Thranduil & 46 Elves (and 1 Radaghast) by Boralin

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil, the Elvenking

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a BUG Elf tribal value deck helmed by Thranduil, the Elvenking. The core plan is classic Elfball-flood the board with dorks and lords, generate enormous mana, then close through combat overruns or life-drain-while leveraging Thranduil as a graveyard-activated-ability engine and legendary-Elf card-advantage piece. Filling the yard with high-impact Elf activated abilities (via Entomb, Buried Alive, and looting) lets Thranduil inherit tap-mana, pump, token, and untap effects, turning him into a one-card toolbox. Legendary Elves trigger his draw-two-discard-one clause for continuous selection. Primary wins are infinite mana/counters through inherited Devoted Druid + Immaculate Magistrate lines, Ezuri, Renegade Leader overruns, Lathril, Blade of the Elves activations, Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord drains, and Finale of Devastation. The deck plays as a midrange tribal engine that grinds value then explodes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arwen, Weaver of Hope
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Dionus, Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Eladamri, Korvecdal
  • 1 Elrond, Moon-Reader
  • 1 Elven Passage
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Champion
  • 1 Elvish Harbinger
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Warmaster
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 14 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Galadhrim Ambush
  • 1 Galadhrim Brigade
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Gilt-Leaf Palace
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Immaculate Magistrate
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Iron-Shield Elf
  • 1 Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Leaf-Crowned Visionary
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Nasty End
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nissa, Resurgent Animist
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Prime Speaker Vannifar
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rhys the Exiled
  • 1 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Ruthless Winnower
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stifle
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Timberwatch Elf
  • 1 Tyvar, the Pummeler
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Underrealm Lich
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wirewood Lodge
  • 1 Woodland Weavemaster
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Yeva, Nature's Herald
  • 1 Zagoth Triome