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Instant Deck Tech: Beatdown Elves (Modern)

by SaffronOlive // Jul 23, 2018

Instant Deck Tech time! Core Set 2019 focused the community on Spirits in Modern thanks to the printing of a new two mana lord in Supreme Phantom, but everyone seemed to forget that another Modern playable tribe got a two mana lords as well: Elves! Can Elvish Clancaller make a lord-heavy, beatdown style Elves deck rise in the format? Let's break it down!

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