Thranduil by user5033897

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil, the Elvenking

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a BUG elfball deck built to make Thranduil, the Elvenking a one-card mana-and-draw engine. Thranduil copies every activated ability of Elves in the graveyard, so the deck mills and loots dorks like Priest of Titania and Wirewood Channeler to make him tap for large mana. The primary plan is to assemble an untap loop with Umbral Mantle or Staff of Domination on Thranduil or another high-yield elf, then convert infinite mana into a drawn deck and an overrun/drain kill. Secondary plans are go-wide elf tokens with anthems and landfall, and Genesis Wave/Deadbridge Chant value. Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally acts as a hidden commander, providing tokens, an anthem, and two land drops. The deck is mid-speed, high-value, and commander-dependent for explosive lines but has enough non-commander engines to keep playing if Thranduil is removed.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Argothian Elder
  • 1 Banner of Kinship
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Canopy Tactician
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dawn-Blessed Pennant
  • 1 Dawnhand Eulogist
  • 1 Deathbloom Gardener
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Down in the Valley
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen
  • 1 Elrond, Moon-Reader
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Guidance
  • 1 Elvish Harbinger
  • 1 Elvish Warmaster
  • 1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader
  • 1 Fog
  • 14 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Galadhrim Brigade
  • 1 Genesis Wave
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Golgari Cluestone
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Harald Unites the Elves
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Joraga Warcaller
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Maralen, Fae Ascendant
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Master Biomancer
  • 1 Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
  • 1 Moon-Vigil Adherents
  • 1 Nyxborn Hydra
  • 1 Old Fat Spider Can't See Me
  • 1 Paradise Druid
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Putrefy
  • 1 Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scarblade Scout
  • 1 Shaman of the Pack
  • 1 Silvan Reveler
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 1 Stir Up Trouble
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of the Paruns
  • 1 Temporal Mastery
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Thranduil's Company
  • 1 Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally
  • 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Timberwatch Elf
  • 1 Tyvar, the Pummeler
  • 1 Umbral Mantle
  • 1 Unforgiving Aim
  • 1 Valgavoth's Lair
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Wellwisher
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Wirewood Channeler
  • 1 Wolverine Riders
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Woodland Weavemaster
  • 1 Wren's Run Vanquisher