Thranduil v2 by tpgh2k

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil, the Elvenking

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 69

Deck overview

Thranduil, the Elvenking leads a fast Sultai Elf-ball combo deck centered on graveyard-activated abilities and massive mana production. The deck uses low-cost mana dorks to deploy early threats before casting premier creature tutors like Buried Alive, Entomb, and Survival of the Fittest. These spells place key Elves into the graveyard, enabling Thranduil, the Elvenking or Necrotic Ooze to combine the abilities of Devoted Druid, Bloom Tender, and Ezuri, Renegade Leader for infinite mana. That mana is immediately converted into a game-ending win via Walking Ballista, Finale of Devastation, or Torment of Hailfire on Turn 4. The deck protects its combo attempts with free and low-cost countermagic such as Force of Will, Fierce Guardianship, and Veil of Summer. Secondary combos like Ashaya, Soul of the Wild paired with Argothian Elder ensure that the deck can win quickly even without its commander.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Argothian Elder
  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deepwood Denizen
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Dryad Arbor
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Elrond, Moon-Reader
  • 1 Elven Passage
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Helix Pinnacle
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Immaculate Magistrate
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jarad's Orders
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Mana Leak
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Natural Order
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Necrotic Ooze
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Skemfar Avenger
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 1 Survival of the Fittest
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
  • 1 Timberwatch Elf
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Umbral Mantle
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wirewood Channeler
  • 1 Wirewood Lodge
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zagoth Triome