Another set, another Elf card: Elder of Laurels

[Troy_Costisick]

Hey guys,

This is becoming a quarterly tradition in Magic.  They've printed yet another bomb for elf combo decks.  Check this one out:

Elder of Laurels 
Creature - Human Advisor (R)
: Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of creatures you control.
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Illus. Terese Nielsen
177/264

This thing seems pretty good, but it competes with Ezuir, Renegade leader.  It doesn't give trample, but it can make enough guys absolutely huge.  What do you think?  Is the more toward the Copperhorn Scout or more toward the Green Sun's Zenith/Genesis Wave spectrum of elf cards?

[Blue Lotus]

I don't think this kill is better than grapeshot. Not even flusterstorm can counter 20+ copies of grapeshot due to all the mana you generate.

Elves doesn't need a kill card, it needs something that beats chalice set to one. Also people playing mental misstep hurts the deck a lot.

[AmbivalentDuck]

Elves doesn't need a kill card, it needs something that beats chalice set to one. Also people playing mental misstep hurts the deck a lot.

Engineered Explosives hits Sphere of Resistance and Chalice.  Seems like the obvious answer.

[Blue Lotus]

That seems like a reasonable answer to lodestone golem. In a mono green deck.