Thandruil's Will by sebbanjo

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil, the Elvenking

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Sultai Elfball built around Thranduil, the Elvenking, who steals every activated ability of Elf cards from the graveyard. The deck develops fast with dorks and tokens, then mills or tutors key Elves into the bin. Buried Alive for Devoted Druid, Immaculate Magistrate, and Jarad gives Thranduil a compact kill: a tap/untap counter loop makes any Elf enormous, and Jarad's sacrifice drain ends all opponents. Secondary paths include Ezuri overrun combat, Lathril's life-loss activation, and a huge mana Exsanguinate. The other Thranduil (Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally) is support, not a hidden commander. The primary weakness is the deck's reliance on both the commander and an intact graveyard.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abomination of Llanowar
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Asceticism
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Blooming Marsh
  • 1 Brawn
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dionus, Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Eladamri, Korvecdal
  • 1 Elrond, Moon-Reader
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Harbinger
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader
  • 1 Farseek
  • 12 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Glissa Sunslayer
  • 1 Grisly Salvage
  • 1 Hermit Druid
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hidden Lair
  • 1 Icetill Explorer
  • 1 Immaculate Magistrate
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Jarad's Orders
  • 1 Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
  • 1 Kagha, Shadow Archdruid
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Leaf-Crowned Visionary
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lys Alana Huntmaster
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Prime Speaker Vannifar
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu
  • 1 Skyshroud Forest
  • 1 Slip Out the Back
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thranduil the Strategist
  • 1 Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally
  • 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Timberwatch Elf
  • 1 Turbulent Fen
  • 1 Turbulent Wilderness
  • 1 Tyvar the Bellicose
  • 1 Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
  • 1 Tyvar, the Pummeler
  • 1 Urborg Elf
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Watery Grave