Elves go go by user7152671

Format: Commander

Commander: Lathril, Blade of the Elves

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 25

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Golgari Elf tribal strategy commanded by Lathril, Blade of the Elves. It focuses on deploying low-cost Elves and mana dorks early to ramp into Lathril, then using her combat damage trigger to generate a wide army of 1/1 Elf Warrior tokens. Once the board reaches critical mass, the deck bypasses traditional combat obstacles by tapping 10 Elves with Lathril to drain 10 life from each opponent repeatedly, or finishing with devastating overrun effects like End-Raze Forerunners and burst life loss from Shaman of the Pack. The deck features powerful internal tribal scaling through mana generators like Elvish Archdruid and Wirewood Channeler, token multipliers like Elven Ambush, and asymmetric creature attrition from Ruthless Winnower. However, its reliance on a large permanent board makes it vulnerable to mass creature removal, and the lack of universal tutors limits its ability to consistently shield its board or find exact combo finishes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abomination of Llanowar
  • 1 Ambition's Cost
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Binding the Old Gods
  • 1 Bounty of Skemfar
  • 1 Canopy Tactician
  • 1 Casualties of War
  • 1 Champions of the Perfect
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crown of Skemfar
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen
  • 1 Eclipsed Elf
  • 1 Eladamri, Korvecdal
  • 1 Elderfang Ritualist
  • 1 Elderfang Venom
  • 1 Elven Ambush
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Promenade
  • 1 Elvish Rejuvenator
  • 1 End-Raze Forerunners
  • 1 Eyeblight Cullers
  • 1 Eyeblight Massacre
  • 15 Forest
  • 1 Foul Orchard
  • 1 Golgari Findbroker
  • 1 Golgari Guildgate
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Harald, King of Skemfar
  • 1 Harvest Season
  • 1 High Perfect Morcant
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 1 Jagged-Scar Archers
  • 1 Jungle Hollow
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Tribe
  • 1 Lys Alana Huntmaster
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Masked Admirers
  • 1 Moonshadow
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nullmage Shepherd
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pact of the Serpent
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Poison the Cup
  • 1 Poison-Tip Archer
  • 1 Prowess of the Fair
  • 1 Putrefy
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Regal Force
  • 1 Return Upon the Tide
  • 1 Rhys the Exiled
  • 1 Roots of Wisdom
  • 1 Ruthless Winnower
  • 1 Selfless Safewright
  • 1 Shaman of the Pack
  • 1 Skemfar Elderhall
  • 1 Skemfar Shadowsage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springbloom Druid
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Messenger
  • 1 Tergrid's Shadow
  • 1 Timberwatch Elf
  • 1 Twinblade Assassins
  • 1 Voice of Many
  • 1 Voice of the Woods
  • 1 Wirewood Channeler
  • 1 Wolverine Riders
  • 1 Wood Elves