Outlandish Elves 1.0

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• 1.0

This deck is inspired from Goggen's Truely Outlandish deck that was published this past February.

While this is by no means a Tier 1 Outlands deck, it is definitely fun to play... if it gets going. If you're looking for consistency, you may want to look elsewhere for a deck.

If you're still reading, then hooray! I hope this deck is enjoyable for you as it is for me when the engine starts humming.

Mulligans Ideally, you want Lord of Morthond in your opening hand. If you can't find that, then Steward of Gondor is your second preference. Lacking card-draw is going to bite, but being able to start dropping down your 15 outlands allies should buy you time. If you're low on Outlands allies, then a Steward on Hirluin will at least help you take advantage of Thranduil's ability and drop down allies like Legolas sooner than normal.

Opening Turns You're starting threat is just a little bit higher than is comfortable, especially with a deck without a reliable defender - so you might want to prepare to have Thranduil take a couple of the opening attacks. Once your Outlands allies are setup, then they can start doing some of the heavy lifting.

Mid-Game Once this quirky little engine starts running, you're going to be bouncing Silvan allies with The Elvenking to ready Thranduil and Prince Imrahil. Cast the Silvan ally again to draw a card thanks to Lord of Morthond and then, if you've drawn into it, use a buffed up Imrahil courtesy of Prince of Dol Amroth to really start laying waste to enemies.

That's a quick/dirty summary of the deck. The good news is that, while Outlands may not be receiving new allies anytime soon, you can always keep an eye on new Silvan allies to bolster that aspect of the deck. Again, like I mentioned in the beginning, a downside of this deck is consistency, something I recall Goggen mentioning in his original list as well. Sometimes you'll mulligan into the wrong half of your deck, and that's just the risk you take with a deck like this :)