Blackwood Legion by user3117382

Format: Commander

Commander: Lathril, Blade of the Elves

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Golgari Elf tribal strategy centered on Lathril, Blade of the Elves. The primary game plan accelerates mana through early Elves like Priest of Titania and Llanowar Elves to deploy Lathril by Turn 3. On Turn 4, Lathril attacks through blockers with innate menace, rapidly generating 1/1 Elf Warrior tokens. By Turn 5, the battlefield achieves critical mass, leveraging scaling mana engines such as Gaea's Cradle and Circle of Dreams Druid into devastating overruns like Craterhoof Behemoth, repeatable Ezuri, Renegade Leader pumps, or Lathril's activated ability to drain each opponent for 10 life. The deck features exceptional board shielding with Heroic Intervention, Asceticism, and Eladamri, Lord of Leaves, but relies heavily on creature permanents for mana velocity, making it susceptible to board sweepers. Without fast mana artifacts or pure two-card combos, it thrives in optimized casual pods through snowballing creature advantage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abomination of Llanowar
  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Asceticism
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Blooming Marsh
  • 1 Canopy Tactician
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Court of Garenbrig
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dionus, Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Door of Destinies
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen
  • 1 Eladamri, Korvecdal
  • 1 Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
  • 1 Elderfang Venom
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Champion
  • 1 Elvish Guidance
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Warmaster
  • 1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 12 Forest
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Galadhrim Ambush
  • 1 Gilt-Leaf Palace
  • 1 Glissa Sunslayer
  • 1 Golgari Charm
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 1 Joraga Warcaller
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lothlórien Blade
  • 1 Lys Alana Huntmaster
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Nissa Revane
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Poison-Tip Archer
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Putrefy
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Ruthless Winnower
  • 1 Shaman of the Pack
  • 1 Skemfar Shadowsage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Throne of the God-Pharaoh
  • 1 Tribute to the World Tree
  • 1 Tyvar Kell
  • 1 Tyvar the Bellicose
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Vraska Joins Up
  • 1 Wellwisher
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak
  • 1 Windswift Slice
  • 1 Wolverine Riders
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth