Lathril Theory by sock_exe

Format: Commander

Commander: Lathril, Blade of the Elves

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Lathril, Blade of the Elves is an aggressive Golgari Elfball deck that uses early mana Elves and land-tutor ramp to cast Lathril quickly, then attacks with menace to build a Warrior-token board. The primary finish is Lathril's ten-Elf drain, repeated with Seedborn Muse, Vitalize, and Wirewood Lodge. The secondary win is a token explosion into Craterhoof Behemoth, either hard-cast or fetched by Natural Order; Elven Ambush and Elvish Promenade turn a medium board into an alpha strike. Skemfar Shadowsage and Shaman of the Pack drain life as backup. Marwyn acts as the closest thing to a hidden commander, converting Elf entry counters into large green mana. There is no two-card combo kill.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
  • 1 Alpha Status
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Canopy Tactician
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Elderfang Venom
  • 1 Elven Ambush
  • 1 Elven Chorus
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Promenade
  • 1 Elvish Warmaster
  • 1 Emerald Medallion
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 15 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Glimpse of Nature
  • 1 Golgari Signet
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 1 Jungle Hollow
  • 1 Krosan Grip
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Leaf-Crowned Visionary
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lys Alana Huntmaster
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Natural Order
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Putrefy
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ruthless Winnower
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Shaman of the Pack
  • 1 Skemfar Shadowsage
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Umbral Mantle
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vitalize
  • 1 Wirewood Channeler
  • 1 Wirewood Lodge
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth