Lord of the Elves by bravomemo

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil, the Elvenking

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This deck is a Sultai Elf tribal combo strategy led by Thranduil, the Elvenking. It uses low-cost Elf mana dorks like Priest of Titania, Bloom Tender, and Elvish Archdruid to quickly accelerate into its five-mana commander. The primary win condition revolves around placing Devoted Druid, Immaculate Magistrate, and Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord into the graveyard using Buried Alive or Entomb. Thranduil inherits their activated abilities, allowing him to tap for +1/+1 counters and untap by placing -1/-1 counters. Because +1/+1 and -1/-1 counters annihilate each other as a state-based action, having at least two Elves in play generates infinite +1/+1 counters and infinite green mana. The combo finishes instantly by sacrificing an infinitely large Elf to Jarad's ability to drain the entire table. The deck also maintains strong backup combat plans through Coat of Arms and Triumph of the Hordes, while defending its engine with Fierce Guardianship and Iron-Shield Elf.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Arcane Investigator
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Confusticate and Bebother
  • 1 Deathbloom Ritualist
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Descendants' Path
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Dina's Guidance
  • 1 Down in the Valley
  • 1 Dwynen's Elite
  • 1 Eclipsed Elf
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Elrond, Moon-Reader
  • 1 Elven Passage
  • 1 Elven Raft-Steerer
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Essence Scatter
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Galadhrim Ambush
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Greater Good
  • 1 Harald Unites the Elves
  • 1 Heartbeat of Spring
  • 1 Hidden Lair
  • 1 High Perfect Morcant
  • 1 Immaculate Magistrate
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 1 Iron-Shield Elf
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lothlórien Blade
  • 1 Lys Alana Dignitary
  • 1 Maralen, Fae Ascendant
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Most Decrepit Old Bird // Speak Secrets
  • 1 Mutant Town
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Out of the Tombs
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Quandrix Charm
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Riddles in the Dark
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Malady
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The Master of Lake-town
  • 1 The Notary Hobbits
  • 1 Thornwood Falls
  • 1 Thranduil the Strategist
  • 1 Thranduil's Company
  • 1 Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally
  • 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
  • 1 Tragic Slip
  • 1 Triumph of the Hordes
  • 1 Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Undermine
  • 1 Unforgiving Aim
  • 1 Urborg Elf
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Wellwisher
  • 1 Wildborn Preserver
  • 1 Witherbloom Command
  • 1 Woodland Weavemaster