Elrond by user3022557

Format: Commander

Commander: Elrond, Moon-Reader

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 24

Deck overview

This mono-blue midrange deck uses Elrond, Moon-Reader to convert cheap creature activated abilities into steady card advantage. Low-cost utility creatures such as Hydraulic Helper, Crafty Pathmage, and Merfolk Thaumaturgist trigger Elrond's once-per-turn draw ability, which in turn grows second-draw beaters like Lakeshore Apothecary, Atlantean Cavalry, and Knights of Dol Amroth. The deck supports this engine with countermagic, spot bounce, and tap effects to stall opposing development. In the late game, it looks to close out the table through resilient combat threats including Tatsumasa, the Dragon's Fang, Atlantis Attacks, and Tezzeret, Artifice Master. Because the list features a low land count and modest ramp density, it focuses on patient sequencing and incremental value rather than explosive combo finishes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 A.I.M. Scientists
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcum Dagsson
  • 1 Atlantean Cavalry
  • 1 Bewilder
  • 1 Bilbo Baggins, Burglar // Take a Glance
  • 1 Brine Elemental
  • 1 Cancel
  • 1 Careful Consideration
  • 1 Chronatog Totem
  • 1 Compulsive Research
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crafty Pathmage
  • 1 Crippling Chill
  • 1 Dispersal Shield
  • 1 Disruption Protocol
  • 1 Dreamscape Artist
  • 1 Duplicant
  • 1 Elrond, Lord of Rivendell
  • 1 Elrond, Moon-Reader
  • 1 Fateful Discovery
  • 1 Frozen in Ice
  • 1 Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
  • 1 Graceful Adept
  • 1 Hisoka's Guard
  • 1 Hobbit Hole
  • 1 Hydraulic Helper
  • 18 Island
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Knights of Dol Amroth
  • 1 Lakeshore Apothecary
  • 1 Lonely Sandbar
  • 1 Long-Bodied Grey Dog
  • 1 Looter il-Kor
  • 1 Martyr of Frost
  • 1 Master Transmuter
  • 1 Mechanized Production
  • 1 Merfolk Thaumaturgist
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Monastery Loremaster
  • 1 Most Decrepit Old Bird // Speak Secrets
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nettlecyst
  • 1 No-Dachi
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Ovinize
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Perilous Research
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Riftwing Cloudskate
  • 1 Rimewind Taskmage
  • 1 Riptide Laboratory
  • 1 Riptide Shapeshifter
  • 1 Riptide Survivor
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Rush of Ice
  • 1 Sage of Epityr
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Shire Terrace
  • 1 Short Circuit
  • 1 Shuri, Wakandan Inventor
  • 1 Silver Myr
  • 9 Snow-Covered Island
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Spiketail Drakeling
  • 1 Steel Overseer
  • 1 Telepathy
  • 1 Tezzeret, Artifice Master
  • 1 Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Vedalken Archmage
  • 1 Wipe Away