Thranduil by user1657706

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil, the Elvenking

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a Sultai Elf-ball combo deck that spends the early turns flooding one-mana mana dorks, drops Thranduil, the Elvenking on turns 3-4, and then converts a graveyard stocked with Elves into infinite mana. Thranduil copies every activated ability of Elf cards in the graveyard, so binning Priest of Titania or Circle of Dreams Druid (huge tap mana) alongside Devoted Druid (free self-untap) makes him an endless mana engine - armed by Buried Alive, Entomb, and Unmarked Grave. Staff of Domination turns that mana into draw-the-deck, and Finale of Devastation or Ezuri, Renegade Leader with Concordant Crossroads closes in a single hasted swing. Thranduil's second ability - draw two whenever another legendary Elf enters - combines with over fifteen cheap dorks, six-plus untap effects, and a massive tutor suite to make the combo matrix highly redundant. Wide/tall Elf combat is the fallback.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concordant Crossroads
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Dionus, Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Eladamri, Korvecdal
  • 1 Elrond, Moon-Reader
  • 1 Elven Passage
  • 1 Elven Raft-Steerer
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Heritage Druid
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Scout
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Mirkwood Pathmaker
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Prime Speaker Vannifar
  • 1 Quirion Ranger
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thranduil the Strategist
  • 1 Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally
  • 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Timberwatch Elf
  • 1 Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Unmarked Grave
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wirewood Symbiote
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zagoth Triome