So I've been tossing around the idea of building an elephant-centric deck for a couple years now, and after some time away from the game (last set I was directly involved with playing was Avacyn Restored with some hints of Return to Ravnica since), I wanted to make a splash as I came back into the game and make the deck I've wanted to make.
https://deckbox.org/sets/1233334
The basic idea started out just as elephants, then expanded out a little more to take advantage of the 2-3 main ways I have of generating elephant tokens. Further, I wanted to do this without any of the changelings or the Artifacts like Door of Destinies or the Artifact Creatures that act like lords to try and keep this build a little more challenging and fun.
This deck is definitely a casual deck that will be played in both 1v1 and 3+ free for alls, though mostly the 3+. That being said, my friends don't mind having "money" cards in decks, budget permitting. Eventually I want to put a couple Elephant Graveyards in the deck, but I fully realize that'll be down the line assuming my budget expands some. I've got a decent amount of wiggle room, but getting into the $25+ range for a single card is outside my current budget.
Being elephants with no real way to cheapen the cost through cards like Stinkdrinker Daredevil, I fully realize the deck's curve will naturally be a little on the wonky side.
Also of note, I realize technically Brawn isn't an elephant, but the art is still an elephant.....plus he's a funny card that actually does provide something worthwhile.
The early build of this deck did contain more elephants and flavor like Woolly Loxodon, Loxodon Partisan, Loxodon Gatekeeper, Frontier Mastodon and Loxodon Warhammer, but in the interest of curve, theme, and for Warhammer, just feeling the Sledge was a better fit, they were cut. Similarly, I was also considering Selvala's Charge, Bestial Menace, and Intangible Virtue.
Thank you in advance for any and all help you can provide!