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 Imperious Perfect, Wren's Run Vanquisher, and sometimes Wren's Run Packmaster.

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 Obsidian Battle-Axe and Bramblewood Paragon).

Sample Elves (non-Warriors) decklist as piloted to 7th place at Grand Prix Shizouka by Taischi Fujimoto:  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  Sample Elves/Warriors decklist as piloted to 7th place at Grand Prix Chiba by Shuhei Nakamura  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 