5.58 - Dead Elves Society by PeanutsOfAwe

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil, the Elvenking

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This deck is a Sultai Elf kindred midrange deck led by Thranduil, the Elvenking. The game plan establishes early mana velocity through efficient mana dorks like Llanowar Elves, Priest of Titania, and Incubation Druid. Once mana is online, the deck develops wide Elf presence and deploys the commander to gain activated abilities from the graveyard while generating card filtering whenever legendary Elves enter. The deck closes games through wide combat damage amplified by lords such as Elvish Archdruid, massive single-target pumps from Timberwatch Elf, life drain via Skemfar Shadowsage and Lathril, Blade of the Elves, or a high-mana Finale of Devastation. While the deck recovers well from removal thanks to Thranduil utilizing binned Elf abilities, its reliance on combat damage over multiple turn cycles leaves it vulnerable to well-timed board sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bilbo's Deadly Slice
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cantankerous Keepers
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Confusticate and Bebother
  • 1 Consign to Memory
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Dina's Guidance
  • 1 Eclipsed Elf
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Elven Chorus
  • 1 Elven Passage
  • 1 Elven Raft-Steerer
  • 1 Elvenking's Halls
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Emil, Vastlands Roamer
  • 1 Enchanted River's Grasp
  • 1 Escape Tunnel
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Fetid Pools
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flourishing Defenses
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Galion, Elvenking's Butler
  • 1 Glorfindel, Dauntless Rescuer
  • 1 Harmonized Crescendo
  • 1 High Perfect Morcant
  • 1 Hobbit Hole
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
  • 1 Kagha, Shadow Archdruid
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Life // Death
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lluwen, Exchange Student // Pest Friend
  • 1 Lonely Sandbar
  • 1 Lys Alana Dignitary
  • 1 Lys Alana Informant
  • 1 Manor Gate
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Morcant's Eyes
  • 1 Morcant's Loyalist
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pride of the Perfect
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Quandrix Charm
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Scarblade Scout
  • 1 Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
  • 1 Sharpshooter Elf
  • 1 Shoot the Sheriff
  • 1 Silvan Reveler
  • 1 Skemfar Shadowsage
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Thranduil's Company
  • 1 Thranduil's Decree
  • 1 Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally
  • 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Timberwatch Elf
  • 1 Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
  • 1 Uneasy Partings
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Woodland Weavemaster
  • 1 Zameck Guildmage