Thranduil by Luckyloky

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil, the Elvenking

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a Sultai (BUG) Elf-combo deck helmed by Thranduil, the Elvenking. The primary game plan is to rapidly assemble infinite mana using untap synergies (Freed from the Real, Umbral Mantle, Staff of Domination) and mana dorks (Priest of Titania, Marwyn, the Nurturer, Devoted Druid), then convert that mana into a win through Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord-sacrificing a huge creature to drain the table-or by drawing the deck with Staff of Domination and using Buried Alive/Living Death to finish. Thranduil himself is a powerhouse: he gains all activated abilities of Elf cards in your graveyard, turning him into a copy of whatever dork or combo piece you need, while his ETB-triggered draw on legendary Elf drops keeps the hand full. The deck is built around an extremely high tutor density (Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, Fauna Shaman, Prime Speaker Vannifar, Skyshroud Poacher, and more) to find either the combo pieces or the recursive tools to recover from disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arwen, Weaver of Hope
  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chthonian Nightmare
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dakmor Salvage
  • 1 Dawnhand Dissident
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Delay
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Dina's Guidance
  • 1 Dionus, Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Eladamri, Korvecdal
  • 1 Elrond, Moon-Reader
  • 1 Elvish Harbinger
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Emeritus of Abundance // Regrowth
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Freed from the Real
  • 1 Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
  • 1 Hazel's Brewmaster
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 High Perfect Morcant
  • 1 Immaculate Magistrate
  • 1 Intruder Alarm
  • 1 Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Scout
  • 1 Lluwen, Imperfect Naturalist
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Nissa, Resurgent Animist
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Prime Speaker Vannifar
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Rise of the Witch-king
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Selfless Safewright
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Skyshroud Poacher
  • 1 Skyshroud Ranger
  • 1 Sorcerer's Wand
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thornbite Staff
  • 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tyvar, the Pummeler
  • 1 Umbral Mantle
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vanille, Cheerful l'Cie
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Yawgmoth's Will
  • 1 Zagoth Triome