New Untitled Deck by MacaDamian

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil, the Elvenking

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

The deck is an Elfball shell built around Thranduil, the Elvenking. Its commander turns activated abilities on Elf cards in the graveyard into available abilities, making Buried Alive especially useful. The strongest supported finish places Lathril, Blade of the Elves in the graveyard, keeps Dionus, Elvish Archdruid on the battlefield, and gives Thranduil haste with Lightning Greaves. With ten other Elves, Thranduil can repeatedly use Lathril's tap ability. Dionus untaps the Elves after each activation, so four activations make each opponent lose 40 life in one turn. This is a real same-turn finish after assembly, but the ordinary setup is slow: it needs a large Elf board, several colored mana payments, graveyard access, and a haste enabler. The deck has strong mana production and useful interaction, but limited protection and weak recovery after a board wipe. Without Thranduil, it remains a capable but slower Elf tribal deck.

Decklist (99 cards)

  • 1 Agatha's Soul Cauldron
  • 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Champions of the Perfect
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deepwood Denizen
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Dionus, Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Eladamri, Korvecdal
  • 1 Elrond, Moon-Reader
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Warmaster
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 2 Heritage Druid
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Leaf-Crowned Visionary
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Prime Speaker Vannifar
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shaman of the Pack
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally
  • 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Turbulent Fen
  • 1 Turbulent Wilderness
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Tyvar the Bellicose
  • 1 Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
  • 1 Tyvar, the Pummeler
  • 1 Umbral Mantle
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Wirewood Lodge
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Yeva, Nature's Herald
  • 1 Zagoth Triome