Guilds of Ravnica has brought us one of the most revolutionary cards for Elves ever since Return to Ravnica had given us Deathrite Shaman and Abrupt Decay six years ago. Pretty good this Ravnica place, hu? Can’t wait until Return to Return to Return to Ravnica gets announced in 2024!

After Lisa and I both 3-0’ed at our local Prerelease (she even took down the trophy!), I felt I wanted to explore the constructed side of things, too. So I threw together what seems like a reasonable starting point for a Asssassin’s Trophy Elves list, cutting the two Nissa, Vital Force and Abrupt Decays in order to make room (and un-clunkyfie) the deck. I added the second Sylvan Library because I wanted a lean way to maintain the level of long-game business cards, while also giving myself to opporunity to not pick up to many Assassin’s Trophy when I don’t want to…which turns out to actually be a rare scenario; even against Dredge Trophy found at least some semi-relevant use. It still got sided out but it wasn’t nearly anywhere as dead as Decay usually is there. Also, BOY was it a powerhouse vs Turbo Depths.

But enough words. Check out the decklist and then jump into the recording of the two leagues I played below!

Since I played my 90s Spotifly playlist during the stream, some parts of it are muted, but most of it is perfectly accessible on Twitch. Check out the very first two leagues I played with Assasssin’s Trophy in the deck here:

As you might have seen in the video, Assassin’s Trophy has proven incredibly powerful and potent in the two leagues we played, solving many problems we previously had no answer to – let alone one we could easily support in the maindeck. I’m really super thrilled to see which direciton Legacy is headed with Trophy around. Stay tuned, this is a whole new world for Elves!

So long,

Julian

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