Lathril by user2532618

Format: Commander

Commander: Lathril, Blade of the Elves

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Golgari Elf tribal strategy commanded by Lathril, Blade of the Elves. It accelerates early through dense 1- and 2-mana dorks like Llanowar Elves and Priest of Titania to deploy Lathril ahead of curve on Turn 3. The engine rapidly expands its board presence through token producers such as Elvish Warmaster, Dwynen's Elite, and Elven Ambush. Card velocity is maintained by drawing through Beast Whisperer, Leaf-Crowned Visionary, and Skullclamp. Once the board achieves critical mass of 10 or more Elves, the deck pressures the table on Turn 5 through Lathril's tap ability—draining 10 life from each opponent—or via massive combat overruns from Tyvar, the Pummeler and Overwhelming Stampede. A full table elimination is reliably executed on Turn 6. Supported by versatile interaction and protection spells like Heroic Intervention, the deck presents a fast, resilient clock.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Canopy Tactician
  • 1 Champions of the Perfect
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Copperhorn Scout
  • 1 Crashing Drawbridge
  • 1 Decree of Pain
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Dwynen's Elite
  • 1 Elven Ambush
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Guidance
  • 1 Elvish Harbinger
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Promenade
  • 1 Elvish Warmaster
  • 1 Evolution Witness
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Flourishing Defenses
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
  • 1 Gilt-Leaf Palace
  • 1 Glacier Godmaw
  • 1 Golgari Charm
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 High Perfect Morcant
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Leaf-Crowned Visionary
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Tribe
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lys Alana Huntmaster
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Miara, Thorn of the Glade
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Pact of the Serpent
  • 1 Paradise Druid
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Quirion Elves
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Selfless Safewright
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Skemfar Elderhall
  • 1 Skemfar Shadowsage
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of the Paruns
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Tear Asunder
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Tyvar Kell
  • 1 Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
  • 1 Tyvar, the Pummeler
  • 1 Vitalize
  • 1 Volatile Fault
  • 1 Wirewood Channeler
  • 1 Wirewood Symbiote
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery