Elrond, Lord of Rivendell

Gameplan

Flood the board with cheap creatures and tokens to trigger Elrond on every entry, scrying to smooth draws and tempting the Ring twice a turn for a steady stream of Ring bonuses. You grind value through card filtering and ring-bearer evasion/draw, then close with a wide team or a single buffed evasive threat.

Key Cards

• The Ring Goes South — Doubles down on Ring-temptation payoffs and reinforces the LotR Ring-bearer theme central to Elrond.
• Brago, King Eternal — Mass blink lets you re-trigger Elrond's ETB scry and Ring temptation repeatedly each combat.
• Docent of Perfection — Spell-based token generation floods creature entries to chain Elrond triggers and tempt the Ring.
• Sai, Master Thopterist — Artifact-token swarms create many creature ETBs, fueling scry and Ring temptations.
• Cyclonic Rift — Mono-blue's premier catch-up and finisher to reset opposing boards and let your wide team or ring-bearer swing.
• Coastal Piracy — Turns your evasive ring-bearer and creature damage into a torrent of cards.

Upgrade Path

Lean into proactive token engines and flicker outlets so Elrond triggers twice every turn without effort, then add efficient blue interaction like counterspells and Cyclonic Rift to protect the engine. Tighten the win condition—either a wide anthem package or a single evasive Ring-bearer with draw payoffs—rather than relying purely on incremental value. Faster mana (Sol Ring, Mana Crypt, signets) lets you deploy and recast Elrond ahead of curve.