Elf and Nail: The Best Deck You Aren’t Playing
I’m watching the match, and I’m thinking, what the hell? Wirewood Symbiote? Vernal Bloom? What in the name of Erik Lauer is going on here? Aside from the fact that Affinity was getting worked, that is. The deck – christened Elf and Nail – would win the Northwest Regionals, piloted to a 9-0-2 finish by Sameer Nelson, and the deck did incredibly well elsewhere. Immediately intrigued, I went home, built a copy and starting throwing it against the gauntlet I’d built for Regionals.
When I was attending Regionals a few weeks ago, Jay Schneider, tournament organizer and well-known mad genius, pulled me aside to show me a feature...…
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