Graveyard Keeper by catpuccino

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil, the Elvenking

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 51

Deck overview

This deck is a Sultai Elfball and graveyard combo deck commanded by Thranduil, the Elvenking. It merges traditional low-cost Elf mana acceleration with graveyard-activated ability recursion and combo loops. Early turns focus on establishing a wide board of mana creatures such as Priest of Titania, Bloom Tender, and Devoted Druid. Once Thranduil or an untap artifact is on the battlefield, the deck converts massive mana generation into infinite mana and draw through synergies like Freed from the Real, Staff of Domination, and Umbral Mantle. Thranduil acts as both an ability outlet and a card-filtering engine when legendary Elves enter. The deck secures victories on turn 4 or 5 by drawing into overrun effects like Ezuri, Renegade Leader and Allosaurus Shepherd to eliminate all opponents in a single attack step.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beastmaster Ascension
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Deathbloom Ritualist
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Dionus, Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Eladamri, Korvecdal
  • 1 Elrond, Moon-Reader
  • 1 Elven Passage
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Piper
  • 1 Elvish Warmaster
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Freed from the Real
  • 1 Galadhrim Ambush
  • 1 Gilt-Leaf Palace
  • 1 Glissa Sunslayer
  • 1 Greenhilt Trainee
  • 1 Haldir, Lórien Lieutenant
  • 1 Hermit Druid
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Immaculate Magistrate
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Intruder Alarm
  • 1 Leaf-Crowned Visionary
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Maralen, Fae Ascendant
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Marwyn, the Preserver
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhys the Exiled
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Selfless Safewright
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Thranduil the Strategist
  • 1 Thranduil's Company
  • 1 Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally
  • 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Timberwatch Elf
  • 1 Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
  • 1 Tyvar, the Pummeler
  • 1 Umbral Mantle
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Underrealm Lich
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Wear Down
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Wirewood Channeler
  • 1 Wirewood Lodge
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Woodland Weavemaster
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast