Thranduil , the Elvenking by StephenS

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil, the Elvenking

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 51

Deck overview

This Sultai Elfball Combo deck uses Thranduil, the Elvenking as both a graveyard-fueled ability toolbox and a card advantage engine. Early turns establish mana velocity through low-cost mana dorks and ramp spells. In the midgame, the deck uses creature tutors and graveyard dumpers such as Buried Alive and Jarad's Orders to place powerful activated abilities into the graveyard for Thranduil, or directly onto the battlefield. The primary win condition revolves around infinite mana combos, most notably Ashaya, Soul of the Wild alongside Argothian Elder, or big mana dorks paired with Staff of Domination or Umbral Mantle. Once infinite mana is generated, the deck draws its entire library, grants haste to its team, and overruns all three opponents in a single turn using Ezuri, Renegade Leader or repeated life-loss triggers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alchemist's Refuge
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Argothian Elder
  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crashing Drawbridge
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dionus, Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Eladamri, Korvecdal
  • 1 Elrond, Moon-Reader
  • 1 Elven Chorus
  • 1 Elven Passage
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Final Parting
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Freed from the Real
  • 1 Golgari Charm
  • 1 Ground Seal
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Hermit Druid
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Immaculate Magistrate
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Jarad's Orders
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Leaf-Crowned Visionary
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Maralen, Fae Ascendant
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Oriq Loremage
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Poison-Tip Archer
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shaman of the Pack
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Silent Gravestone
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 1 Stifle
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Indulgence
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Trickbind
  • 1 Tyvar the Bellicose
  • 1 Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
  • 1 Tyvar, the Pummeler
  • 1 Umbral Mantle
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wirewood Lodge
  • 1 Wood Elves