Selvala, Explorer Returned EDH Deck Tech. My Favourite Commander Deck!

This is one of the first Commander decks that I made, and it is also one of my favourite!
Decklist:
Creature (35)
1x Acidic Slime
1x Angel of Serenity
1x Apex Altisaur
1x Archangel of Thune
1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
1x Avenger of Zendikar
1x Birds of Paradise
1x Captain Sisay
1x Caustic Caterpillar
1x Craterhoof Behemoth
1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
1x Elvish Mystic
1x Eternal Witness
1x Fyndhorn Elves
1x Genesis Hydra
1x Heliod, Sun-Crowned
1x Hornet Queen
1x Karametra's Acolyte
1x Llanowar Elves
1x Omnath, Locus of Mana
1x Oracle of Mul Daya
1x Priest of Titania
1x Reclamation Sage
1x Restoration Angel
1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
1x Scavenging Ooze
1x Seedborn Muse
1x Selvala, Explorer Returned
1x Shaman of Forgotten Ways
1x Sigarda, Host of Herons
1x Spike Feeder
1x Sun Titan
1x Terastodon
1x Walking Ballista
Land (34)
1x Ancient Tomb
1x Blast Zone
1x Bountiful Promenade
1x Branchloft Pathway Flip
1x Brushland
1x Canopy Vista
1x Command Tower
1x Fabled Passage
1x Flooded Strand
6x Forest
1x Fortified Village
1x Gavony Township
1x Ghost Quarter
1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
1x Overgrown Farmland
3x Plains
1x Razorverge Thicket
1x Savannah
1x Scattered Groves
1x Sungrass Prairie
1x Sunpetal Grove
1x Temple Garden
1x Windswept Heath
1x Wirewood Lodge
1x Wooded Bastion
1x Wooded Foothills
1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Instant (8)
1x Beast Within
1x Chord of Calling
1x Dromoka's Command
1x Eladamri's Call
1x Krosan Grip
1x Path to Exile
1x Swords to Plowshares
1x Sylvan Reclamation
Enchantment (10)
1x Aura Shards
1x Defense of the Heart
1x Luminarch Ascension
1x Mirari's Wake
1x Sandwurm Convergence
1x Smothering Tithe
1x Survival of the Fittest
1x Sylvan Library
1x Teleportation Circle
1x Zendikar Resurgent
Sorcery (9)
1x Austere Command
1x Cultivate
1x Farseek
1x Genesis Wave
1x Green Sun's Zenith
1x Nature's Lore
1x Primal Command
1x Tooth and Nail
1x Vanquish the Horde
Artifact (4)
1x Aetherflux Reservoir
1x Alhammarret's Archive
1x Helm of the Host
1x Sol Ring
Music from filmmusic.io
"Funk Game Loop" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)
#mtg #edh #commander

[@blindcommander]

Love your list. My Selvala is is more elf tribal and soft stax to slow people down while my elves do their thing. We got alot of support in Middle Earth and lost Caverns. Interested in if there were any updates you considered from recent sets. Anyway, loved yhe video and your take on her. Seems really fun! 🤘❤️🤘

[@8thPlaceDave]

Thanks! I've seen lots of new cards that could work well for this deck, but for this one I actually like to only make very minimal changes. This is one of the first decks that I made, so I like to try and keep it the way I built it years ago, so it keeps its nostalgic feeling :)

[@blindcommander]

@@8thPlaceDave Lol. Totally understand. I think we all have decks like that. Mine is Nagao, a mono white samurai liat. Much love for keeping it classic. 🤘❤️🤘

[@oliviauzquiano7392]

I built mine as angel tribal, but I do have some ways to untap her like wirewood lodge. One of my favorite decks due to the versatility and ramp she has, she can go any direction!

[@8thPlaceDave]

Angel tribal is a pretty cool way to play this deck!

[@Espeonkilledyou]

One card I always play with my vala is umbral mantle. Its a 3 mana equipment that equips for free and has a cost of 3 mana and untapping the creature to give it +2/+2 until end of turn. Because selvala counts as a mana ability, it means that as long as you get 3 mana off of her ability, you can pay the cost of untapping her to then tap her again, which means you can get an absurd advantage with cards like mana reflections or nyxbloom ancient. There is also sword of the paruns and staff of domination which aren't as good but if you can reliably net enough mana then you can pretty much cast your entire deck after drawing it all. Theres also leyline of abundance which makes all your mana dorks tap for 1 extra G, meaning in a 4p game selvala gets you 1-5 instead of 0-4.

[@8thPlaceDave]

Ah yeah true, Umbral Mantle does seem like it would fit perfectly. I made have to add that one to the deck!

[@blindcommander]

Have you considered Bear Umbra?

[@mysticalpotato447]

Slime is your favorite card? I love it as well. I even considered building mono green command in modern partially because I would get to play that card

[@8thPlaceDave]

Yup! It is my favourite card. I built a standard deck around it when I first started playing and it actually worked really well. I would ramp into it with Arbor Elf and Farseek, and then play cards like Cloudshift, Restoration Angel, and Conjurer's Closet to flicker it repeatedly and destroy all of my opponent's land ;)

[@mysticalpotato447]

@@8thPlaceDave that sounds like a great time. I wanna do that to my opponents

[@lightninglukemtg580]

I don't know why I always get the worst foils. I don't even think I have enough foils to make a commander deck.

[@8thPlaceDave]

It's okay, that means you don't have to worry about being able to fit your deck into a Pringles can.

[@lightninglukemtg580]

@@8thPlaceDave and that definitely makes sense.

[@adriano7444]

Huh, i see you're not going the douchebag route of putting 30-40 instants that untaps Selvala. I'm disappointed.

[@8thPlaceDave]

It would probably be more competitive, but I feel like it would lead to repetitive gameplay.