Such a special snowflake <| sep |> So one week we ' re called antiprod and then this week we ' re antitaig . You can ' t win . <| sep |> Some general rules when playing against bluePlay out your lesspowerful spells first to try and get them to counter them . Only do this when you can afford to e . g . if you are going to lose the game next turn if you don ' t resolve a copy of Timberwatch Elf , you are going to have to hope they don ' t have a counterspell . Remember that their cost for playing countermagic is largely keeping mana untapped . If you can force them to counter spells they wouldn ' t like to counter because otherwise they will have wasted their turn , try to do so . Always play around Daze , unless you would be happy with the exchange . E . g . if they daze your third mana elf , you are probably fine with it . I understand in the first turn or two you may not be able to do so . Try and force them to Daze on turn 1 if they are going to . The setback in mana development will help you force through a play on turn 2 , as they will still only have one out on the draw , at least . If they let nonthreats through , you have two options win with nonthreats , or play enough threats in one turn that they can ' t counter them all . This will mean storing up 24 cards and playing them all out at once . Spellstutter Sprite is a powerful Magic card , and Elves have almost no way to avoid running into it . In games 23 , try and resolve a Scattershot Archer when they are tapped out killing their faeries in response to the ETB Trigger will mean the counter fizzles , nullifying the faerie ' s usefulness . MonoU Delver is one of the strongest decks in the format , but Elves should have a good matchup against it . Speak to your opponents and ask them when they felt the turning point for the game was , and see what you could do to change it . When it comes to Affinity and Bogles , I have less experience , but my general thought is that Affinity should be slightly favoured also . Its 44 ' s come down early , quickly and in multiples . Play around Daze , and just smash face . Keep up Galvanic Blast to kill a faerie in response to the ETB trigger , and don ' t rely on . For Bogles , I ' ve always assumed it was a good matchup also . They struggle to interact with your clock , and after you resolve just 12 spells , they can ' t race you . Postsideboard they occasionally bring in aura hate . Aura Flux is such a powerful card that if you see lots of them , I would suggest not playing Bogles , but besides that veryspecific hate card , I would think that playing intoaround would be the main skill of the matchup ?