Dead Elves Tell No Tales BUILT by user5739331

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil, the Elvenking

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Thranduil, the Elvenking is the deck's toolbox engine: the deck mills Elves into the graveyard so Thranduil can borrow their activated abilities-mana-dork taps, untaps, pumps, and Jarad's sacrifice. The primary path is to assemble Ashaya and Arbor Elf on the battlefield with Seeker of Skybreak and a mana-dork Elf in the graveyard, generating unlimited mana and turning it into Exsanguinate or a Jarad sacrifice. The secondary path is ordinary elfball pressure with Lathril, Edric, and several lords. There is no double-faced commander here, and Thranduil, Sindarin Liege is a strong supporting lord and token maker rather than a hidden commander.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abomination of Llanowar
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Blooming Marsh
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Contingency Plan
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deathbloom Ritualist
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Dragonfire Blade
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Drown in Filth
  • 1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
  • 1 Elrond, Lord of Rivendell
  • 1 Elven Passage
  • 1 Elven Raft-Steerer
  • 1 Elvenking's Halls
  • 1 Elvenking's Harper
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Enchanted River's Grasp
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Glowspore Shaman
  • 1 Gnarlroot Trapper
  • 1 Harmonized Crescendo
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Immaculate Magistrate
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Invisibility
  • 1 Iron-Shield Elf
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
  • 1 Kagha, Shadow Archdruid
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Scout
  • 1 Miara, Thorn of the Glade
  • 1 Mirkwood
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nissa, Vastwood Seer // Nissa, Sage Animist
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Realm Seekers
  • 1 Rhys the Exiled
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Seeker of Skybreak
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
  • 1 Silvan Reveler
  • 1 Simic Cluestone
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Skemfar Shadowsage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Tajuru Blightblade
  • 1 Thranduil's Company
  • 1 Thranduil's Decree
  • 1 Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally
  • 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
  • 1 Titan's Grave
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
  • 1 Tyvar, the Pummeler
  • 1 Urborg Elf
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak
  • 1 Wirewood Channeler
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Zameck Guildmage