So my meta is not really competitive (most commanders are generally not cEDH material and everything is pretty budget). I'm looking to make the deck better. My most recent changes were more basic lands because I lost some games due to things like Dwarven Miner or lands that enter tapped. Also I added some defensive measures because I got out-aggro'd multiple times by Boros.
If you want to make your deck better I think the best way to do that is to make it faster. I noticed that you have a lot of redundant expensive cards and not that much ramp and most of your ramp costs a lot of mana. Green has a ton 1 cmc elves (eg. llanowar elves). I would look into jamming as many as possible. I would avoid mana ramp that costs more than 1 mana with except maybe for priest of titania.
Next up more card draw. You only have Shamanic Revelation as your "big card draw" spell and I would definitely run more.
I could definitely run some Llanowar Elves and Avacyn's Pilgrim. On the other hand, I often find lands preferable, because my meta has Etrata, the silencer, but almost no land destruction. But I could remove something like Seedguide Ash, which is probaly one of the card you mean, when you say, ramp that costs a lot of mana. Maybe rather use Joraga Treespeaker or something like that.
What redundant expensive pieces do you mean and can you recomment some draw spell that do not rely on a big creature, i.e. unlike Momentous Fall?
Is this for multi or duels? If multi, Seedborn muse and other untappers are generally very nice.
Mirror Entity is nasty, because many of your creatures are small.
All the cards that make mana based on number of elves are very strong, ecspecially the cheaper ones (I run the ones costing less than 4). Most are creatures but there is an aura too. Note, you do not need more elves really for these to be strong.
Gaea's cradle is absurdly powerful, but quite a bit outside your prize range (that plus a ton of ways to find it is how you start winning around turn 4, which does mean that this would be a bad idea).
Earthcraft is also outside your price range, but much closer and also very strong (ecspecially if you use things like wild growth or utopia sprawl over the mana elves suggested by others).
Cards I find funny (i.e. seems good but are perhaps not good enough for a truely competive deck, which seems to suit you): Nacatl War-Pride (remember not to remove the copied tokens if you activate Rhys after attacking) and many of the make a token copy of arbitrary creatures (same reason: you want to copy them).
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Unfortunately I'm still 6 cards above the 99, so I'm looking for advice on what to cut. Obviously I would also like some comments on the list in general.
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1 Rhys the Redeemed
Creature
1 Geist-Honored Monk
1 Sylvan Caryatid
1 Suture Priest
1 Champion of Lambholt
1 Oviya Pashiri, Sage Lifecrafter
1 Trostani Discordant
1 Windborn Muse
1 Hornet Queen
1 Mentor of the Meek
1 Tendershoot Dryad
1 Beast Whisperer
1 Knight of Autumn
1 Tolsimir Wolfblood
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Dauntless Escort
1 Angel of Finality
1 Oketra the True
1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
1 Seedguide Ash
1 Wilt-Leaf Liege
1 Mitotic Slime
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
1 Rampaging Baloths
Enchantment
1 Ghostly Prison
1 Doubling Season
1 Glare of Subdual
1 Perilous Forays
1 Aura of Silence
1 Beastmaster Ascension
1 Aura Shards
1 Parallel Lives
1 Cathars' Crusade
1 Collective Blessing
1 Primal Vigor
1 Cryptolith Rite
1 Anointed Procession
1 Legion's Landing
1 Karametra, God of Harvests
1 Brushland
11 Forest
8 Plains
1 Forbidden Orchard
1 Selesnya Sanctuary
1 Temple Garden
1 Windbrisk Heights
1 Krosan Verge
1 Command Tower
1 Temple of the False God
1 Gavony Township
1 Temple of Plenty
1 Myriad Landscape
1 Canopy Vista
1 Blighted Woodland
1 Bountiful Promenade
1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
1 Dryad Arbor
Artifact
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
1 Bow of Nylea
1 Spear of Heliod
1 Skullclamp
1 Lifecrafter's Bestiary
1 Oketra's Monument
Instant
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Beast Within
1 Eladamri's Call
1 March of the Multitudes
1 Generous Gift
1 Kodama's Reach
1 Storm Herd
1 Harmonize
1 Rampant Growth
1 Martial Coup
1 Cultivate
1 Triumph of the Hordes
1 Devout Invocation
1 Shamanic Revelation
1 Fumigate
1 Dusk // Dawn
Planeswalker
1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
1 Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
1 Huatli, Radiant Champion
So my meta is not really competitive (most commanders are generally not cEDH material and everything is pretty budget). I'm looking to make the deck better. My most recent changes were more basic lands because I lost some games due to things like Dwarven Miner or lands that enter tapped. Also I added some defensive measures because I got out-aggro'd multiple times by Boros.
I thought about Collector Ouphe to hate on manarocks, equipment and vehicles. Or for some more expensive things maybe Spikefeeder/Archangel of Thune or Arachnogenesis.
Generally I'm looking for any cards that will make the deck more competitive while staying true to the style and not being expensive (< 10$).
Maybe someone can help. Thanks in advance for any advice!
Next up more card draw. You only have Shamanic Revelation as your "big card draw" spell and I would definitely run more.
What redundant expensive pieces do you mean and can you recomment some draw spell that do not rely on a big creature, i.e. unlike Momentous Fall?
Mirror Entity is nasty, because many of your creatures are small.
All the cards that make mana based on number of elves are very strong, ecspecially the cheaper ones (I run the ones costing less than 4). Most are creatures but there is an aura too. Note, you do not need more elves really for these to be strong.
Gaea's cradle is absurdly powerful, but quite a bit outside your prize range (that plus a ton of ways to find it is how you start winning around turn 4, which does mean that this would be a bad idea).
Earthcraft is also outside your price range, but much closer and also very strong (ecspecially if you use things like wild growth or utopia sprawl over the mana elves suggested by others).
Cards I find funny (i.e. seems good but are perhaps not good enough for a truely competive deck, which seems to suit you): Nacatl War-Pride (remember not to remove the copied tokens if you activate Rhys after attacking) and many of the make a token copy of arbitrary creatures (same reason: you want to copy them).
Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest WUR Voltron Control
Temmet, Vizier of Naktamun WU Unblockable Mirror Trickery
Ra's al Ghul (Sidar Kondo) and Face-Down Ninjas
Brudiclad, Token Engineer
Vaevictis (VV2) the Dire Lantern
Rona, Disciple of Gix
Tiana the Auror
Hallar
Ulrich the Politician
Zur the Rebel
Scorpion, Locust, Scarab, Egyptian Gods
O-Kagachi, Mathas, Mairsil
"Non-Tribal" Tribal Generals, Eggs
1 Rhys the Redeemed
Creature
1 Spike Feeder
1 Wall of Blossoms
1 Sylvan Caryatid
1 Fyndhorn Elves
1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Boreal Druid
1 Mirror Entity
1 Elvish Visionary
1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
1 Elvish Mystic
1 Priest of Titania
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Yavimaya Elder
1 Hornet Queen
1 Mentor of the Meek
1 Tendershoot Dryad
1 Beast Whisperer
1 Knight of Autumn
1 Collector Ouphe
1 Archangel of Thune
1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
Enchantment
1 Doubling Season
1 Beastmaster Ascension
1 Awakening Zone
1 Aura Shards
1 Parallel Lives
1 Cathars' Crusade
1 Collective Blessing
1 Mirari's Wake
1 Primal Vigor
1 Dictate of Heliod
1 From Beyond
1 Cryptolith Rite
1 Anointed Procession
1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc
1 Divine Visitation
1 Guardian Project
8 Plains
11 Forest
1 Forbidden Orchard
1 Brushland
1 Selesnya Sanctuary
1 Temple Garden
1 Krosan Verge
1 Command Tower
1 Gavony Township
1 Temple of Plenty
1 Myriad Landscape
1 Canopy Vista
1 Blighted Woodland
1 Bountiful Promenade
1 flagstones of Trokair
1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
1 Dryad Arbor
Artifact
1 Tower of Fortunes
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
1 Staff of Nin
1 Skullclamp
1 Lifecrafter's Bestiary
1 Oketra's Monument
Instant
1 Congregation at Dawn
1 Return to Dust
1 Path to Exile
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Beast Within
1 Oblation
1 Secure the Wastes
1 Heroic Intervention
1 Eladamri's Call
1 March of the Multitudes
1 Generous Gift
1 Kodama's Reach
1 Storm Herd
1 Austere Command
1 Harmonize
1 Martial Coup
1 Cultivate
1 Genesis Wave
1 Triumph of the Hordes
1 Shamanic Revelation
1 Dusk // Dawn
1 Regrowth
1 Camaraderie
Planeswalker
1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
1 Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
I added Collector Ouphe and Spike Feeder/Archangel of Thune combo as well as many of the things suggested her, including Mana Elves, more draw, Mirror Entity and Growing Rites of Itlimoc.
Unfortunately I'm still 6 cards above the 99, so I'm looking for advice on what to cut. Obviously I would also like some comments on the list in general.