In the original upload, I mistakenly framed this deck tech, which my friend Zach Martin and myself put about two weeks of work into writing, editing, and producing, as an "underplayed" commander. OOPS. That's my bad. I thought a colorful "tag" or "bookend" would help distinguish this from just an "average" deck tech, and for me and my playgroup, Elsha was not a commander I had seen before Zach showed up with her one night and impressed me with her prowess. That's how I pick my decks, by the way: I play with friends, I have fun, and then I wanna develop a script and play test and write and create a video. I don't spend a lot of time on EDHrec memorizing stats and such because I have a more organic approach to deck building. That's not to say there is anything wrong with EDHrec, love them and love the people behind the site, but that's how I didn't see "Oh, this is actually a Commander in the Top 30 with such and such percentages and a Cedh counterpart and so forth and so on. I just like to play and build what I love, and do videos about those decks and the decks my friends play. I'm sorry I mistook Elsha for a lesser known Commander because of this, but this tech, and this list, are awesome (even if it isn't 100%) and I really hope that you enjoy the video and can maybe not be too angry at this bumbling professor. Let's shuffle up and play? I love this game.

@johnrobertson1

3 жыл бұрын

I demand a refund

@zacharymartin4683

3 жыл бұрын

I had no idea it was so popular, either. I didn't build it with EDHRec, I built it with a friend over the course of a year. Gratifying to hear my tastes are so widely shared! Thanks Prof!

@kobypeterson

3 жыл бұрын

Can't be mad at you! Thanks for the hard work put into the video, this is a great tech nonetheless

@Smaul002

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to see these deck techs making a return. Would love to see a vid highlighting your favorite personal commander decks

@raymondhorn1052

3 жыл бұрын

As an apology I demand you keep making quality content! (Thanks a ton professor. Everything you make is great!)

0:18 “Hipster enchantment Storm” *Glances at my poopy midrange Ghen build* I’d rather lose fairly than win with dishonor.

@evilfridolin

3 жыл бұрын

Got a decklist?

EXCUSE ME SIR, this is a STORM deck yet the cards are RUINED when I play outside in the RAIN?!?! Please explain.

@MasterQuestMaster

3 жыл бұрын

Seems you're not using the right sleeves. May I recommend the sleeve review videos and the guide to double-sleeving? ;)

@bishop5116

3 жыл бұрын

@@MasterQuestMaster I need a guide that lets me START sleeving UNDERWATER and NOT get my cards WET I am being REASONABLE!

@MrLoowiz

3 жыл бұрын

@@bishop5116 Buy a submarine.

@KnightsofGaming2016

3 жыл бұрын

To get a more effective use, stand underneath a tree

"Hipster enchantment Storm" I did not expect to be called out like this.

Welcome back, this video.

It's fun to see deck techs that run almost completely opposite to a deck I've already built. I run a combo storm Elsha deck which really only has one combo, and it is wildly different from this setup. It makes me happy, knowing there are as many ways to play Magic as there are cards in Magic.

an underrated commander of the same colors that I would see a tutorial guide would be Ruhan of the Fomori, now with the new giants cards

@Onattamato

3 жыл бұрын

CHAOS GIANT SMASH!

Definitely one of my favourite commanders to build around. I have had so much fun building a variety of different lists using different archetypes. Great to see a deck tech about it no matter how popular it has become

Thank you very much professor, this format can be difficult to access for someone unused to it like myself and your deck techs have offered a much more organic and less technical way to help me figure out what I would enjoy. Jeskai for life!

The best thing about having someone play a Storm deck in an EDH group is that it makes it much easier to justify why you are playing a Stax deck.

I adore Storm, it's been my absolute favorite mechanic since I started playing magic. I recently built Jadzi, Oracle of Arcavios as a Storm deck and I'm super proud of it. Love the video prof, keep up the awesome work!

So happy you covered this. I was actually looking to use this commander. Thanks for the great insight.

always love seeing your deck techs prof!

Oooooo I’ve wanted to rebuild this deck for a while now I have a good reason to do so. Thanks prof !!

This deck is a ton of fun to play, thanks and keep em coming!

Thank you for this video prof. Been playing/testing Elsha since it was spoiled. I'm proud to have the cEDH primer for it.

❤️ been playing the good lady for years now and finally dropped infinite mana combos about a month ago. Definitely the right call and I will be adding Omniscience and Show and Tell!

The Ikoria Narset Commander Was one of my next projects. This is even better. Thanks Prof🙏🏻

Before Elsha was made, I hade a Jhoria, Weatherlight Captian artifact storm deck! I do miss the deck, but the power that Elsha offers is so strong. Plus the access to white for removal and other shenanigans is awesome too. And she goes infinite with Divining Top and some artifact spell reducer! Awesome deck tech Prof. I know you do product reviews the most but these videos are just the cherry on top. Keep up the awesome work and take care of yourself! 💕🤘

Love this! Thank you so much! I’ve been trying a Veyran Spellharmonicon Storm deck, but it’s ending up to creature heavy, and too clunky. This is more efficient and the exact way I wanted to play my storm deck!

All i gotta say is thanks for playing wholesome magic. You represented us normal players on a stacked table. I used to deal with that every day. Now i have cedh decks and just wholesome edh decks

Maybe we'll get to see something like this in your next appearance on Game Knights. I'm sure they'd love to see this deck in action, and cry in anguish when they do.

Going to try this out to play thanks for showing the deck its fun to try new cards that one usually doesn't use in regular basis and colors

Fascinating. I love Elsha and have a deck of her myself. Though mine is more artifact flavored. Love your take though on Elsha.

This is the algorithm ritual. Unrelated: Yay for an Elsha deck tech! I love how fun and tricky she can be.

@Crunchatize_Me_Senpai

3 жыл бұрын

Lol I think he took the original down because he titled the video “Underplayed and underrated commander: Elsha” and she’s top 30.

@BloodiedShingle

3 жыл бұрын

@@Crunchatize_Me_Senpai I'm probably an outlier here but I don't use EDHRec at all. My brewing process comes down to what I have in my collection first, and then stuff that comes up in table talk at my playgroup. I get how someone could be under the impression that Elsha is underplayed- I was too, until I read the comments pointing it out. I was pleasantly surprised that Elsha gets a lot of love, and Prof put out a video without the mistake on Elsha's popularity. Egg on our faces for not knowing, I suppose.

One of my favorite commanders of all time! My most competitive deck. I don't get to play her a lot anymore though since my current group is fairly depowered...They got tired of storm solitare lol...

I would love to see a cheap, fun commander deck that utilizes cards that were first printed anytime from alpha to iceage block. Id love to see a commander deck where the only card that is rare + is the commander. Everything else straight common/uncommon Those would be my two requests.

@noesunyoutuber7680

2 жыл бұрын

Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain seems like a strong one for the commons and uncommons deck - it's just Jhoira + all the zero-mana artifacts + cards that deal damage whenever you cast a noncreature spell.

I love my girl Elsha, she is my favorite. Thanks for this video, I love the deck tech!

Love seeing Jeskai Ascendancy getting a shout out

My way of finding commanders is typing "t:legend t:creature" into scryfall and scrolling till I see something I like. I found Elsha today, searched for a video and none other than TCC has recently made one about her. Brilliant!

I loved the whole video!

Oh! Good, thanks for the explanation 😊

Just few days ago I was thinking “mmm would be good to build a deck around this monk” and now here it is, nice. Also arixmethes as a tribal marine monster deck would be amazing

Ah the video was re-uploaded, allow me to repeat myself... HYPE! Elsha is my number 1 commander!

Storm brews are so fun to see! I think my favorite joke(?) deck is Pirate Storm with Malcolm and Krark, where you turn a creature like guttersnipe into a Pirate to generate mana on cast.

Right when I was thinking about building an elsha deck, what a coincidence!

That's my girl! Nice, I'll try this list, thx prof!

Hey I've been working on the deck for a while thanks.

I saw the "underplayed" header of the previous video and it raised my eyebrows a bit, but then the video was deleted when I wanted to watch it, so I'm glad it's back now.

One thing i've found to be great in elsha decks is storm-kiln artist. It's another creature to not cast from the top of the library, but if its out it makes every turn last for ages

I had deja vu until I realized you deleted the one from earlier today

I love these kinds of decks!! Kykar, Wind's Fury is a similar deck i think, but I have trouble figuring out what cards to put in to use with all that red mana i generate from spirit sacrifices. I would love to see you do a deck tech involving my friend bird wizard!

I'd love to see you do a deck tech for Isao, Enlightened Bushi. You ragged on him pretty hard for being the only mono green Samurai, and I think it would be an interesting challenge to come up with a decklist for him that works. He's a fun and surprisingly strong Voltron commander that's only gotten better over time!

Such a sweet channel.

Hi Prof! Love your videos!

Elsha is one of my favorites! Playing her in cEDH, that is a bit of different stroke though. If your table allows it, there is much fun to be had with casual Elsha as well.

Shout out from here in Oregon keep it up great videos

Prof, even if Elsha herself might be a bit more popular than you expected, I think the idea of underrated commander deck techs is a marvelous direction to go into! Especially since it can get people's brewpans bubbling if you point out some of the cool things commanders can do unexpectedly

@TolarianCommunityCollege

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, I have some plans

Nice Video!

Hey Prof, amazing video as always! You've got a lot of the staples as expected, but there're always a few surprises, which are nice to see....Would you consider a deck tech on Kels, Fight Fixer? I'd love to see your take on her at the helm of an aristocrats deck!

And on the note of the next commander i would really like to see a yidris, malstroem wanderer, admiral beckette brass or a zedruu, the great hearted. Thanks!

This looks like fun!

My favorite commander :D I leaned more heavily into the self mill wincon. Storm is so cool though.

Great vid as always prof! When the precons of that year were first revealed I had the idea to build a deck around Elsha but in the end I didn't, maybe I build this one! Can I see the full deck and others of yours on a deck web like EDHREC? It helps to see the deck price, number of types of cards, color percentages, etc for the decks in order to have more info. Thx!

I haven't played magic in over a year because of the pandameic, can't wait to get back in

The situation with this video reminds me of the sitation where i framed all 4 color commanders as obscure and underplayed just because my mind could only think of group hug Kynaios and Tiro and forgot that Atraxa, Breya and the Cascade one are pretty bloody popular, that realization hit me like a truck.

I would love to see The First Sliver next time

How to commander, now that's something I can get behind to

I'm used to build my Elsha decks around artifacts and cost reducers, in order to pump Elsha and get storm counters. My main wincon used to be artifacts token generation like 'Saheeli, Sublime Artificer', 'Sai, Master Thopterist', 'Efficient Construction', 'Mirrodin Besieged'. When Jeskai Ascendancy is on the battlefield all these token artifacts creatures get fast to at least 5/5, during the storm if someone remove Jeskai ascendancy, I can still cast Haze of Rage to pump them... I really love how the board grows up fast, (when it runs well)... The problem with my deck build is the lack of answers against opponents, removals and low mana curve, etc... To fix the low mana curve I use KCI and Ashnod's Altar. Anyway, I really love Elsha! I will try a deck build similar to this one suggested by the Professor, it will be probably fun! 😁

I love the concept, I want do construct a monk/token tribal using kykar and monastary mentor/young piromant effects on a pseudo storm deck with the central peace being jeska ascendancy and hit really hard, but is more focused on creature. On other hand the next deck that I will make is Kalamax storm, working really hard on copping stuff and making the Elemental dinossaur really big and finish with a bunch of bolts or a singular Chandras Ignition (or a lot of copies of it)

commander video for one of the uncommon legendaries in the new dnd set would be cool

Gracias profesor... Slds desde Chile

Good to see more people join the cult of elsha

Greetings Mr. Professor the next deck tech i would love to see would be Yusri, Fortune's Flame. Best Regards

I really appreciate this deck tech. Will we get some pauper Techs soon?

Many viewers ask the question, is this the final edit of Prof's video?

@TolarianCommunityCollege

3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

Rienne, Angel rebirth would be cool for a tech video. Zabaz too.

I like the review videos you should do more companies are always changing stuff.

I'd love to see a Ferideh deck

Here we go again!

Hey professor, I'm currently working on a Killian Inked Duelist Commander deck but I would like to hear your thoughts on how to build with this card from Strixhaven

Any consideration to play expansion/explosion for a infinite damage combo with ral, storm conduit?

@eddorneles

2 жыл бұрын

I think is necessary another spell that copy the Expansion, then you will be able to copy infinitely the the original Expansion... My suggestion would be with Fury Storm, it almost combo alone with Ral. I think, it is an interesting wincon as the game goes.

I would like to see a Hanna ,Ship's Captain deck tech.

Ah, I built a storm deck recently. My fav payoffs were Temporal Fissure and Volcanic Awakening. Before you all get annoyed, I brought it becuase my opponents kept on playing powerful ramp/landfall decks like Karametra and Aesi, and I just wanted a way to knock them down a peg.

Storm in EDH is my favourite Solitaire after Klondike and Majong :3

Lessons with style ❤️

Solitaire is a helluva game

As an unashamed Timmy, I'd love to see the Prof do a Commander deck tech built around something big and stompy. Gishath maybe?

I prefer to play storm with Kykar at the helm and Elsha in the 99, with sensei top de can dig throught our deck and find the wincon we want. i play a few more creature tho 10 insted of the Prof's 4 but they are all great for storm like the new Burgi and Veyran . Elsha is cool and maybe it's the aristocrat player talking cause i like sacrificing my stuff but i like Kykar the better . Great video btw , as always.

You could also Run some artifacts that Cost zero and ramp you, Like an free Bonus of the top of the Deck.

One card that's criminally underplayed in Elsha lists is Thought Lash. It's combo-riffic!

Professor, can you showcase a decklist for Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts. I would like to see your take with that commander. Please, finish al Teysa's!

Narset, Enlightened Master!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So if I may pose a question here I had an elsha deck but once modern horizons came out and nostro voice of the crags came out I changed to have it as my commander. My friends instantly started to disagree with my decision, raving about the card advantage elsha gives you...... but you need other pieces to make it work that way. With nostro all you need to do is cast spells (which your already doing anyway) was I wrong to change commanders or is nostro a good spell slinger storm commander?

I've been interested in commander storm for a while, wanting Temur+ for the new green storm cards and thousand year storm And mage craft

Isn't Veyran basically a snap include in any UR storm or storm-adjacent deck? What's better than Prowess? Magecraft, triggering off every single copy of the spell as well as doubling both the Prowess and Magecraft triggers that result. I'm also partial to Monastery Mentor...

Elsha was my first Commander deck. Mine is kinda weird, but it gets the job done.

Any insights on how to have fun with stormy archetypes like this without eventually turning the game into a solitare nightmare of boredom for my opponents? I feel I can pilot very efficiently and love spelllslinger decks (and am personally not a fan of infinite effects). But when goldfishing/testing builds I notice I always get stuck as a 'slave' to my board, tediously casting spells and digging just to find my kill source

hey, i was wondering how you sell your cards from your booster box game. do you go into your local card shop or do you post them on some website? i was thinking of doing the same, I just don't know how to go about it.

I’d love a deck tech on Crovax the Cursed because it seems decent and why not?

Would love a deck tech on extus

Let’s see a Esika superfriends!!

My fav commander deck ive built is a storm/clone deck commanded by Elsha. There is also a djinn flavor subtheme 🧞‍♀️ 🧞‍♂️ 🧞

I like playing my moldrotha deck but I feel like its not optimised... Would love to see a Moldrotha deck video

Could we see Blim, Comedic Genius next? Or perhaps brews around some of the cooler commanders from C21 like Osgir or Esix? Or Tayam I love Tayam

Does a Troll Commander exist at all? I can only find one it seems.

Is there a good Hydra tribal deck?

I’ve got most of these cards lying around except the tutors and extra turns, I have a pseudo storm deck with zada, and I love me some lightning bolt, maybe it’s time to actually storm off….

Someone help me out, I fail to see the lethality of the damage portion of this deck (grapeshot for example) Need 120 (ish) grapeshots to kill, cast a reasonable 9 instants with thousand year storm out, cast grapeshot, that's only 20 damage no? Reverberate for another 10 damage? I must be missing the combo here, unless the combo strictly relies around casting your whole deck with om/enter

Well i’ll see this in my play group because no one other then myself makes there own deck