Thranduil, the Strategist (Simic Landfall) BUIILDING (duplicated from moxcitrine) by gfparadiso

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil the Strategist

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Simic Elf-tribal Landfall value engine helmed by Thranduil the Strategist, who turns every other Elf into a mana dork and generates an Elf token on every landfall. The deck's plan is to ramp explosively, chain extra land drops through Oracle of Mul Daya, Azusa, Lost but Seeking, Dryad of the Ilysian Grove, and Exploration, then convert a wide board of Elf tokens and landfall creatures into a one-shot kill via Craterhoof Behemoth, Finale of Devastation, or Triumph of the Hordes. Secondary beatdown lines come from Mossborn Hydra and Scythecat Cub doubling counters on landfall, plus Coat of Arms and Chronicle of Victory as tribal anthems. It is a classic ramp-into-overrun deck with a deep redundancy of interchangeable ramp and token pieces rather than any combo line.

Decklist (101 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Greenwarden
  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Blighted Woodland
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 Bucklebury Ferry
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dionus, Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Elven Passage
  • 1 Elven Raft-Steerer
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 For the Common Good
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Gyre Sage
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Icetill Explorer
  • 1 Isengard, Saruman's Fortress
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Kodama of the West Tree
  • 1 Krosan Grip
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Mirkwood Meditator
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mossborn Hydra
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Pendelhaven
  • 1 Planar Engineering
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Scythecat Cub
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Tempt with Discovery
  • 1 Terrain Generator
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 Thranduil the Strategist
  • 1 Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Toph, Earthbending Master
  • 1 Triumph of the Hordes
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth