Elfball by Varanax

Format: Commander

Commander: Lathril, Blade of the Elves

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Golgari Elf tribal deck helmed by Lathril, Blade of the Elves, built around a classic two-pronged game plan: flood the board with cheap Elf mana dorks and token generators, then close the game through one of several overlapping kill lines. The primary path is combat - either a Craterhoof Behemoth or End-Raze Forerunners overrun after Natural Order or a hardcast, or Lathril's own activated drain once ten Elves are tapped. A secondary, more resilient channel is the Staff of Domination infinite-mana package, which can be assembled with Devoted Druid, Marwyn, the Nurturer, Priest of Titania, or Elvish Archdruid and converted into infinite draw and a drain finish. The deck also packs incidental life-loss payoffs in Shaman of the Pack, Skemfar Shadowsage, Poison-Tip Archer, and Throne of the God-Pharaoh. It is a fast, creature-dense aggro-combo hybrid that wants to win before opponents can stabilize.

Decklist (93 cards)

• 1 Arbor Elf
• 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
• 1 Beast Whisperer
• 1 Birchlore Rangers
• 1 Bounty of Skemfar
• 1 Canopy Tactician
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
• 1 Deathrite Shaman
• 1 Devoted Druid
• 1 Dwynen's Elite
• 1 Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen
• 1 Elderfang Venom
• 1 Elven Ambush
• 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1 Elvish Archdruid
• 1 Elvish Guidance
• 1 Elvish Mystic
• 1 Elvish Promenade
• 1 Elvish Warmaster
• 1 End-Raze Forerunners
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader
• 1 Fierce Empath
• 13 Forest
• 1 Foul Orchard
• 1 Fyndhorn Elves
• 1 Glissa Sunslayer
• 1 Gnarlroot Trapper
• 1 Golgari Charm
• 1 Golgari Rot Farm
• 1 Heroic Intervention
• 1 Imperious Perfect
• 1 Jungle Hollow
• 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
• 1 Leaf-Crowned Visionary
• 1 Living Death
• 1 Llanowar Elves
• 1 Llanowar Tribe
• 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
• 1 Miara, Thorn of the Glade
• 1 Moldervine Reclamation
• 1 Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel
• 1 Nullmage Shepherd
• 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1 Poison-Tip Archer
• 1 Priest of Titania
• 1 Prowess of the Fair
• 1 Realmwalker
• 1 Reclamation Sage
• 1 Regal Force
• 1 Rhys the Exiled
• 1 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1 Shaman of the Pack
• 1 Shamanic Revelation
• 1 Skemfar Avenger
• 1 Skemfar Elderhall
• 1 Skemfar Shadowsage
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Staff of Domination
• 7 Swamp
• 1 Throne of the God-Pharaoh
• 1 Twilight Mire
• 1 Tyvar Kell
• 1 Vanquisher's Banner
• 1 Viridian Corrupter
• 1 Wirewood Channeler
• 1 Wirewood Herald
• 1 Wirewood Lodge
• 1 Wirewood Symbiote
• 1 Wolverine Riders
• 1 Wood Elves
• 1 Woodland Chasm