Around Elves Watch Yourselves by Ayahuasca

Format: Commander

Commander: Lathril, Blade of the Elves

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Golgari Elfball list piloted by Lathril, Blade of the Elves. The primary strategy focuses on explosive early mana acceleration through low-cost mana dorks and scaling mana generators such as Priest of Titania, Elvish Archdruid, and Gaea's Cradle. Once deployed, Lathril rapidly converts combat damage into an army of 1/1 Elf tokens. The deck translates this wide board state into a decisive win through overwhelming combat overruns led by Craterhoof Behemoth, Finale of Devastation, or repeated activations of Ezuri, Renegade Leader. Alternatively, it can draw out the game through Lathril's activated ability to drain 10 life per tap or execute infinite untap loops using Staff of Domination. While exceptionally fast and capable of closing games by Turn 5 or 6, the deck remains vulnerable to well-timed board sweepers and heavy creature removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cover of Darkness
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dionus, Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Eclipsed Elf
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Elven Passage
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Champion
  • 1 Elvish Harbinger
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Reclaimer
  • 1 Elvish Warmaster
  • 1 Emerald Medallion
  • 1 Emeritus of Abundance // Regrowth
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Gilt-Leaf Palace
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Haunting Voyage
  • 1 Heritage Druid
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 High Perfect Morcant
  • 1 Joraga Treespeaker
  • 1 Krosan Grip
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lys Alana Huntmaster
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Natural Order
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Quirion Ranger
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Tear Asunder
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Timberwatch Elf
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Turbulent Fen
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Tyvar Kell
  • 1 Tyvar the Bellicose
  • 1 Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
  • 1 Umbral Mantle
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Virulent Emissary
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wirewood Lodge
  • 1 Wirewood Symbiote
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth