2.4x

Gaea'S Herald

1.8%

1.5x

Armageddon

1.7%

2.0x

Elvish Scrapper

1.7%

1.4x

Swords To Plowshares

1.6%

3.0x

Krosan Reclamation

1.5%

1.9x

Pyroblast

1.2%

1.6x

Tempting Wurm

1.2%

2.6x

Kamahl, Fist Of Krosa

1.1%

1.0x

Tribal Forcemage

1.1%

1.2x

Seedtime

1.1%

1.3x

Recent Events Featuring this Archetype

Premodern League 2026-06-18 (Premodern)

2026-06-18•Magic Online•16 Players

Highest Finish: 3rd

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PMPMPMPM XXXVII - Charity Event @ Rose City Premodern

2026-06-14•Portland, OR•34 Players

Highest Finish: 4th

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Premodern League 2026-06-14

2026-06-14•Magic Online•14 Players

Highest Finish: 1st

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Bottrop Series June @ Bottrop (Germany)

2026-06-14•Bottrop, Germany•33 Players

Highest Finish: 8th

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Summer Salvage Premodern 1K (Premodern)

2026-06-13•Frederick, MD, United States•44 Players

Highest Finish: 13th

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Matchups

Head-to-head: DuressCrew (MTGO) · field strength: our event data

Field strength: Holds even with the field

placement-derived · not head-to-head · 1146 finishes · 257 wins

Stasis
85%
DxC · n=40
White Weenie
80.8%
DxC · n=26
Tide Control
71.9%
DxC · n=57
The Rock
71.9%
DxC · n=57
Machine Head
71.8%
DxC · n=39
Moneyball
71%
DxC · n=31
Terrageddon
69.6%
DxC · n=92
Bw Control
68.9%
DxC · n=45
Dead Guy Ale
68.2%
DxC · n=22
Stiflenought
63.6%
DxC · n=165
Survival Rock
63.3%
DxC · n=49
Landstill
61.6%
DxC · n=73
Psychatog
55.7%
DxC · n=61
Gro A Tog
53.1%
DxC · n=64
Replenish
47.9%
DxC · n=71
Enchantress
46.7%
DxC · n=92
Contamination
44.8%
DxC · n=29
Burn Sligh
42.2%
DxC · n=192
Oath Ponza
40.4%
DxC · n=57
Goblins
33%
DxC · n=115
Tinker Fling
20.8%
DxC · n=48

DxC = DuressCrew MTGO head-to-head · win rates diverge from a 50% centre line

Core Combos

simple

NEAR-INFINITE

Gaea's Cradle + Elves Engine

general Strategy

"Explosive mana acceleration."

Natural Order + Verdant Force

general Strategy

"7/7 token generator in play by turns 2–3"

3 Steps

Master the loop

Quick Facts

Tier1.5

Styleaggro

Meta Share3.3%

Avg Lands18.2

Est. Price~$8675

Colors

Deck Weaknesses

Board sweepers: the deck commits a wide board of small bodies (Llanowar Elves, Fyndhorn Elves, Multani's Acolyte) and pumps them with Deranged Hermit and Kamahl Fist of Krosa, so one well — timed mass removal trades down for the entire battlefield and the mana base at once.
Mana denial and disruption: the whole plan hinges on Priest of Titania scaling off the dork count; remove the Priest or keep the board small and the explosive turns that cast Masticore and Kamahl Fist of Krosa never come together.
Graveyard and enchantment hate: Survival of the Fittest plus Anger and recursive threats give the deck reach and resilience, but the toolbox is a single enchantment and a single graveyard card, both of which fold to targeted hate that leaves only vanilla small creatures.
Static creature — type hate: the deck's core is almost entirely small Elves, so an effect that shrinks or weakens a creature type cripples the dorks, neuters Priest of Titania's mana, and removes the bodies the pump payoffs depend on.

How to win with it

Mulligan toward hands with at least two of the one-drop mana creatures (Llanowar Elves or Fyndhorn Elves) plus either Quirion Ranger or Wirewood Symbiote, since a lone dork with no follow-up is too slow, and hands with no green acceleration fold to any disruption, so you want redundancy baked in from turn one.
The dream draw is turn-one Llanowar Elves or Fyndhorn Elves into turn-two Priest of Titania with a second elf already down, tapping Priest of Titania for three or more green mana immediately, then dump that surplus into Deranged Hermit to drop four 1/1 Squirrel tokens plus the Hermit body in one turn and threaten a lethal swing as early as turn three.
Quirion Ranger and Wirewood Symbiote are your engine, not beaters: hold Wirewood Symbiote until you have Multani's Acolyte or Yavimaya Granger to re-bounce, since returning Multani's Acolyte dodges its Echo upkeep cost and re-triggers its draw, and Wirewood Symbiote also untaps a creature, so bounce a dork to untap Priest of Titania for a second mana activation. Don't jam Wirewood Symbiote early just to save a dork from removal unless the board forces it.
When you draw with Multani's Acolyte the same turn you want big mana, resolve the Acolyte first so its enter-the-battlefield draw can find another elf, cast that elf, then tap Priest of Titania last so the new body is already counted in Priest of Titania's mana total.
In the grind plan, Squee, Goblin Nabob is the fuel that keeps both engines running: discard Squee, Goblin Nabob to Survival of the Fittest to fetch a toolbox creature, then recur Squee, Goblin Nabob for free next upkeep, and use that same recursion to feed Masticore's upkeep discard so Masticore never has to eat a real card. Only pitch Squee, Goblin Nabob while Survival of the Fittest or Masticore is in play.
Your key toolbox decision is what Survival of the Fittest fetches: grab Masticore as a recurring removal-and-beater when you need to control the board, Caller of the Claw to flash back a wall of Bear tokens after a sweeper, and hold Nantuko Vigilante in hand as a repeat artifact-and-enchantment answer that Wirewood Symbiote can bounce and replay rather than committing it as a vanilla body.

How to beat it

This deck's engine is its mana dorks: Llanowar Elves, Fyndhorn Elves, and especially Priest of Titania convert a wide board into explosive mana that powers out Deranged Hermit, Masticore, and Kamahl Fist of Krosa ahead of curve. A timely board sweeper is your best answer, since wiping the dorks both empties the board and collapses the Priest of Titania mana the whole plan runs on.
Make your removal count by killing Priest of Titania on sight: each Elf already in play scales her output, so leaving her up a turn can mean six or more mana and an immediate haymaker. Cheap spot removal on the Priest is far more valuable than picking off a single one-drop dork.
Hold a sweeper for the squirrel turn: Deranged Hermit floods the board with tokens and pumps the team, so resolving it is when this deck commits hardest. Sweep after the Hermit lands to trade one card for the entire battlefield rather than wiping early into a half-built board.
Deny the toolbox rather than trying to outrace it. Survival of the Fittest tutors Anger for team haste and recurs threats, so graveyard hate or enchantment removal aimed at Survival of the Fittest shuts off the engine that lets Masticore and others come back; without it the deck is just fragile small creatures.
Respect the bounce tricks: Wirewood Symbiote can return a threatened Elf to hand to dodge targeted removal while untapping a dork for mana, and Quirion Ranger untaps a dork the same way, so prefer exile-based or mass removal over one-for-one spot removal they can blink out from under.

Last Updated: 2026-05-31

Overview

Game Plan

Key Cards

Sample Decklists

Pablo Suarez

Mainboard (60)

Creature (35)

Instant (2)

Enchantment (4)

Land (19)

Sideboard (15)

Gimmic91

Mainboard (60)

Creature (36)

Enchantment (6)

Land (18)

Sideboard (15)

Kerri

Mainboard (60)

Creature (33)

Artifact (4)

Enchantment (4)

Land (19)

Sideboard (15)

Unchained Appearances3 decks

Archetype Anatomy

Mana Base

core Cards(>80%)

flex Cards(30-80%)

fringe Cards(<30%)

Sideboard Anatomy

core Sideboard Options(>80%)

flex Sideboard Options(30-80%)

fringe Sideboard Options(<30%)

Recent Events Featuring this Archetype

Matchups

Core Combos

Gaea's Cradle + Elves Engine

Natural Order + Verdant Force