Thranduil, the Evlenking by iamcwilly

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil, the Elvenking

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a Sultai Elves combo-value deck helmed by Thranduil, the Elvenking, built to weaponize the graveyard as a second hand. The commander's first ability gives him every activated ability on Elf cards in the graveyard, turning Priest of Titania, Heritage Druid, and Devoted Druid into command-zone mana engines once they are in the bin. The second ability layers in card advantage: every other legendary Elf that enters draws two, so the deck packs a dense package of legendary Elf payoffs - Ezuri, Renegade Leader, Marwyn, the Nurturer, Lathril, Blade of the Elves, Dionus, Elvish Archdruid, and others - to churn through the deck while developing a wide Elf board. Primary wins are combat: go-wide Elf beatdown with Ezuri, Renegade Leader's overrun and Elvish Warmaster's deathtouch activation, backed by token generation from Elven Ambush, Elvish Promenade, and Elven Chorus. Secondary lines involve infinite mana through Heritage Druid + untappers or Devoted Druid + untap effects, turned sideways with card draw and Ezuri's pump.

Decklist (108 cards)

  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Canopy Tactician
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Champions of the Perfect
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathbloom Ritualist
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Dionus, Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Drag to the Roots
  • 1 Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
  • 1 Elrond, Moon-Reader
  • 1 Elven Ambush
  • 1 Elven Chorus
  • 1 Elven Passage
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Promenade
  • 1 Elvish Warmaster
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Ezuri, Claw of Progress
  • 1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Farhaven Elf
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Gilt-Leaf Palace
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Grisly Salvage
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Heritage Druid
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Joraga Warcaller
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Leaf-Crowned Visionary
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lys Alana Huntmaster
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Paradise Druid
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Prime Speaker Vannifar
  • 1 Quirion Ranger
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Roots of Wisdom
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Seeker of Skybreak
  • 1 Selfless Safewright
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thranduil the Strategist
  • 1 Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally
  • 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Trystan's Command
  • 1 Turbulent Fen
  • 1 Turbulent Wilderness
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Underrealm Lich
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Wirewood Channeler
  • 1 Wirewood Lodge
  • 1 Wirewood Symbiote
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth