Thranduil, the Elvenking (Copy) by ben76

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil, the Elvenking

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 53

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Sultai Elf combo build commanded by Thranduil, the Elvenking. The game plan leverages cheap Elf mana dorks and explosive mana engines (Priest of Titania, Bloom Tender, Selvala, Heart of the Wilds) to ramp ahead of curve while filling the graveyard using dedicated tutors like Buried Alive, Entomb, and Dina's Guidance. Once deployed, Thranduil absorbs the activated abilities of all Elf cards in the graveyard, enabling an infinite power, toughness, and mana loop via Devoted Druid paired with Immaculate Magistrate or Timberwatch Elf. This mana is immediately converted into a same-turn table kill using Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord, Elvish Warmaster, or Finale of Devastation. Backed by free and low-cost interaction (Fierce Guardianship, Deadly Rollick, Heroic Intervention) and redundant artifact combo lines like Staff of Domination, the deck executes a fast, resilient clock.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathbloom Ritualist
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Dina's Guidance
  • 1 Dionus, Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Eladamri, Korvecdal
  • 1 Elrond, Moon-Reader
  • 1 Elven Passage
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Warmaster
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Harmonized Crescendo
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 High Perfect Morcant
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Immaculate Magistrate
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Iron-Shield Elf
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Leaf-Crowned Visionary
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Maralen, Fae Ascendant
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morcant's Eyes
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Prime Speaker Vannifar
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Selfless Safewright
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Thranduil's Company
  • 1 Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally
  • 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
  • 1 Timberwatch Elf
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
  • 1 Tyvar, the Pummeler
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Wirewood Lodge
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zagoth Triome