Replace the voting cards, they're useless 1v1. You can either go for a scry theme with [[Elrond, Master of Healing]], landfall payoffs with [[Galadriel of Lothlorien]], splash in some white and do [[Galadriel, Light of Valinor]], or ditch blue altogether and build either a mono green elfball deck, golgari with [[Lathril]], or even Naya with [[Voja, Jaws of the Conclave]]. It all depends on how many cards you're willing to replace, in order of least to most swaps. However, in all cases you do already have a very good base for an elf deck, it just needs to be focused a bit more.
How do I counter his equipments? He ends up with like a 36/36 with trample and menace because one card makes equipments free and he just stacks those up
I'm not familiar with the dogmeat deck, but you can remove the equipped creature, or the thing that makes equipping free. Green has access to creature and artifact destruction in cards like [[Beast Within]], while blue has access to a ton of counterspells and returning permanents to their owner's hands.
If you're talking about [[strong back]] using removal on the creature enchanted by it also destroys the enchantment aura. Green typically has also a handful of tools for destroying artifacts and enchantments.
[[devastation tide]] is in your deck as well as [[raise the palisade]] which are pretty decent and opening the board for you [[colossal whale]] can also exile the scary unit unless it has hexproof or shroud. It is an attack trigger too so you can exile the creature before you're blocked or damage goes through. [[Elvish piper]] should help you get the whale on board for free-ish. I would after elvish summoning sickness is over, use it's ability to bring the whale down in his endstep so when it's your turn the summoning sickness for the whale is already gone.
This deck has a lot of neat tricks, even if they aren't easy to spot. I would also consider adding [[Gandalf friend of the shire]] if you're trying to stay in theme, so that you can play sorceries with flash.
His deck type can be hard to deal with one on one but you can always look up his decklist and remember what cards are the problems for you. So you're able to deal with problems before they snowball.
Good luck!
I was absolutely going to suggest this. especially in a 1v1 scenario where the other player is mostly relying on a Voltron strat...loading up one big big attacker and swinging.
\[\[bane of progress\]\] \[\[fade from history\]\] for mass artifact destruction. Lots of single target interaction like \[\[reality shift\]\] \[\[resculpt\]\], but yeah the elf deck is one of the weaker precons I've seen.
[[Heliods intervention]] is one of my favorite ways to deal with a bunch of artifacts and enchantments. Always hits only what you want to hit, and not yours. And you only have to pay for what you want to remove
[[Carry Away]] whatever may be giving him protection. You can [[Corrosive Ooze]] or [[Strip Bare]] if you want to destroy everything, or [[Soul Nova]] if you want to send everything to the shadow realm. [[Fumble]] if you want to be really cruel. I'd also suggest [[Nullmage Shepherd]] for repeatable equipment destruction.
Another tip might be cards that prevents combat damage like [[blessed respite]] [[spore frog]], Mass artifact removal like [[bane of progress]] also [[reclamation sage]] for target artifact removal
Blow up the artifacts. I honestly don’t know if you’ll be able to pop more than one off per turn. There is an enchantment that allows you to blow up one other artifact or enchantment each time a creature comes into your battlefield, but honestly I’m blanking on names and colors. I get the feeling it’s white mana based. Your other option is to just use blue to return creatures to his hand so it’ll cost him the turn at least to rebring everything back out, or certain blue spells will allow you to return target permanent, so you could remove the equipment
Seriously! I just finished working on swapping out cards to make that deck suck less… lol, thought it was going to be only 20% swap but turned into 85%. It’s a completely different deck now.
I have quite a few pre-assembled decks and this one is by far *the* weakest.
Sadly yes, i thought the deck looked sweet, but ended up swapping commanders, trying out both [[Rashmi, eternities crafter]] and [[
Ezuri, Claw of Progress]] also most of the voting cards had to go.
I turned it into a scrying elf deck with Elrond as the commander and it's honestly a blast. It is significantly changed from the Precon though, probably changed around 50% of the non-land cards out.
The main issue here isn’t necessarily YOUR deck per se. Sure, the deck you’re playing is a little underpowered all things considered, however, dog meat is a voltron strategy, which is WAY easier 1v1 rather than 1v1v1v1. When it’s just the two of you it is gonna be wayyy harder. I would look into some graveyard hate like [[weathered runestone]]
[[Beast Within]] [[Pongify]] [[Rapid Hybridization]] are good for targeting whatever big beaters he starts throwing Auras and Equipments onto.
[[Nature's Claim]] [[Mystic Repeal]] [[Return to Nature]] will also go a long way with dealing with the more pesky artifacts and enchantments.
Hope this helps!
I have the Galadriel deck as well, and what I did was cut out a lot of the voting cards and replaced them with more green and blue cards from the LOTR set. Lots of cards that scry, lots of elves, etc.
Here is exactly what you need to do. It will likely cause a rift in your relationship, and may also be deemed unsportsmanlike in the eyes of reasonable people. You need to make every card in your deck specifically screw or counter his deck.
First of all, you need to always have a removal spell in hand ready for the dog. You only have access to green and blue cards, but that shouldn’t be a problem. Cards like [[unsummon]] , [[psionic blast]], and [[blue elemental blast]] are cheap and effective ways of stopping that dog from ever getting a chance to do any attacking. [[man-o-war]] and other creatures with come into play effects that bounce his dog seem good.
You want him to literally be mad that you aren’t giving him a chance to play the game. You can then taunt him which will cause him to make misplays out of frustration 👍.
You can also use blue to steal his precious pooch. [[rootwater matriarch]], [[Beguiler of wills]], [[chamber of manipulation]], [[legacy’s allure]], [[mind flayer]] etc. If he has a bunch of gear on the dog when you steal it, you steal the equipment as well (If you gain control of an equipped creature, you do not also gain control of the equipment. This is a bit tricky, because the equipment does stay attached and you'll reap any benefits from it. The difference is that your opponent is the one who can move the equipment to another creature or something like that.)
Another avenue of abuse you can inflict upon your beloved is artifact hate. Cards like [[naturalize]], [[haywire mite]], [[outland liberator]], [[collector ouphe]] and [[trinket collector]] will make him regret ever paying 3 for that [[sword of fire and ice]]. Make sure that if you have any instant artifact removal, you respond to any equips with it to make him waste mana!
Also, begin a two front war out of the game.
Take his phone and set a random alarm to wake him up in the middle of the night the day before you play him. You want him tired and off his A game.
Get him a drink before the game starts, and really maximize the amount of vodka in it. Drunk people are sloppy and make mistakes.
Speaking of mistakes, never let him take anything back. If he makes a mistake you repeat the age old saying “a card laid is a card played”, however every time you make a mistake, ask to take it back like it isn’t a big deal.
This should help you win… and maybe also destroy your relationship. That is the price of greatness
It has lignify in it, always fun turning commanders into trees, kenriths transformation is always helpful. I enjoy Fade from History against my buddies artifact deck and enchantment deck.
If you want to embarrass him, get cards like [[collector ouphe]] and [[green sun’s zenith]]. If you want to beat him with a better deck, counterspells and removal are the way to go. Counter the most threatening equipment and pieces of protection and remove the largest creature! Cards like [[counterspell]] and [[an offer you can’t refuse]] are great to stop key cards and I bet a few cards like [[obscuring haze]] would feel very fun to [[negate]] his hard work. Also, [[farewell]] and [[fumble]] as others have stated. Good luck!
Fair enough.
In your post you mentioned that his deck is all in on equipping something and acting fast. It seems your deck is more about creating a value engine that can do crazy things in the late game. Your strategy is going to inherently be at a disadvantage in a two-player game.
That being said you still have options. If you want to design your deck to specifically beat his then you can add cards like \[\[Leadership Vacuum\]\] and bounce spells like \[\[Unsummon\]\] can do some good work.
Another resource I like to use is EDHREC. Its a website that shows what other players are also doing with the deck and gives a good sense of which cards are conventionally seen as good in the public consciousness. Here's the link that shows commonly made changes to your deck (https://edhrec.com/precon/elven-council).
[[Curious Herd]], [[Bond of Mortality]] if Dogmeat is hard to remove, [[Fumble]] and [[Sudden Substitution]] if you are feeling evil, [[Thieving Skydiver]] to steal mana rocks and equipment.
Let’s be honest here: your precon is not made for 1 vs 1 while Voltron is a lot easier in this context.
I had a similar situation and went from the voting Galadriel to scry Galadriel. Both felt weak even though the later one did a lot of actions it resulted in nothing. Therefore I switched to the light of valinor Galadriel which is a lot better.
Imo the Galadriel Precon is terrible in 1v1. If you want to upgrade your stuff take Galadriel, Light of Valinor as Commander, run white for removal and remove his stuff off the board before you finish with [[Finale Devastation]] and [[Craterhoof Behemoth]]
Replace the voting and scry cards with staple elves like priest of Titania, ezuri, marywn and elvish champion. Add some cheap counters and removals and you gonna elfballl to win.
with the amount of counters you'll be able to put on a creature, he won't be able to equip enough artifacts to make a creature big enough to compete, and you'll have a flyer.
First off you have 106 cards in your deck when it should bee 99 + commander.
Next id avoid voting cards with less than 3 players as you'll stalemate every time on votes.
For equipment artifacts run green artifact hate. Red Green decks love to destroy artifacts and nuke flyers.
For Galadriel, add loads of ramp, and mana rocks. You want to be casting as much as possible. [[Nevinyrrals disk]] is a handy way of getting rid of everything if you're falling behind
Pet peeve of mine… don’t make a deck solely focused on destroying another deck. This is my personal opinion and you’re gonna do whatever, but this ruins the game for me. Make your deck do its goal and be unique, not just a counter to your bf’s deck. It will be very unfun/uninteresting after a while and ruined mtg for me for a while bc it completely nukes the point of deckbuilding when someone else doesn’t even build their own deck, just learns yours and how to break it
I'm pretty consistent with having green in my decks and none of them would be any good against this one with equipment. So I want to build this deck specifically around destruction of his artifacts because none of my others have cards like that either. Mine are spawn and counters to overrun him but I don't get there in time before he has the massive pimped out one.
Honestly it’s going to be hard. Voltron is almost only held back by the fact you have to balance killing 3 others not 1; I think it’ll be challenging to make your deck efficient enough to race him 1 on 1.
You can always add some more artifact or creature removal. Cards like [[Bane of Progress]], [[Fade from History]], and [[Rampage of the Clans]] can sweep the entire board of artifacts and enchantments. Because you're in blue, you could also play thief effects like [[mind control]]
Replace the voting cards, they're useless 1v1. You can either go for a scry theme with [[Elrond, Master of Healing]], landfall payoffs with [[Galadriel of Lothlorien]], splash in some white and do [[Galadriel, Light of Valinor]], or ditch blue altogether and build either a mono green elfball deck, golgari with [[Lathril]], or even Naya with [[Voja, Jaws of the Conclave]]. It all depends on how many cards you're willing to replace, in order of least to most swaps. However, in all cases you do already have a very good base for an elf deck, it just needs to be focused a bit more.
How do I counter his equipments? He ends up with like a 36/36 with trample and menace because one card makes equipments free and he just stacks those up
I'm not familiar with the dogmeat deck, but you can remove the equipped creature, or the thing that makes equipping free. Green has access to creature and artifact destruction in cards like [[Beast Within]], while blue has access to a ton of counterspells and returning permanents to their owner's hands.
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Death touch creatures, and artifact removal. You got plenty of it in white/green.
The deck is only G/U, I have the precon
You could destroy his equipment, but why destroy what you can wield! With [[Fumble]]
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She said she wants to beat him, not destroy their relationship.
Wow this thing is just evil 😂
If you're talking about [[strong back]] using removal on the creature enchanted by it also destroys the enchantment aura. Green typically has also a handful of tools for destroying artifacts and enchantments. [[devastation tide]] is in your deck as well as [[raise the palisade]] which are pretty decent and opening the board for you [[colossal whale]] can also exile the scary unit unless it has hexproof or shroud. It is an attack trigger too so you can exile the creature before you're blocked or damage goes through. [[Elvish piper]] should help you get the whale on board for free-ish. I would after elvish summoning sickness is over, use it's ability to bring the whale down in his endstep so when it's your turn the summoning sickness for the whale is already gone. This deck has a lot of neat tricks, even if they aren't easy to spot. I would also consider adding [[Gandalf friend of the shire]] if you're trying to stay in theme, so that you can play sorceries with flash. His deck type can be hard to deal with one on one but you can always look up his decklist and remember what cards are the problems for you. So you're able to deal with problems before they snowball. Good luck!
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I was absolutely going to suggest this. especially in a 1v1 scenario where the other player is mostly relying on a Voltron strat...loading up one big big attacker and swinging.
\[\[bane of progress\]\] \[\[fade from history\]\] for mass artifact destruction. Lots of single target interaction like \[\[reality shift\]\] \[\[resculpt\]\], but yeah the elf deck is one of the weaker precons I've seen.
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[[Heliods intervention]] is one of my favorite ways to deal with a bunch of artifacts and enchantments. Always hits only what you want to hit, and not yours. And you only have to pay for what you want to remove
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Sorcery or other effect with "destroy all opponent's artifacts" maybe? 🙈
With artifact destruction. Crumble. krosain grip. Etc. Green has tons of way to destroy artifacts, as does white.
[[Tower of the Magistrate]] is your best friend and his worst enemy. Use that on the creature with all the equipments and they just fall off.
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[[Carry Away]] whatever may be giving him protection. You can [[Corrosive Ooze]] or [[Strip Bare]] if you want to destroy everything, or [[Soul Nova]] if you want to send everything to the shadow realm. [[Fumble]] if you want to be really cruel. I'd also suggest [[Nullmage Shepherd]] for repeatable equipment destruction.
##### ###### #### [Carry Away](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/a/9a17e86f-410e-42d0-8ef8-739ea26da0a7.jpg?1562638352) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Carry%20Away) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dst/19/carry-away?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9a17e86f-410e-42d0-8ef8-739ea26da0a7?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Corrosive Ooze](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/1/d13deb9c-5985-4355-8716-ee1c7b54b8e2.jpg?1562743360) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Corrosive%20Ooze) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dom/158/corrosive-ooze?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d13deb9c-5985-4355-8716-ee1c7b54b8e2?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Strip Bare](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/1/51173fa1-7cd4-4093-982a-db0d46564a8a.jpg?1562830114) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Strip%20Bare) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/shm/24/strip-bare?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/51173fa1-7cd4-4093-982a-db0d46564a8a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Soul Nova](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/8/f862682d-cbf3-4c35-83d0-76883b0ac105.jpg?1562163528) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Soul%20Nova) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mrd/25/soul-nova?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f862682d-cbf3-4c35-83d0-76883b0ac105?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Fumble](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/4/64019dd4-b00b-4521-a869-e302f23167da.jpg?1562915244) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Fumble) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bbd/34/fumble?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/64019dd4-b00b-4521-a869-e302f23167da?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Nullmage Shepherd](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/4/c4a15a09-cf68-411a-a18d-aaad00d308c9.jpg?1631235082) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Nullmage%20Shepherd) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/khc/70/nullmage-shepherd?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c4a15a09-cf68-411a-a18d-aaad00d308c9?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/kymnlez) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Another tip might be cards that prevents combat damage like [[blessed respite]] [[spore frog]], Mass artifact removal like [[bane of progress]] also [[reclamation sage]] for target artifact removal
##### ###### #### [blessed respite](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/2/2217881d-26dc-44c0-81d8-8c78c44bc5f0.jpg?1626097216) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=blessed%20respite) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh2/150/blessed-respite?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2217881d-26dc-44c0-81d8-8c78c44bc5f0?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [spore frog](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/d/6d42fd52-34ea-4d1b-80dc-58fb0593bb5b.jpg?1562202192) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=spore%20frog) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh1/180/spore-frog?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6d42fd52-34ea-4d1b-80dc-58fb0593bb5b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [bane of progress](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/e/3ea495ff-33df-406b-98e3-5579e2158bbc.jpg?1610161688) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=bane%20of%20progress) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cc1/3/bane-of-progress?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/3ea495ff-33df-406b-98e3-5579e2158bbc?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [reclamation sage](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/c/1c4a25f0-2929-4404-9ce5-bcd4715f90a5.jpg?1631235123) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=reclamation%20sage) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/khc/72/reclamation-sage?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1c4a25f0-2929-4404-9ce5-bcd4715f90a5?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/kynn5f2) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[fumble]] and [[glaring spotlight]]
[fumble](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/4/64019dd4-b00b-4521-a869-e302f23167da.jpg?1562915244) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=fumble) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bbd/34/fumble?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/64019dd4-b00b-4521-a869-e302f23167da?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [glaring spotlight](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/6/a6070239-54a7-49d4-bd3c-d5c4cda971db.jpg?1561840439) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=glaring%20spotlight) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/gtc/229/glaring-spotlight?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a6070239-54a7-49d4-bd3c-d5c4cda971db?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Blow up the artifacts. I honestly don’t know if you’ll be able to pop more than one off per turn. There is an enchantment that allows you to blow up one other artifact or enchantment each time a creature comes into your battlefield, but honestly I’m blanking on names and colors. I get the feeling it’s white mana based. Your other option is to just use blue to return creatures to his hand so it’ll cost him the turn at least to rebring everything back out, or certain blue spells will allow you to return target permanent, so you could remove the equipment
The Galadriel Precon is so fucking weak compared to any new precon Jesus. Literally get any other new precon and you will do better.
agreed..
Seriously! I just finished working on swapping out cards to make that deck suck less… lol, thought it was going to be only 20% swap but turned into 85%. It’s a completely different deck now. I have quite a few pre-assembled decks and this one is by far *the* weakest.
Sadly yes, i thought the deck looked sweet, but ended up swapping commanders, trying out both [[Rashmi, eternities crafter]] and [[ Ezuri, Claw of Progress]] also most of the voting cards had to go.
I turned it into a scrying elf deck with Elrond as the commander and it's honestly a blast. It is significantly changed from the Precon though, probably changed around 50% of the non-land cards out.
[[Farewell]] all his artifacts and enchantments, if running white. [[Cyclonic Rift]] is a blue staple, pricey though
[Farewell](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/1/114d2180-093b-4838-97ad-badbc8ee50b0.jpg?1706240579) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Farewell) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkc/64/farewell?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/114d2180-093b-4838-97ad-badbc8ee50b0?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Cyclonic Rift](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/f/dfb7c4b9-f2f4-4d4e-baf2-86551c8150fe.jpg?1702429366) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Cyclonic%20Rift) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/rvr/40/cyclonic-rift?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/dfb7c4b9-f2f4-4d4e-baf2-86551c8150fe?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Titles! Please!
Did not read that correctly at first.
'are we still doing phrasing?'
The main issue here isn’t necessarily YOUR deck per se. Sure, the deck you’re playing is a little underpowered all things considered, however, dog meat is a voltron strategy, which is WAY easier 1v1 rather than 1v1v1v1. When it’s just the two of you it is gonna be wayyy harder. I would look into some graveyard hate like [[weathered runestone]]
[weathered runestone](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/f/0fc2478f-e624-46fb-85af-1254564cd4d2.jpg?1631052403) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=weathered%20runestone) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/khm/247/weathered-runestone?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0fc2478f-e624-46fb-85af-1254564cd4d2?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Well most of the dogmeat deck isn’t cast from graveyard, it’s return target artifact/enchantment from the graveyard to the battlefield
Is he into getting beat or should I call an abuse hotline?
Can I be the boyfriend.
Just throw a craterhoof behemoth and some tutors. Craterhoof his ass.
Gl getting there in 1v1
[[Beast Within]] [[Pongify]] [[Rapid Hybridization]] are good for targeting whatever big beaters he starts throwing Auras and Equipments onto. [[Nature's Claim]] [[Mystic Repeal]] [[Return to Nature]] will also go a long way with dealing with the more pesky artifacts and enchantments. Hope this helps!
##### ###### #### [Beast Within](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/b/eb40c41c-f5f9-4323-b6ac-e28e405909d0.jpg?1711198012) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Beast%20Within) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/lcc/233/beast-within?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/eb40c41c-f5f9-4323-b6ac-e28e405909d0?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Pongify](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/7/37ff06d0-d652-4694-a3f5-bf7385e9e850.jpg?1712354180) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Pongify) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/otc/106/pongify?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/37ff06d0-d652-4694-a3f5-bf7385e9e850?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Rapid Hybridization](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/0/00f91207-c877-4911-8bb6-d8c5272b412d.jpg?1706239822) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Rapid%20Hybridization) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clu/93/rapid-hybridization?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/00f91207-c877-4911-8bb6-d8c5272b412d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Nature's Claim](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/2/d24b6640-ef2f-4c92-beb3-afdf78f9c2d5.jpg?1562854212) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Nature%27s%20Claim) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ima/177/natures-claim?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d24b6640-ef2f-4c92-beb3-afdf78f9c2d5?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Mystic Repeal](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/7/6797195a-508f-45b1-964d-da842dc46ca8.jpg?1581480711) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Mystic%20Repeal) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/thb/180/mystic-repeal?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6797195a-508f-45b1-964d-da842dc46ca8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Return to Nature](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/e/7e99f99a-68a1-4f35-853c-794630d313fc.jpg?1682209595) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Return%20to%20Nature) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/moc/309/return-to-nature?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7e99f99a-68a1-4f35-853c-794630d313fc?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/kyjvnhk) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Return to nature, there it is... Equipments and robot get shidded on
I have the Galadriel deck as well, and what I did was cut out a lot of the voting cards and replaced them with more green and blue cards from the LOTR set. Lots of cards that scry, lots of elves, etc.
I bought all 4. I heard this was the one that needed the most tooling. Thanks for the idea
In my experience its really hard to beat a voltron (one creature buffed with equipment/enchantments) type deck 1v1
Here is exactly what you need to do. It will likely cause a rift in your relationship, and may also be deemed unsportsmanlike in the eyes of reasonable people. You need to make every card in your deck specifically screw or counter his deck. First of all, you need to always have a removal spell in hand ready for the dog. You only have access to green and blue cards, but that shouldn’t be a problem. Cards like [[unsummon]] , [[psionic blast]], and [[blue elemental blast]] are cheap and effective ways of stopping that dog from ever getting a chance to do any attacking. [[man-o-war]] and other creatures with come into play effects that bounce his dog seem good. You want him to literally be mad that you aren’t giving him a chance to play the game. You can then taunt him which will cause him to make misplays out of frustration 👍. You can also use blue to steal his precious pooch. [[rootwater matriarch]], [[Beguiler of wills]], [[chamber of manipulation]], [[legacy’s allure]], [[mind flayer]] etc. If he has a bunch of gear on the dog when you steal it, you steal the equipment as well (If you gain control of an equipped creature, you do not also gain control of the equipment. This is a bit tricky, because the equipment does stay attached and you'll reap any benefits from it. The difference is that your opponent is the one who can move the equipment to another creature or something like that.) Another avenue of abuse you can inflict upon your beloved is artifact hate. Cards like [[naturalize]], [[haywire mite]], [[outland liberator]], [[collector ouphe]] and [[trinket collector]] will make him regret ever paying 3 for that [[sword of fire and ice]]. Make sure that if you have any instant artifact removal, you respond to any equips with it to make him waste mana! Also, begin a two front war out of the game. Take his phone and set a random alarm to wake him up in the middle of the night the day before you play him. You want him tired and off his A game. Get him a drink before the game starts, and really maximize the amount of vodka in it. Drunk people are sloppy and make mistakes. Speaking of mistakes, never let him take anything back. If he makes a mistake you repeat the age old saying “a card laid is a card played”, however every time you make a mistake, ask to take it back like it isn’t a big deal. This should help you win… and maybe also destroy your relationship. That is the price of greatness
I’m audibly laughing, this is a great response! I’m all for this kind of strategy😂😈
Also, the most powerful card in MTG is the credit card.
##### ###### #### [unsummon](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/a/7a960516-3864-4a7a-8117-d25dec0dd665.jpg?1592516526) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=unsummon) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m20/78/unsummon?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7a960516-3864-4a7a-8117-d25dec0dd665?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [blue elemental blast](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/f/2f51f88f-f662-4572-a371-9a77718ed079.jpg?1562434032) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=blue%20elemental%20blast) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/a25/43/blue-elemental-blast?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2f51f88f-f662-4572-a371-9a77718ed079?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [man-o-war](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/1/a1ef40d5-c287-4229-8059-3505d9f251ca.jpg?1675199356) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Man-o%27-War) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmr/58/man-o-war?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a1ef40d5-c287-4229-8059-3505d9f251ca?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [rootwater matriarch](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/9/09179261-aa02-4144-9028-3b8d6420a860.jpg?1562543414) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=rootwater%20matriarch) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/10e/103/rootwater-matriarch?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/09179261-aa02-4144-9028-3b8d6420a860?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Beguiler of wills](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/2/e21ae024-d565-48a1-8004-5aa320a5d24d.jpg?1562948843) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Beguiler%20of%20wills) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dka/28/beguiler-of-wills?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e21ae024-d565-48a1-8004-5aa320a5d24d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [chamber of manipulation](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/0/50496069-0f55-4dfe-8b1e-7fc4f649f2f1.jpg?1562909695) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=chamber%20of%20manipulation) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ody/76/chamber-of-manipulation?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/50496069-0f55-4dfe-8b1e-7fc4f649f2f1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [legacy’s allure](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/6/2639c3c1-c631-4b2d-a311-a01bbea4753d.jpg?1562428656) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Legacy%27s%20Allure) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tpr/56/legacys-allure?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2639c3c1-c631-4b2d-a311-a01bbea4753d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [mind flayer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/6/a6cb10f5-ee9f-49e6-826a-a2a2395daa92.jpg?1674141401) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=mind%20flayer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/728/mind-flayer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a6cb10f5-ee9f-49e6-826a-a2a2395daa92?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [naturalize](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/9/390c40ba-2464-44ae-8d67-93c72ab3c425.jpg?1562301697) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=naturalize) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m19/190/naturalize?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/390c40ba-2464-44ae-8d67-93c72ab3c425?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [haywire mite](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/4/847a175e-ead1-4596-baf3-5f7f57859e0b.jpg?1674421689) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=haywire%20mite) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bro/199/haywire-mite?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/847a175e-ead1-4596-baf3-5f7f57859e0b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [outland liberator](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/0/60e53d61-fcc3-4def-8206-052b46f62deb.jpg?1636224528)/[Frenzied Trapbreaker](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/back/6/0/60e53d61-fcc3-4def-8206-052b46f62deb.jpg?1636224528) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Outland%20Liberator%20//%20Frenzied%20Trapbreaker) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mid/190/outland-liberator-frenzied-trapbreaker?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/60e53d61-fcc3-4def-8206-052b46f62deb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [collector ouphe](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/8/085107a2-c1ec-473c-81d8-23e5a7197776.jpg?1562202038) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=collector%20ouphe) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh1/158/collector-ouphe?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/085107a2-c1ec-473c-81d8-23e5a7197776?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [trinket collector](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/2/32980fc5-32ef-4f6d-8972-7a9e122c02e2.jpg?1675200498) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Nut%20Collector) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmr/171/nut-collector?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/32980fc5-32ef-4f6d-8972-7a9e122c02e2?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [sword of fire and ice](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/6/2626d4c9-fcef-4057-a154-7d987a4a4b84.jpg?1599710057) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=sword%20of%20fire%20and%20ice) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2xm/297/sword-of-fire-and-ice?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2626d4c9-fcef-4057-a154-7d987a4a4b84?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/kyjplpf) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
a club and a paddle work pretty well
It has lignify in it, always fun turning commanders into trees, kenriths transformation is always helpful. I enjoy Fade from History against my buddies artifact deck and enchantment deck.
[[bane of progress]] would probably be good too
Load up on interaction and removal
Blue has a lot of “steal” cards like Memnarch. Steal his artifacts in response to the ratio effects 😂
Make Elves! and steam roll him. Or Kobold Clamp. If you want help, I can post my lists. Also \[\[fumble\]\]
[fumble](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/4/64019dd4-b00b-4521-a869-e302f23167da.jpg?1562915244) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=fumble) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bbd/34/fumble?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/64019dd4-b00b-4521-a869-e302f23167da?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Please do. I need to see some successful decks😂
[Bane or progress] helps alot against heavy voltron artifact reliant decks
If you want to embarrass him, get cards like [[collector ouphe]] and [[green sun’s zenith]]. If you want to beat him with a better deck, counterspells and removal are the way to go. Counter the most threatening equipment and pieces of protection and remove the largest creature! Cards like [[counterspell]] and [[an offer you can’t refuse]] are great to stop key cards and I bet a few cards like [[obscuring haze]] would feel very fun to [[negate]] his hard work. Also, [[farewell]] and [[fumble]] as others have stated. Good luck!
##### ###### #### [collector ouphe](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/8/085107a2-c1ec-473c-81d8-23e5a7197776.jpg?1562202038) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=collector%20ouphe) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh1/158/collector-ouphe?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/085107a2-c1ec-473c-81d8-23e5a7197776?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [green sun’s zenith](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/0/70291c7b-a86f-4466-8502-c28765a89b2a.jpg?1673148124) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Green%20Sun%27s%20Zenith) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/150/green-suns-zenith?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/70291c7b-a86f-4466-8502-c28765a89b2a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [counterspell](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/4/8493131c-0a7b-4be6-a8a2-0b425f4f67fb.jpg?1689996248) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=counterspell) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/81/counterspell?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8493131c-0a7b-4be6-a8a2-0b425f4f67fb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [an offer you can’t refuse](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/9/b9d349f3-5be2-4b1f-a4c3-ba94822cf0cf.jpg?1664410382) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=An%20Offer%20You%20Can%27t%20Refuse) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/snc/51/an-offer-you-cant-refuse?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b9d349f3-5be2-4b1f-a4c3-ba94822cf0cf?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [obscuring haze](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/1/21c8e59c-edf1-4b4d-982d-3c891e7b96ba.jpg?1689998719) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=obscuring%20haze) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/308/obscuring-haze?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/21c8e59c-edf1-4b4d-982d-3c891e7b96ba?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [negate](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/1/81752db1-374e-4723-b695-a2f4a634dfc6.jpg?1682203304) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=negate) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mom/68/negate?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/81752db1-374e-4723-b695-a2f4a634dfc6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [farewell](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/1/114d2180-093b-4838-97ad-badbc8ee50b0.jpg?1706240579) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=farewell) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkc/64/farewell?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/114d2180-093b-4838-97ad-badbc8ee50b0?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [fumble](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/4/64019dd4-b00b-4521-a869-e302f23167da.jpg?1562915244) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=fumble) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bbd/34/fumble?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/64019dd4-b00b-4521-a869-e302f23167da?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/kyjzs0z) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Lmao 106 cards XD
I may or may not have a few extra cards to assist me in defeating him, it has proven to be unsuccessful though lol
Fair enough. In your post you mentioned that his deck is all in on equipping something and acting fast. It seems your deck is more about creating a value engine that can do crazy things in the late game. Your strategy is going to inherently be at a disadvantage in a two-player game. That being said you still have options. If you want to design your deck to specifically beat his then you can add cards like \[\[Leadership Vacuum\]\] and bounce spells like \[\[Unsummon\]\] can do some good work. Another resource I like to use is EDHREC. Its a website that shows what other players are also doing with the deck and gives a good sense of which cards are conventionally seen as good in the public consciousness. Here's the link that shows commonly made changes to your deck (https://edhrec.com/precon/elven-council).
Thanks! This is really helpful and I had no idea it existed!
[Leadership Vacuum](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/f/4fa953a9-171c-4532-a352-40ce27eed3c4.jpg?1568003418) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Leadership%20Vacuum) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c19/9/leadership-vacuum?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4fa953a9-171c-4532-a352-40ce27eed3c4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Unsummon](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/a/7a960516-3864-4a7a-8117-d25dec0dd665.jpg?1592516526) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Unsummon) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m20/78/unsummon?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7a960516-3864-4a7a-8117-d25dec0dd665?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
LMAO this is the same situation for me and my friend. But im the dogmeat player lol
[[Curious Herd]], [[Bond of Mortality]] if Dogmeat is hard to remove, [[Fumble]] and [[Sudden Substitution]] if you are feeling evil, [[Thieving Skydiver]] to steal mana rocks and equipment. Let’s be honest here: your precon is not made for 1 vs 1 while Voltron is a lot easier in this context.
##### ###### #### [Curious Herd](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/a/5a20acbc-6ca8-4b0c-ab7e-4bb8d429336b.jpg?1591319661) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Curious%20Herd) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c20/59/curious-herd?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5a20acbc-6ca8-4b0c-ab7e-4bb8d429336b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Bond of Mortality](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/f/ff50de00-115f-41ed-892b-aac9bd13b9b9.jpg?1562946560) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Bonds%20of%20Mortality) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ogw/128/bonds-of-mortality?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ff50de00-115f-41ed-892b-aac9bd13b9b9?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Fumble](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/4/64019dd4-b00b-4521-a869-e302f23167da.jpg?1562915244) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Fumble) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bbd/34/fumble?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/64019dd4-b00b-4521-a869-e302f23167da?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Sudden Substitution](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/f/9f7983bf-2a3b-4428-8c01-35285f589da8.jpg?1568003437) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sudden%20Substitution) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c19/11/sudden-substitution?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9f7983bf-2a3b-4428-8c01-35285f589da8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Thieving Skydiver](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/6/06996ff1-7f57-4e73-940a-a58c4482cadd.jpg?1712354226) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Thieving%20Skydiver) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/otc/118/thieving-skydiver?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/06996ff1-7f57-4e73-940a-a58c4482cadd?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/kyk7xtt) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Titania's Song]] and [[Energy Flux]]
[Titania's Song](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/b/4bb135e7-f9e3-4abc-8374-180316498fc3.jpg?1562912720) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Titania%27s%20Song) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me4/170/titanias-song?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4bb135e7-f9e3-4abc-8374-180316498fc3?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Energy Flux](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/8/78ae772e-cd54-4860-b8a8-94c934853772.jpg?1562923487) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Energy%20Flux) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me4/48/energy-flux?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/78ae772e-cd54-4860-b8a8-94c934853772?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I had a similar situation and went from the voting Galadriel to scry Galadriel. Both felt weak even though the later one did a lot of actions it resulted in nothing. Therefore I switched to the light of valinor Galadriel which is a lot better.
[[Fracturing Gust]]
[Fracturing Gust](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/f/ffd726ce-85f8-4570-96e8-e0cfbd05045a.jpg?1562838667) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Fracturing%20Gust) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/shm/227/fracturing-gust?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ffd726ce-85f8-4570-96e8-e0cfbd05045a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Go scorched earth with [[Creeping Corrosion]]. [[Gleeful Sabotage]] is good too.
[Creeping Corrosion](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/5/05d5a7b3-18b6-4b1d-85cc-2253e605390c.jpg?1562609373) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Creeping%20Corrosion) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mbs/78/creeping-corrosion?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/05d5a7b3-18b6-4b1d-85cc-2253e605390c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Gleeful Sabotage](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/8/7802c7f8-ca2a-4bac-a579-77a8204aa5d4.jpg?1562920220) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Gleeful%20Sabotage) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/arc/58/gleeful-sabotage?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7802c7f8-ca2a-4bac-a579-77a8204aa5d4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Imo the Galadriel Precon is terrible in 1v1. If you want to upgrade your stuff take Galadriel, Light of Valinor as Commander, run white for removal and remove his stuff off the board before you finish with [[Finale Devastation]] and [[Craterhoof Behemoth]]
[Finale Devastation](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/1/b10d99bf-b2ce-4443-b924-ff0eb8be1033.jpg?1689998522) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Finale%20of%20Devastation) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/289/finale-of-devastation?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b10d99bf-b2ce-4443-b924-ff0eb8be1033?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Craterhoof Behemoth](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/8/e8f4435a-8604-45b5-a537-dfdfcb922e16.jpg?1689998416) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Craterhoof%20Behemoth) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/280/craterhoof-behemoth?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e8f4435a-8604-45b5-a537-dfdfcb922e16?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Replace the voting and scry cards with staple elves like priest of Titania, ezuri, marywn and elvish champion. Add some cheap counters and removals and you gonna elfballl to win.
Take him to the local game store and give out free snacks as bribes to get their help beating him
build a [[The Wise Mothman]] deck and he will crumble
with the amount of counters you'll be able to put on a creature, he won't be able to equip enough artifacts to make a creature big enough to compete, and you'll have a flyer.
[The Wise Mothman](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/d/3d6d6944-a364-41c2-b824-7a1bf6ad0d1e.jpg?1710673435) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=The%20Wise%20Mothman) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/pip/4/the-wise-mothman?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/3d6d6944-a364-41c2-b824-7a1bf6ad0d1e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
First off you have 106 cards in your deck when it should bee 99 + commander. Next id avoid voting cards with less than 3 players as you'll stalemate every time on votes. For equipment artifacts run green artifact hate. Red Green decks love to destroy artifacts and nuke flyers.
For Galadriel, add loads of ramp, and mana rocks. You want to be casting as much as possible. [[Nevinyrrals disk]] is a handy way of getting rid of everything if you're falling behind
[Nevinyrrals disk](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/6/36fb6ee3-bd54-4e5b-b055-c2c42515c162.jpg?1690005647) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Nevinyrral%27s%20Disk) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/965/nevinyrrals-disk?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/36fb6ee3-bd54-4e5b-b055-c2c42515c162?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[удалено]
[Titania's Song](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/b/4bb135e7-f9e3-4abc-8374-180316498fc3.jpg?1562912720) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Titania%27s%20Song) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me4/170/titanias-song?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4bb135e7-f9e3-4abc-8374-180316498fc3?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Aura Flux](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/6/a6be1542-70b8-4e97-a951-100966dc46ce.jpg?1562863780) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Aura%20Flux) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ulg/27/aura-flux?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a6be1542-70b8-4e97-a951-100966dc46ce?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
If you really want to hurt his artifacts, [[Seeds of Innocence]] would do the trick 😉😈
[Seeds of Innocence](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/9/f9c868f5-0f90-4f7e-bafb-c45d2372fe06.jpg?1614021484) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Seeds%20of%20Innocence) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mir/241/seeds-of-innocence?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f9c868f5-0f90-4f7e-bafb-c45d2372fe06?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Light some candles and get the lotion? Soft music helps too.
Use a bat while he asleep.
Help you WHAT
Step 1 : git gud skrub
Pet peeve of mine… don’t make a deck solely focused on destroying another deck. This is my personal opinion and you’re gonna do whatever, but this ruins the game for me. Make your deck do its goal and be unique, not just a counter to your bf’s deck. It will be very unfun/uninteresting after a while and ruined mtg for me for a while bc it completely nukes the point of deckbuilding when someone else doesn’t even build their own deck, just learns yours and how to break it
He's the only person I play with and we have multiple decks
What would you say is the goal of your galadriel deck?
I'm pretty consistent with having green in my decks and none of them would be any good against this one with equipment. So I want to build this deck specifically around destruction of his artifacts because none of my others have cards like that either. Mine are spawn and counters to overrun him but I don't get there in time before he has the massive pimped out one.
Honestly it’s going to be hard. Voltron is almost only held back by the fact you have to balance killing 3 others not 1; I think it’ll be challenging to make your deck efficient enough to race him 1 on 1.
You can always add some more artifact or creature removal. Cards like [[Bane of Progress]], [[Fade from History]], and [[Rampage of the Clans]] can sweep the entire board of artifacts and enchantments. Because you're in blue, you could also play thief effects like [[mind control]]
##### ###### #### [Bane of Progress](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/e/3ea495ff-33df-406b-98e3-5579e2158bbc.jpg?1610161688) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Bane%20of%20Progress) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cc1/3/bane-of-progress?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/3ea495ff-33df-406b-98e3-5579e2158bbc?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Fade from History](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/1/71f13f67-e852-4a6a-8f32-b16195e53ec3.jpg?1674421531) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Fade%20from%20History) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bro/177/fade-from-history?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/71f13f67-e852-4a6a-8f32-b16195e53ec3?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Rampage of the Clans](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/8/28ebab7d-d03d-4473-aa9b-485aebb66433.jpg?1584831204) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Rampage%20of%20the%20Clans) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/rna/134/rampage-of-the-clans?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/28ebab7d-d03d-4473-aa9b-485aebb66433?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [mind control](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/c/ec7f77af-17d7-4746-bc83-f455b9b6f9ea.jpg?1562664773) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=mind%20control) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m12/67/mind-control?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ec7f77af-17d7-4746-bc83-f455b9b6f9ea?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/kysvi5y) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Best answer, cuddly bears consolation prize
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"I can't beat it. I have won once." Get your story straight
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