Sir Elin, The Lion's Claw Commander Deck Guide – Best Cards, How to Play

Sir Elin is one of the mythical creatures that includes the Lion's Claw Magic: The Gathering Bases set. The card is not new to Foundation, and was originally released in 2019's Throne of Aldren set, but was included in Foundation's Starter Collection. Since Foundations is a set aimed at beginners, Sy Alin, The Lion's Claw is a great first commander for those wanting to dip their toes into the Commander format.

Syr Alin, Lion's Claw is a very simple mono white commander. Syr Alin has no fancy or complicated effects, making it easy to understand how it works. Despite its simplicity, you can do a lot of damage with the Syr Alin deck.

decklist

decklist 24 creatures, eight enchantments, seven moments, 11 artifacts, 14 enchantments, and 34 land. Most decks have cards that create tokens, or increase the stats of your creatures.

Key cards

Sir Elin, The Lion's Claw

Sir Elin, The Lion's Claw is the commander of the deck and will give your creatures a small status boost when attacking. you It must be placed in harm's way for the effect to stopBut its first strike will help it win a lot of battle for its decent statline.

You don't need Syr Alin on the battlefield to make your deck work. The card is great, but not having your commander on the battlefield doesn't make or break the deck. Syr Alin will be one of the ways you push for end game damage.

divine vision

The deck generates a ton of tokens, and divine vision Turns those tokens into something much better. As opposed to (usually) 1/1 tokens, they are 4/4 tokens on the fly. The Creature tokens are replaced by angel tokensSo you won't get to keep the same creature type as the original token.

Divya Darshan replaces
all
Generated tokens under your control. So if you make multiple tokens in one turn, they will all enter as 4/4 Angels.

The The power of Divine Visitation comes from cards that can generate creature tokens continuously So you're always making a 4/4 Angel every turn (if not more). Token Divine Tour is better than most token generators in decks, making it something you'll want on the battlefield as soon as possible.

Pearl Medallion

Although the effect is not encouraging, Pearl Medallion One of the most useful cards in the deck. Pearl Medallion All your white spells are discounted by one manaWhich makes it easy to cast any spell in your deck since almost all the cards are white.

Mono white can struggle with rampingSo it can be difficult to cast your spells with high mana values. There are no ways to easily get lands on your battlefield, therefore Pearl Medals are your primary way to get around the ramp issue.

Prava of the Steel Legion

Origins of the Steel Legion One of the best token support cards, and keeps them safe during your turn. +1/+4 stat boost is fantastic, Because this makes them very difficult to eliminate in combatEspecially if you have other stat-boosting cards as well to stack effects.

In addition to the stat boost, Steel Legion's Prava can make tokens themselves If you have the heart to dump on its influence. The creation of 1/1 Soldier tokens can be done instantly, therefore If you don't need to hold mana in the last step before your turn, you can turn that unused mana into tokens..

Munsekar Cavalry

Munsekar Cavalry It's the primary way you close your games. You will generate a ton of creature tokens during the game, which Moonshaker Cavalry will give your creatures an extra stat boost when it enters.

Moonshaker Cavalry makes all your creatures fly on top of the stat boostMaking it very difficult for most of your opponents to block them. While Moonshaker Cavalry can't attack the turn it enters because it has no haste, none of this matters when the game is likely to end the turn it enters anyway.

How to play the deck

A Syr Alin, Lion's Claw is a Commander deck All about collecting a battlefield of tokens and boosting their stats with various permanents to make them threats in battle. The deck is a very combat-focused one, though You're often waiting for the perfect time to strike instead of attacking every turn.

There are a ton of token generators in the deck, the best of which stick to the battlefield. FELIDER RETREAT Either creates a token or gives your creatures +1/+1 counters when land enters, Court of Grace Creates a token but gives you a better token if you're the emperor in every care, and Jacked Rabbit It creates tokens equal to its power when attacking.

While your Commander can provide a stat boost, so can many other cards to pump up your creatures.
White tree flower
Gives your non-legendary creatures a +1/+1 boost and slightly better legendary creatures,
Order of Heliod
Gives +2/+2 to your creatures, and
Inspiring virtue
Gives your tokens +1/+1 and vigilance.

The The deck's primary win condition is to win through combat. This is done by slowly reducing your opponent's life total, or in massive bursts of damage. Alternatively, you can win what comes with you Plow Falls Untap fifteen tapped creatures you control to automatically win the game. If you are not using Halo Fountain's win condition, it can still generate tokens for you and draw your cards.

The The deck's biggest flaw is its reliance on stat boosts. Most of the tokens the deck makes are only 1/1, and even if you make a lot of them, they're still weak. This is the reason song Cards that gain passive stat boosts) are very important in the deck – even in Syr Alin. Anthems are how these 1/1 creatures turn into threats Easily take your opponents out of the game on the battlefield.