People have known how strong
Accelerated Evolution was for a very long time, but it's criminally underplayed in Elysian. The idea for this deck came when I thought about using it as a way to give otherwise monstrous dudes evasion. Specifically:
Cirso, the Great Glutton,
Jotun Feast-Caller, and
Worldbearer Behemoth.
Since all three of them also do fun things when attacking, adding
Xenan Initiation as a part of the 'removal' suite ended up making a lot of sense too. Then it was just trying to find the most efficient way to get maximum value.
Dawnwalker seemed to fit there, since almost every creature in the deck has 5 attack... especially if boosted by
Xenan Obelisk.
This deck struggles a little bit early-game. I ended up cutting
Lightning Storm from the main deck anyway, since only having 4 made them very rare to find. They also ended up not helping our primary gameplan -- get to 5. Drop fatties. Get value.
It's a pretty fun deck to pilot, but boy does it suffer if/when it gets power-starved! Give it a shot and see for yourself.