Standard Elves deck

Elves is a popular aggro deck in the 2008 Standard format. It tries to win the game by attacking with lots of small to medium-sized creatures. Its key component is the use of creatures of the elf type, so it can take advantage of the Lorwyn block cards that rely on elves, such as <c>Imperious Perfect</c>, <c>Wren's Run Vanquisher</c>, and sometimes <c>Wren's Run Packmaster</c>.
Currently, the Elves archetype is split into two subarchetypes - Elves with a fair amount of controlling features, and a more aggressive version that utilizes the warrior-based effects from Morningtide (such as <c>Obsidian Battle-Axe</c> and <c>Bramblewood Paragon</c>).
Sample Elves (non-Warriors) decklist as piloted to 7th place at Grand Prix Shizouka by Taischi Fujimoto:
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Lands
4 Forest
4 Swamp
4 Gilt-Leaf Palace
4 Llanowar Wastes
4 Treetop Village
4 Mutavault
1 Pendelhaven
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Creatures
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Imperious Perfect
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Wren's Run Vanquisher
3 Civic Wayfinder
2 Wolf-Skull Shaman
1 Boreal Druid
Planeswalkers
3 Garruk Wildspeaker
Instants
4 Nameless Inversion
Sorceries
4 Thoughtseize
3 Profane Command
Sideboard
4 Shriekmaw
4 Hurricane
3 Seal of Primordium
2 Wren's Run Packmaster
2 Primal Command
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Sample Elves/Warriors decklist as piloted to 7th place at Grand Prix Chiba by Shuhei Nakamura
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Lands
14 Forest
4 Treetop Village
3 Mutavault
2 Pendelhaven
Creatures
4 Bramblewood Paragon
4 Chameleon Colossus
4 Civic Wayfinder
4 Imperious Perfect
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Wren's Run Vanquisher
4 Boreal Druid
3 Wren's Run Packmaster
Artifacts
4 Obsidian Battle-Axe
Sorceries
2 Overrun
Sideboard
4 Serrated Arrows
3 Tormod's Crypt
3 Seal of Primordium
2 Cloudthresher
1 Elvish Champion
1 Viridian Shaman
1 Primal Command
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