Elven Landfall by Strife6567

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil the Strategist

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck is a high-powered Simic Elfball and Landfall strategy commanded by Thranduil the Strategist. The core game plan blends low-cost mana dorks and efficient land ramp spells to accelerate into Thranduil on Turn 3 or 4. Once assembled, every land drop creates a 1/1 Elf token, and Thranduil turns every non-token and token Elf into a mana dork tapping for green or blue. This rapidly snowballs into massive mana reserves through synergistic multipliers like Priest of Titania, Circle of Dreams Druid, and Gaea's Cradle. The deck converts this overwhelming resource advantage into a decisive same-turn kill on Turn 5 via unblockable or trample overruns like Craterhoof Behemoth, Finale of Devastation, and Ezuri, Renegade Leader. A dense suite of free and efficient counterspells (Force of Will, Fierce Guardianship) and board protection (Heroic Intervention, Allosaurus Shepherd) insulates the game plan from opposing disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
  • 1 Ancient Greenwarden
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Banner of Kinship
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dionus, Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Elven Ambush
  • 1 Elven Passage
  • 1 Elven Raft-Steerer
  • 1 Elvenking's Halls
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Warmaster
  • 1 Entish Restoration
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Galadhrim Brigade
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Leaf-Crowned Visionary
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Scout
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nissa, Resurgent Animist
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 PuPu UFO
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Thranduil the Strategist
  • 1 Thranduil's Company
  • 1 Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Walking Atlas
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth