King Thranduil by Chynski45

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil, the Elvenking

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This Sultai Elf deck combines classic green Elfball acceleration with black drain mechanics and blue utility. Commanded by Thranduil, the Elvenking, the deck curves out rapidly with early mana dorks into token-generating engines like Lathril, Blade of the Elves, Imperious Perfect, and Wolverine Riders. It converts creature volume into immense mana via Elvish Archdruid and Growing Rites of Itlimoc, fueling game-ending turns through Craterhoof Behemoth or repeated life drain from Shaman of the Pack and Poison-Tip Archer. Graveyard recursion engines including Six, Evolution Witness, and Cauldron of Essence ensure resilience against removal, while High Perfect Morcant applies steady -1/-1 counter attrition to opposing boards. The deck aims to assemble a critical mass of creatures by Turn 4, present an overwhelming must-answer board state on Turn 6, and close out the table across 1 response cycle on Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Analyze the Pollen
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage's Charm
  • 1 Avatar of Burgeoning Echoes
  • 1 Beorn the Fierce
  • 1 Call Damage Control
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Confusticate and Bebother
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Dancing from Dark to Dawn
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen
  • 1 Elderfang Venom
  • 1 Elven Ambush
  • 1 Elven Passage
  • 1 Elven Raft-Steerer
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Piper
  • 1 Elvish Promenade
  • 1 Escape Tunnel
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Evolution Charm
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Evolution Witness
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Flourishing Defenses
  • 1 Fog
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
  • 1 Gardenize
  • 1 Golgari Findbroker
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 High Perfect Morcant
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Insidious Roots
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Maralen, Fae Ascendant
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Moldervine Reclamation
  • 1 Mystical Dispute
  • 1 Nissa, Resurgent Animist
  • 1 Omnipresence
  • 1 Oversold Cemetery
  • 1 Part in Friendship
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Poison-Tip Archer
  • 1 Prowess of the Fair
  • 1 Quandrix Charm
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Ramunap Excavator
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Shaman of the Pack
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Shared Summons
  • 1 Simulacrum Shaper
  • 1 Six
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Tutor
  • 1 Tangle
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Thranduil's Company
  • 1 Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally
  • 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
  • 1 Tom, Bert, and William
  • 1 Wolverine Riders