Lords and Ladies by dmcgarey

Format: Commander

Commander: Lathril, Blade of the Elves

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is a Golgari Elf tribal strategy that combines Voltron equipment buffs with explosive creature swarm mechanics. Commanded by Lathril, Blade of the Elves, the game plan accelerates early mana using 1-drop mana dorks and scaling mana engines like Priest of Titania and Elvish Archdruid. Once deployed, Lathril is suited up with evasive Equipment and the Sword of X and Y cycle to connect for combat damage, creating large waves of 1/1 Elf tokens. The deck converts this wide board state into victory either by tapping ten Elves with Lathril to drain 10 life from each opponent repeatedly, or by executing overwhelming combat overruns via Craterhoof Behemoth, Timberwatch Elf, and Immaculate Magistrate. Dense defensive equipment shields the commander from spot removal, while the deck relies on critical mass and redundant elf engines to outpace opponents.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alpha Authority
  • 1 Alpha Status
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Broken Bond
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Champion of Lambholt
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Copperhorn Scout
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Deadly Allure
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dig Up
  • 1 Dionus, Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Dragonfire Blade
  • 1 Elderfang Venom
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Fireshrieker
  • 1 Flourishing Defenses
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Haunted Cloak
  • 1 High Perfect Morcant
  • 1 Immaculate Magistrate
  • 1 Indomitable Might
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mutavault
  • 1 Oubliette
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Rancor
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Rite of Renewal
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Silkguard
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 13 Snow-Covered Forest
  • 12 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Song of the Dryads
  • 1 Stoneforge Masterwork
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Forge and Frontier
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Sword of Light and Shadow
  • 1 Sword of Once and Future
  • 1 Sword of Sinew and Steel
  • 1 Sword of War and Peace
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Taunting Elf
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Timberwatch Elf
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tyvar Kell
  • 1 Tyvar the Bellicose
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Wellwisher
  • 1 Wirewood Pride
  • 1 Wirewood Symbiote
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth