First Deck Hype by jinsi

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil the Strategist

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Thranduil the Strategist leads a Simic Elf-landfall deck that turns extra land drops into a wide Elf army and a huge mana base. The primary plan is to ramp into Thranduil, chain landfall triggers into tokens and card draw, then finish with Craterhoof Behemoth or Return of the Wildspeaker. Secondary paths use Bristly Bill and Mossborn Hydra counter doubling, Roil Elemental theft, or Scute Swarm copies. Thranduil's role is both token generator and mana enabler, letting every other Elf tap for colored mana. The hidden Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally acts as a second lord and token engine; its adventure mills lands to enable more landfall.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Greenwarden
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bonny Pall, Clearcutter
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 Broken Bond
  • 1 Bushwhack
  • 1 Circuitous Route
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Curiosity Crafter
  • 1 Dionus, Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Harbinger
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Warmaster
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Escape Tunnel
  • 1 Essence Scatter
  • 1 Farhaven Elf
  • 21 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Honest Work
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Jaspera Sentinel
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Leaf-Crowned Visionary
  • 1 Levitation
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Visionary
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Mole Man, Moloid Master
  • 1 Mossborn Hydra
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Nissa, Resurgent Animist
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Primeval Bounty
  • 1 Raise Repulsor Shields
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Roil Elemental
  • 1 Scapeshift
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Silent Hallcreeper
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Slip Out the Back
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springbloom Druid
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Thornwood Falls
  • 1 Thranduil the Strategist
  • 1 Thranduil's Company
  • 1 Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Traveling Chocobo
  • 1 Wood Elves