Thranduil by user7244653

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil, the Elvenking

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 90

Deck overview

This deck is an optimized cEDH Sultai Midrange Combo list designed to threaten blistering, protected combo finishes on turns 2 to 3 while maintaining deep mid-game card advantage. Commanded by Thranduil, the Elvenking, the list leverages multiple compact, redundant win conditions: the premier Thassa's Oracle plus Demonic Consultation or Tainted Pact line, the self-contained Witherbloom Apprentice plus Chain of Smog infinite Magecraft drain loop, and an integrated graveyard engine utilizing Buried Alive or Entomb to copy activated abilities via Thranduil or Necrotic Ooze. Fueling these lines is a format-ceiling fast mana suite featuring Chrome Mox, Mox Diamond, Lotus Petal, Mana Vault, and black rituals, backed by ubiquitous tutors like Demonic Tutor and Vampiric Tutor. The deck dominates opposing interaction windows with free countermagic, Veil of Summer, and silence effects like Dosan the Falling Leaf and Allosaurus Shepherd, while engines like Rhystic Study and The One Ring ensure relentless card advantage and rapid recovery.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Birthing Pod
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Chain of Smog
  • 1 Chomping Changeling
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dosan the Falling Leaf
  • 1 Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Hermit Druid
  • 1 Immaculate Magistrate
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Iron-Shield Elf
  • 1 Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marvin, Murderous Mimic
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Necrotic Ooze
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu
  • 1 Snow-Covered Forest
  • 1 Snow-Covered Island
  • 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 1 Survival of the Fittest
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
  • 1 Umbral Mantle
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Unmarked Grave
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witherbloom Apprentice
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor