SelesnyaLegendary Creature — Human KnightEllivere of the Wild Court
Mana value4Rank#5,862
The Commander
Whenever Ellivere enters or attacks, create a Virtuous Role token attached to another target creature you control. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each enchantment you control.)
Whenever an enchanted creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Guide
Gameplan
Ellivere churns out Virtuous Role tokens that scale with your enchantment count, turning any creature into a fast-growing, card-drawing threat. You flood the board with enchantments and aura/enchantress effects, attack with your buffed creatures to refill your hand, and grind opponents out with relentless value and combat damage. The deck wins by going wide or tall with enchanted bodies while drawing through your library.
Strengths
- Built-in card advantage every combat that snowballs hard
- Free Virtuous Role token on ETB and every attack, no extra mana required
- Synergizes with the deep GW enchantress engine (draw + ramp)
- Resilient threats that grow with each enchantment you control
- Can rebuild quickly after board wipes thanks to enchantment value
Weaknesses
- Relies on Ellivere being on the battlefield and attacking to maximize value
- Vulnerable to enchantment removal and board wipes that hit your enchanted creatures
- Limited interaction in GW—weak against fast combo
- Single big enchanted attacker is a removal magnet
- Can stumble if you don't draw early enchantment payoffs
Key Cards
- Sythis, Harvest's Hand — Premier enchantress that draws and ramps off your constant enchantment plays.
- Setessan Champion — Draws a card and grows for every enchantment, including each Virtuous Role token.
- Sigarda's Aid — Lets you flash in auras at instant speed and grants attacking auras for free combat tricks.
- Eidolon of Blossoms — Constellation card draw that fuels the whole engine on every enchantment cast.
- Ohran Frostfang — Doubles down on combat damage card draw and gives your team deathtouch for safe swings.
- Shalai, Voice of Plenty — Protects you and your enchanted attackers from targeted removal.
- Generous Gift — Premium flexible removal in a color pair light on interaction.
Upgrade Path
Add more efficient enchantress payoffs (Argothian Enchantress, Verduran Enchantress, Mesa Enchantress) and protection like Heroic Intervention and Teferi's Protection to safeguard your engine. Lean into a focused finisher such as Craterhoof Behemoth or Finale of Devastation for go-wide kills, or build toward a true Voltron finish with Shielded by Faith and evasion auras. Tighten the curve with ramp like Smothering Tithe and Sylvan Library to draw and deploy faster than the table.
Core Cards
- Knickknack Ouphe
- Sun Titan
- Utopia Sprawl
- Setessan Champion
- Temple of Plenty
- Rishkar's Expertise
- Sylvan Ranger
- Hall of Heliod's Generosity
- Sungrass Prairie
- Danitha Capashen, Paragon
- Celestial Archon
- Pollenbright Wings
Seeded from a single deck — rates appear once more public decks exist.
Win Conditions
- ▸Repeated combat damage from large enchanted creatures while drawing into more threats
- ▸Voltron one-shots with a heavily enchanted commander or attacker
- ▸Going wide with buffed token creatures backed by anthems
- ▸Overwhelming card advantage that buries opponents on resources
Archetypes
- Enchantress — Ellivere rewards stacking enchantments and pairs perfectly with constellation and enchantment-draw payoffs.
- Voltron — Virtuous Role plus auras turns one creature into a huge card-drawing, hard-hitting threat.
- Auras / Midrange Value — The deck grinds out card advantage and board presence through cheap enchantments and combat damage.
- Tokens / Go-Wide — Anthem effects and multiple enchanted attackers let you spread Roles and pressure the whole table.
Combos
- Jinnie Fay, Jetmir's Second + Breath of Fury + Ellivere of the Wild Court
→ Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite combat damage
Combos via Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (GW), by popularity.
