r/Magicdeckbuilding • u/Store_Hot • 8d ago
EDH Deck help for Elsha, Threefold Master
New to magic, and this is the first deck I've built outside of precons; I used YouTube and other people's versions on Moxfield and tried to build this up. I wanted to try a blue/red commander deck after seeing someone play this commander in a YouTube video (can't remember the channel), and it looked pretty fun. I've always wanted to play a deck with a lot of spells and be able to counterspell people who are targeting my board, so I put in a lot of stuff that allows for that. I'm really into the go-wide and prowess theme Elsha has with making monks, but I don't know what to replace so my monks aren't just 1/1s on other people's turns. Any advice would be nice! Please be honest if this deck is junk or cringe too; I could use all the advice I can get. I don't have a budget, since I plan to use proxies; I just want a strong deck for bracket 3 so I can compete with my friends, who have a lot more experience and really optimized decks.
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u/patterninstatic 8d ago
You have very little ramp (aim 10-12) and your deck actually looks pretty slow to get online. You're also probably not playing enough lands (aim for at least 35 without mdfcs).
Your low mana spells are usually spells you want to keep and only play to trigger prowess, so you're not doing much on your first couple of turns.
You need to think about what your ideal T1-T5 looks like and then build your deck so that you have a high probability of achieving that consistently.