Lathril decklist by Septico

Format: Commander

Commander: Lathril, Blade of the Elves

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 21

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Golgari Elf tribal strategy commanded by Lathril, Blade of the Elves. Its primary game plan revolves around accelerating mana using low-cost Elf druids, casting Lathril on curve, and generating a massive army of 1/1 Elf Warrior tokens through combat damage. Once the Elf count reaches ten or more, Lathril taps to drain each opponent for 10 life and gain 10 life, while wide token swarms threaten lethal combat damage with lords like Elvish Archdruid or finishers like Tyvar, the Pummeler and Craterhoof Behemoth. The deck features excellent burst mana generation and strong tribal draw engines like Beast Whisperer and Skullclamp. Its main strategic limitations are a complete absence of generic tutors, heavy reliance on combat connections, and vulnerability to creature sweepers due to minimal defensive spell protection.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abomination of Llanowar
  • 1 Airship Crash
  • 1 Bane of Progress
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Binding the Old Gods
  • 1 Black Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Blood Money
  • 1 Blooming Marsh
  • 1 Bow of Nylea
  • 1 Champions of the Perfect
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 Colossification
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conformer Shuriken
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Day of Black Sun
  • 1 Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen
  • 1 Eladamri, Korvecdal
  • 1 Elven Chorus
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Promenade
  • 1 Elvish Warmaster
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Foggy Bottom Swamp
  • 18 Forest
  • 1 Gala Greeters
  • 1 Galadhrim Ambush
  • 1 Garruk, Cursed Huntsman
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Gilt-Leaf Palace
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Haldir, Lórien Lieutenant
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Heritage Reclamation
  • 1 Hero's Downfall
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Leaf-Crowned Visionary
  • 1 Legolas Greenleaf
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Leyline of Abundance
  • 1 Lignify
  • 1 Lion Umbra
  • 1 Lys Alana Scarblade
  • 1 Might of the Masses
  • 1 Mobilize
  • 1 Necromantic Selection
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Primal Vigor
  • 1 Prowler's Helm
  • 1 Putrefy
  • 1 Rampaging Brontodon
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 The Death of Gwen Stacy
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Tranquil Thicket
  • 1 Trystan's Command
  • 1 Tyvar Kell
  • 1 Tyvar, the Pummeler
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vitalize
  • 1 Vraska, Golgari Queen
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery