Precon Upgrades for Elven Empire! | Lathril, Blade of the Elves | Powerful | EDH | MTG | Commander

The Commander's Quarters is your Magic the Gathering source that helps you Command Your Budget! Discover the perfect Upgrades for the Elven Empire Precon no matter what your budget is! Power up your Lathril deck!
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$10+: tcgplayer.pxf.io/B0YDQ0
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[@ktom1208]

Ooohhh man I pulled Allosaurus shepherd with my first pack of jumpstart! And I have a craterfoot behemoth from when it was printed in the innistrad block..... im making a elf deck!!!

[@Chironexthejelly]

I wish we were on the school playground so I could offer you to peruse my rare binders lol ha.

[@GroundThing]

Allosaurus Shepherd being $85 is honestly all the justification anyone should need for allowing proxies.

[@the-engneer]

I agree!

[@coreymiles6797]

I guess I got lucky and got him in my first jump start box yesterday.

[@the-engneer]

@@coreymiles6797 you got very lucky and I'm jealous!

[@Jonnyguitar1877]

Yeah, I would rather proxy it than pay that much, plus proxies are really good these days!

[@orbits2754]

Idk it feels wrong playing a card I don't have

[@toothpicks205]

I’m a huge fan of how you formatted this video, keen to see more of it in the future for each precon! Take a break though dude, I’m surprised you’re still putting these out after such an intense spoiler season

[@stevenjoubertofficial]

This has been the most consistently frequent source of Magic content over the past month or so. I’m super grateful and love all of it! But also, Mitch, you are crazy! Hope you’ve still got a good work/life balance in the midst of your commitment to the channel!

[@joeholtz5395]

You are keeping local card stores in business. I've purchased so many cards and of course folders, card sleeves and every kind of MTG product. I've been surprised that they are just as affordable as Amazon or even cost less. So many guys I chat with watch your channel. Thank You for doing all the work and study for people like me that can't afford hundreds and hundreds of dollars but still want a few deck options. You Win the KZbin Channel of the Year Award!!!

[@tmichelis6469]

So glad you've started doing precon upgrade guides! I've just been casually getting into Magic the gathering, but I don't want to fall down the rabbit hole of uncontrollable spending!!

[@andy19934]

I always love seeing different takes on upgrading precons! Keep it up Mitch!

[@stephenbilyeu6900]

Never played commander but I picked this up for when I get to. Then marketwatch mentioned your channel and here I am, liked, followed, subscribed. Good content! Keep it up.

[@shadowwolf9267]

I love this episode, you hit every point I wanted to see. Literally looked at this card when it was spoiled and thought, ya definitely building this. Was super psyched you made an episode of it and was very happy to see you offered variety budget upgrades, something I have been hoping to see from your episodes on certain commanders. Thanks for the absolutely rockstar episode here, much appreciated!

[@chrisnoble8677]

First, thank you Mitch for being so committed to these video uploads! Second I really appreciate the multiple budget breakdown it's fantastic!

[@manuelito1233]

Sorry Freyalise, there's a new commander in town

[@noneyadamnbusiness6891]

fun fact, Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord was already there as an elven Golgari option and is a better option than this new one, fling your elves and wipe the table.

[@taylorkempinski3965]

@@noneyadamnbusiness6891 lol no. Jarad is hardly an elf tribal commander. Im sure it could be done but it's so far from an optimal build

[@noneyadamnbusiness6891]

@@taylorkempinski3965 to be fair there is no optimal elf tribal commander, this new one is no better than Jarad is. gives you swarm, can do that with Jarad as well, been doing it for years and then flinging things like a 200/200 heedless one at the entire table. Jarad gives tribal elves a win con.

[@ShenSage]

@@noneyadamnbusiness6891 I see your point but if I'm playing Jarad I kinda rather it be a B/G aristocrats deck instead of Golgari Elf tribal.

[@Sawfty]

Loved the flow and structure of this video, and I agree with all of these upgrades for my personal Lathril deck. Mitch, you're the very best in the business!

[@ChocolateUrsa]

Thanks for all the work you put into this, can't wait to upgrade it.

[@KingCaiiTV]

Mitch I believe you stopped a bit short. Staples such as Assassin's Trophy, Windgrace's Judgement, Maelstrom Pulse could be listed here. Also, a long-standing gripe with Elves is their weakness to boardwipes-- Rise of the Dark Realms/Living Death could be considered to help with that.

[@isaacmiller6096]

I think the token potential in this deck is huge. I liked this commander since it was spoiled. It's no Krenko when it comes to token making but for elves its amazing.

[@noneyadamnbusiness6891]

@Joel Chatfield you should try Jarad black green elvish fling. table wipes are fairly common

[@maceysdaddy54]

Shaman of the pack and poison tip archer with essence warden. Also add vito. Gain tons of life, and tons of kill potential and shaman of the pack with all the elves could be a potential one shot kill.

[@waltercardcollector]

Thanks Mitch! Here's hoping for a Jumpstart reprint in 2021!

[@warrenking3873]

Im new to magic and I pre ordered this for my first commander deck, thank you so much for the help!

[@JavierOrtizBultron]

Thanks for your great work. The different tiers are perfect. Allows you to mix and match based on budget. Looking forward to the foretell version of this.

[@emangregory548]

I really am planning to buy this deck! Thanks for the advice!

[@Sir_Francis]

Aside from the lands, this deck is pretty awesome straight out of the box! Super hyped for this one!

[@Carolyn510]

Excited for this precon and love the upgrade suggestions. Thanks

[@zoeysheldon5634]

I remember when I bought like 5 Guardian Projects for 2 dollars each. Glad I did.

[@jakynth]

Nothing I love more than watching upgrade videos like these with tons of good suggestions just to go and look for the cards to see they have all skyrocketed in price from all the good suggestions.

[@slaynnmortis2195]

I just buyed this starter commander, and I am songlad to found this video. I knew that i had to boost this deck, but this is à very good start for an updating. Thank you from France

[@stefanellrodt52]

Thanks Mitch, some really nice additions for the deck. I hope you will also break the bank. Keep up the good work - you rock!!!

[@gipht1]

Great setup for suggestions!!

[@CriticoDeNo0bs]

WOOOOOOO, YEAH, BABY, THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!!!!!

[@tylerhuntley1910]

Throne of the god-pharaoh is another good card for this deck that works well with Lathril's second ability. I love this video. I'm going to take a lot of these ideas and put them into the deck.

[@pizzaemperor3553]

Just getting into Magic and the base Lathril deck is gonna be the first one I get. This has been a very helpful video

[@baihai]

Mitch, this pre con upgrade series I believe is the series that most of us are looking forward to.

[@SnipezThrice]

This will be so helpful for my abomination of llanowar deck. I thank you good sir

[@ramaldes]

Bought this deck and can't wait to play with it. I already have a big colection of elf cards so it was easy to upgrade this deck.

[@RG7620]

Can't wait to see the Foretell upgrade video!

[@darylmolinejr.6166]

I love the tiered breakdown.

[@CameronHarlan]

You always come through, Mitch. I never comment on anything, but I realize it helps you and your channel, so, here you go!

[@tefin420]

Was already planning on putting my Allosaurus Shepherd in lucky jumpstart pull 😊 you reminded me I have a parallel lives as well I bought on accident but I think the biggest impact is going to be the 1 drop elves to bring down the curve. Great video.

[@evafox9696]

Thank you for all your Kaldheim work! I really enjoyed your spoiler talk. In the distant future, can you throw some love to more Golgari commanders? I would love to see a Chevill, Bane of Monsters deck from you!

[@whyit6158]

Im new to commander and just got this deck and it's one of the strongest precons I've ever seen lol. Can't wait to make some of these changes and make it even stronger!

[@rhythmandblues_alibi]

My partner and I got a Craterhoof in our Mystery booster box, will be great to have him join forces with the elves! :-D

[@nnavotineb]

I love the format of the video mitch and love the channel I'm going the make stupid amounts of mana via elves and pump them into massive X spells like torment of hailfire, exsanguinate, and genesis wave 😎

[@generalbassbaade5357]

Wirewood symbiot. Recommendation for en elf deck to protect a single elf abuse an etb and a single elf with tap ability

[@hotaruasmaria7504]

My how ezuri has risen from all these upgrade guides.

[@bmay81]

Yeah, tell me about it...

[@misomiso8228]

It would be cool if you put a decklist in of a final fully upgraded version!

[@jakemorse7232]

I built golgari elves based on miara/numa. As soon as I saw this precon I was giddy as hell. Cant wait to upgrade mine with this precon

[@JJKJ52]

I was planning on making a BG Elves deck, this kinda gave me the boost I need to plan it out

[@pmt1103]

Just ordered my upgrades. I'd like to reccomend skyshroud poacher. It is about 20 or so dollars BUT for 3 mana it allows you to search your library for ANY elf card and put it into play, ignoring the casting cost. A great way to either ramp up mana, get a defender and so on. And since it's a tap ability it is affected by untap effects like Vitalize, if done right that's 2 elf cards for cheap cost and considering some of the effects of the cards that are in the precon alone it can deal some serious damage or at the very least give you a strong advantage.

[@dreddbolt]

This is an excellent video, even if I would want to gut the pre-con for parts.

[@Zelphiez]

I'm a new sub and wanted to say how much I love your stuff and ask if you could do a "personal upgrade to play the way you want" dec tech to Lathril how would you would go about it. Either way, cheers and keep making my favorite mtg vids on YT.

[@justinbowman1342]

I tried building mono green elves before but found the deck folded way to easily to wrath effects. Black reanimation effects my be what I was needing for this kind of deck.

[@declanmckearney879]

The biggest value of ezuri as a commander is that he is board wipe protection. If you tap a mana dork like elvish archdruid or wire wood channeler, you get enough green mana to regenerate all of your elves other than ezuri.

[@jakeapplegate6642]

Like they said ezuri helps. I also run eldrazi monument in my elf deck to protect my board while helping against flying (another weakness of elves) and gives my board a pump and evasion.

[@arthurmusson4981]

skull clamp would be really good in this deck.

[@thestanimal6076]

it could get tricky with how man anthems there are but before you get any of those out deff!

[@sanbernadinoslim7150]

Mediocre at best. Would rather have elves alive and just add tutors

[@njmaloney25]

Oh it is soooo good. A penon blade to buff lathril isn't bad either

[@PAPP0NE]

@@sanbernadinoslim7150 This sounds like somebody that never had the pleasure of using a skullclamp with a bunch of 1/1s

[@angelowilliams5239]

Pre-anthem effects, I'd definitely agree.

[@daviegourevitch]

Having the high roller section is great. My roommate and I allow proxies but we prefer not to have too many. So a couple super expensive cards is appreciated!

[@gustavosousa5246]

Great vídeo, I love the look at the shop window feeling I got when seeing the high rollers

[@tienkieu4806]

Looking forward to your Foretell Precon upgrade

[@CriticoDeNo0bs]

Some extra upgrades I would add: Wirewood Symbiote Quirion Ranger Curse of Bounty Kindred Summons Yeva, Nature's Herald Nissa Revane Essence Warden Command the Dreadhorde Praetor's Counsel Genesis Wave Torment of Hailfire Exsanguinate Seeker of Skybreak And I think that's it, I don't remember anything more

[@pmt1103]

Skyshroud poacher, not a elf BUT for 3 mana and tapping the card you can search your library for a elf card and immediately play it while ignoring the casting cost. Helpful for a few reasons, in the precon is a creature card that can deal damage to a opponent for how many Elves are on the field when it comes into play so a great surprise win condition, then there is a elf sorcery(says elf so it can be used) makes a 1/1 elf token for every elf on your field. Basically Doubling your ranks. And basically Any kind of elf in your deck can be summoned for arguable cheap

[@CriticoDeNo0bs]

@@pmt1103 Of course! I forgot that one, it is an awesome addition! However, the interaction with Elvish Promenade doesn't work, as Poacher's oracle reads "Search your library for an Elf *permanent* card", so, sadly, it doesn't works. But still a great addition!

[@pmt1103]

@@CriticoDeNo0bs Really? I just looked up the card and it states "elf card" it doesn't seem to say permanent in the text. I'm looking it up on tcg player. Am I perhaps looking at it wrong?

[@CriticoDeNo0bs]

@@pmt1103 On Gatherer you can see the oracle text. However, even if the oracle text wouldn't have changed, the interaction wouldn't work because Poacher puts the tutored card on the battlefield, and sorceries can't exist on the battlefield, so in that case... I don't know exactly what would happen, but probably the sorcery would end on the graveyard

[@pmt1103]

@@CriticoDeNo0bs Hmm, sadness. Lol. It's fine though glad I could at least give you a idea of something good in the deck. Thanks

[@MDuncan624]

This type of video is perfect

[@17joren]

Thanks for putting this together for a noob like me! Damn, I was *really* trying to avoid spending more than $10 on any one card, but I’ve been wanting to add some mutate creatures to this deck to move a little from pure mana/elf farm… and that Allosaur Shep is looking like a *reeeally* fun addition.

[@urahara64360]

I actually got this deck and I'm definitely working on my upgrades to focus on swarming and boosts. With a few heavy hitting beasts. I'm waiting on a thundfoot baloth to work as a lieutenant since it would give them all trample so they'll keep all that damage

[@jernmon]

One card to consider is Elvish Guidance, which in this kind of deck could turn a land into a Gaea's Cradle (or even better since it counts all Elves in play)

[@Milner-Barry]

A Precon upgrade from Mitch? Count me in!

[@autobotjazz1972]

The upgrades were pretty much in line with what i expected.

[@matthewh3475]

love these! i found that abomination of llanowar would fit quite well aswell

[@waynefrolich4957]

I was thinking exactly the same thing!

[@CriticoDeNo0bs]

Yeah, it comes in the precon! I was so happy when I saw it!

[@matthewh3475]

@@CriticoDeNo0bs oh that’s awesome!

[@fighterinferno7776]

I think I’ll be making this into aristocrats/reanimator with all the pieces leftover from the Shirei deck I built that was inspired by this channel.

[@silenceburns1336]

I have a Marwyn deck that I've only played a couple times and it's a house (got Elf Mom up to 96/96 once), but I'm thinking of pulling it apart to upgrade this one.

[@siulshrill.3230]

I love it and it's a deck I'm considering, but I think you missed a very key card... Throne of the God-Pharaoh

[@fernandesbrandon1]

I added Coat of Arms to this deck and wrecked people HARD with it !!

[@certaingloom3797]

Crippling Fear which can replace Eyeblight Massacre. Minions' Murmurs can draw a lot of cards, very underrated.

[@theonewiththename5867]

Crater hoof behemoth is absolutely insane especially in this elf deck that summons insane amount of creatures

[@LibertyFixxxer]

Close quarters needed!

[@angelowilliams5239]

I'm hoping to keep the cmc capped at 4 for most of the deck with maybe 3-4 5-7 cmc finishers. Looks like a fun project.

[@hawaiiandreads7750]

Was thinking about making her my commander for my elves but decided to stick with Grand Warlord Radha. With her ability to generate a lot of mana and with her in red it's extremely fun abusing extra combat effects. Though a buddy of my's is going to main her so going to be interesting when we duke it out!

[@obixls9746]

I was hoping to see more black and golgari stuff in these recommendations. I've used an ezuri deck for ages and was hoping for recommendations that maybe weren't just staples in mono green elves. I think I only saw 5 cards in here that actually took advantage of the color pairing, and was a bit disappointed

[@longobardilounge8238]

I went the graveyard route with this one and it's super nasty!!

[@the-engneer]

I honestly bought the Lathril pre con just to beef up my Marwyn Elfball, but decided to recreated Lathril Voltron, and this video was really helpful

[@davidcotterill3540]

Have you checked out Blade of Selves?

[@robertviscomi8199]

Man wanna see the other precon upgrade so badly!!!

[@Madd_king]

I might opt to go the sword route with this commander, maybe with some sac outlets to fully utilize the tokens she will be creating.

[@velzebur88]

Triumph of the Hordes is a must too. Its basicly just as strong as Craterhoof

[@Fluffkitscripts]

I had a spare [[coat of arms]] lying around, and that was a shoo-in.

[@VivaLechonk]

Triumph of the horde is a fun finisher too

[@bmay81]

I found that card randomly looking through my latest pack cracks.

[@WayfarersBauble]

In the credits at 19:50. As of this posting, I'm currently $2.99 for my Duel Decks: Venser vs Koth printing on TCGPlayer. Unrelated, but it's kind of funny that the way it's worded, Tyvar Kell can give any Elf spell - not just creatures - haste.

[@nicholaslorenz7295]

Great Henge would be useful as well

[@Farfetchd.]

bolas's citadel works SUPER nice with lathril. burn 10 w/ lathril, untap, burn 10 w/ lathril again, sac 10 burn 10 w/ bolas. 30 damage and theyve probably been pinging themselves with fetches, shocks, and mana confluences.

[@chevysupreme]

Kinda excited for this deck!

[@thegonk1345]

Goodmorning

[@raahlunleashed7108]

Hi, I was wondering if you will ever do Land's Wrath deck upgrade?

[@jonwilliams446]

So funny story, the lgs i go to has continued to have commander nights and tries to be as safe as possible. Last Commander night, i go to buy this precon to cannibalize into a deck with Harald, King of Skamfar as the commander but i had forgotten to grab the cards from my collection to bring, so i decide to just use the precon, just swapping commanders. I won the pod which had a Edric, Jodah, and Obeka

[@mininicksmith716]

Hey Mitch, just picked this deck up and wondered what cards you would consider a solid choice for removing? Cheers for all your hard work and content.

[@PatrickTMcWilliams]

Check the links in the description

[@brandonmoss1904]

So I’ve been wondering a couple things that I think would be interesting for you to touch on. First is what color/ color combinations(not 5 color) have the most color specific options for infinite mana. Second is what do you think the best commander for a token swarm deck is without going infinite ?

[@IchigoKurasaki52188]

I noticed there wasn't any dual lands on the list. Is that because it's a given? Or do you feel like the mana base is good as it is?

[@jaggyg8122]

Another noteworthy high roller card I'm fortunate to have is Norwood Priestess. Additionally, Elvish Piper, Champion of Rhonas, and Quicksilver Amulet are other "slip-in," options to bring in Craterhoof Behemoth and End Raze Forerunner kind of cards. I'm hoping that someday I'll cast a huge Genesis Wave, followed by Norwood Priestess and Elvish Piper bringing in Craterhoof and End Raze Forerunner! Another game, fellas?

[@jordanprice2957]

I turned this precon into a korvold deck for all the grave play I added grandwarlord radha skemfar avenger elven warmaster tireless tracker and more clue things

[@hbot2758]

Please do a Ranar upgrade soon, I've upgraded it already, but I need a few more card replacement

[@zacharyfink9534]

Joraga Warcaller would be insane in this deck

[@carpenoctum3617]

I'll be adding vines of vastwood and blossoming defense. The ability to protect Lathril while pumping her is too good to pass up.

[@redwolfmatt]

funnily enough, i want her for the 98 of my nadier and tana deck

[@IQuitWoW4This]

Hey Mitch, Long time viewer, first time commenter. I really liked that you had higher costs in this build. My current favoeite deck is my Elf/Discard Tribal with Nath of the Gilt Leaf. The new elves in this set had me excited and I was happy to see more upgrades for my current pet deck! I'd love to see more "high -budget card" sections in your videos.Thanks for all the great content, and take it easy!

[@maniatikoleal]

is there a full list of the budget deck with the upgrades ? the vision of how this deck should be with 25 or 50 dollar upgrades ?

[@hardwareman1158]

Where did you get your price for realmwalker? it's still 9 bucks on tcg and I want one for my changling deck.

[@littleaschlittle8759]

Should I add the card during class? And what should I take out?

[@lokijake2457]

I might try to break that tap ten elf to drain opponents life thing

[@v.velanga9608]

Shouldn't Elvish Mystic be here too? Growing Rites of Itlimoc would be pretty nice in this deck too. I built a similar Commander but Animar was my commander, and I had some X creatures like Stonecoil Serpent. It was a pretty effective deck.

[@barbasfear16]

Elvish Mystic comes in the precon. I have Growing Rites in my planned build and Cryptolith Rite. And all that mana production is just begging for a copy of Exsanguinate so you can take out all your opponets at once.

[@v.velanga9608]

@@barbasfear16 Oh, I might have gone through it and not have seen, my apologies. Those are powerful.