Hall of the Elven King - Thranduil, The Elven King B4 (Copy) by Allistaar

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil, the Elvenking

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 25

Deck overview

The deck develops a wide Elf board while using cheap mana creatures to reach its five-mana commander. Thranduil, the Elvenking turns Elves in the graveyard into extra activated abilities and rewards each legendary Elf with two cards and one discard. Tutors such as Fauna Shaman, Elvish Harbinger, Finale of Devastation, and Dina's Guidance improve access to the commander, mana engines, or Lathril, Blade of the Elves. The main pressure plan is to assemble ten Elves, then activate Lathril repeatedly so each opponent loses 10 life. This is a strong casual-to-high-power engine, but it is not a compact competitive win: the commander and payoff are expensive, the board is exposed, and the ordinary kill takes several turns. Ezuri, Renegade Leader, Joraga Warcaller, Immaculate Magistrate, and Kindred Discovery provide alternate ways to turn a large Elf board into cards or combat damage. Protection exists, but it is not consistently available alongside development.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deepwood Denizen
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Dina's Guidance
  • 1 Dionus, Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eladamri, Korvecdal
  • 1 Elven Chorus
  • 1 Elven Passage
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Harbinger
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Reclaimer
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Elvish Warmaster
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gilt-Leaf Palace
  • 1 Glissa Sunseeker
  • 1 Gyre Sage
  • 1 Haldir, Lórien Lieutenant
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 High Perfect Morcant
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Immaculate Magistrate
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Jagged-Scar Archers
  • 1 Joraga Treespeaker
  • 1 Joraga Warcaller
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Prime Speaker Vannifar
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Putrefy
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Selfless Safewright
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Tutor
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tromell, Seymour's Butler
  • 1 Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
  • 1 Tyvar, the Pummeler
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Underrealm Lich
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Wellwisher
  • 1 Wirewood Herald
  • 1 Wirewood Lodge
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zagoth Triome