War Crime by Elfbane5

Format: Commander

Commander: Lathril, Blade of the Elves

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

The deck is a Golgari Elfball deck led by Lathril, Blade of the Elves. Its normal plan is to deploy many cheap Elves, convert them into explosive mana with Priest of Titania, Elvish Archdruid, Circle of Dreams Druid, or Marwyn, the Nurturer, and use tutors to assemble a decisive engine. The strongest supported combo is Priest of Titania plus Staff of Domination, provided the battlefield contains enough additional Elves for the Priest to produce at least five mana. That loop creates infinite mana and draws the library. With Lathril, Blade of the Elves and eleven other Elves, the deck can repeatedly activate Lathril and drain all opponents for 40 life in one turn. The plan has excellent mana velocity and card access, but its ordinary assembly is slow because it needs a large creature board, a three-mana artifact, and a vulnerable mana engine together. Protection is partial, and the deck has little stack interaction or proactive denial.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blooming Marsh
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concordant Crossroads
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dionus, Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Dryad Arbor
  • 1 Eladamri, Korvecdal
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Gilt-Leaf Palace
  • 1 Glimpse of Nature
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Heritage Druid
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria
  • 1 Krosan Grip
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Leaf-Crowned Visionary
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Natural Order
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pendelhaven
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Quirion Ranger
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 1 Survival of the Fittest
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Triumph of the Hordes
  • 1 Turntimber Symbiosis // Turntimber, Serpentine Wood
  • 1 Umbral Mantle
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wirewood Lodge
  • 1 Wirewood Symbiote
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth