Elf king with his bling by the_son_of_odin

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil, the Elvenking

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a graveyard-fueled Sultai Elf combo deck helmed by Thranduil, the Elvenking. The plan is to flood the board with Elf mana dorks, stock the graveyard with high-value activated abilities via mill, dredge, and entomb effects, then let Thranduil, the Elvenking (or Necrotic Ooze / Agatha's Soul Cauldron) inherit those abilities and convert them into infinite mana, overwhelming combat, or drain finishes. Legendary Elves double as card-advantage engines off Thranduil's enter trigger. Primary wins are Staff of Domination loops with oversized mana Elves, Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord drains, and Finale of Devastation / Ezuri, Renegade Leader combat. The deck is tutor-dense, low-curve (AMV ~2.51), and built to assemble through the graveyard as much as the hand.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agatha's Soul Cauldron
  • 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boreal Druid
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dakmor Salvage
  • 1 Deathbloom Ritualist
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Deepwood Denizen
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Dina's Guidance
  • 1 Dionus, Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elrond, Moon-Reader
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Emeritus of Abundance // Regrowth
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Evolution Witness
  • 1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Golgari Grave-Troll
  • 1 Greenhilt Trainee
  • 1 Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Immaculate Magistrate
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
  • 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
  • 1 Life from the Loam
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lluwen, Imperfect Naturalist
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Mesmeric Orb
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Necrotic Ooze
  • 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 Seeker of Skybreak
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Timberwatch Elf
  • 1 Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
  • 1 Tyvar, the Pummeler
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Underrealm Lich
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Viridian Joiner
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zameck Guildmage