But then you'll need to sac a dork or rock to keep her
A few years later, we started getting pretty good elf cards, elf lords, and cards that make elf tokens, and today we have excellent competitive elf decks that swarm the board across different competitive formats
An example is the Vanish mechanic, which seems to be mainly found on Amethyst cards, and makes it so that characters with this keyword are immediately banished upon being targeted by an Action
For instance, look at the two listings below for Magic Lord of the Rings Tales of Middle-Earth Draft Booster Boxes
And just look at all the Knights in the format: Benalish Knight, Burning Shield Askari, Cadaverous Knight, Fallen Askari, Femeref Knight, Knight of Valor, Searing Spear Askari, Shadow Rider, Southern Paladin, Suq'Ata Lancer, Zhalfirin Commander, Zhalfirin Crusader, and Zhalfirin Knight
More importantly, it established specific matchup patterns: 6-1 against Dimir Midrange (excellent), 2-7 against Mono-Red and Gruul Aggro (terrible)