19: Bant Elves (Galadriel) by allaboutduncan

Format: Commander

Commander: Galadriel, Light of Valinor

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a Bant elf-tribal token/value deck built around Galadriel, Light of Valinor. The plan is to land the commander on or around turn three, then convert every subsequent creature cast into an Alliance trigger: three green mana to chain the next spell, a team-wide +1/+1 counter, or a scry-and-draw. The deck floods the battlefield with elf lords and token engines like Elvish Archdruid, Imperious Perfect, Elvish Warmaster, Tendershoot Dryad, Wolverine Riders, Rhys the Redeemed, and Parallel Lives, then closes with an overrun effect: Craterhoof Behemoth, Moonshaker Cavalry, or Akroma's Will. Chulane, Teller of Tales, Beast Whisperer, Thassa, Deep-Dwelling, and Ephemerate form the card-flow and re-trigger spine that keep the snowball rolling. This is a fair, creature-dense midrange strategy that wins through board supremacy rather than combo.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Akroma's Will
• 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
• 1 Ancient Tomb
• 1 Arachnogenesis
• 1 Arboreal Alliance
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Arwen, Weaver of Hope
• 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
• 1 Beast Whisperer
• 1 Beast Within
• 1 Bloom Tender
• 1 Bountiful Promenade
• 1 Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway
• 1 Breeding Pool
• 1 Brigid, Clachan's Heart // Brigid, Doun's Mind
• 1 Chulane, Teller of Tales
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1 Cyclonic Rift
• 1 Elven Chorus
• 1 Elvish Archdruid
• 1 Elvish Mystic
• 1 Elvish Warmaster
• 1 Ephemerate
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Everybody Lives!
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Farewell
• 1 Farhaven Elf
• 1 Farseek
• 1 Fierce Guardianship
• 10 Forest
• 1 Fyndhorn Elves
• 1 Gala Greeters
• 1 Galadhrim Ambush
• 1 Galadhrim Brigade
• 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
• 1 Galadriel, Light of Valinor
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Gruff Triplets
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
• 1 Hinterland Harbor
• 1 Homeward Path
• 1 Imperious Perfect
• 1 Inspiring Call
• 2 Island
• 1 Karn's Bastion
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Llanowar Elves
• 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
• 1 Maze of Ith
• 1 Mirari's Wake
• 1 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Mithril Coat
• 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Noble Hierarch
• 1 Parallel Lives
• 1 Path to Exile
• 3 Plains
• 1 Prismatic Vista
• 1 Reclamation Sage
• 1 Rejuvenating Springs
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Rhys the Redeemed
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Rumor Gatherer
• 1 Sea of Clouds
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Song of the Dryads
• 1 Stroke of Midnight
• 1 Sunpetal Grove
• 1 Supreme Verdict
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Curiosity
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Talisman of Unity
• 1 Temple Garden
• 1 Tendershoot Dryad
• 1 Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
• 1 Vedalken Orrery
• 1 Virtue of Knowledge // Vantress Visions
• 1 Wasteland
• 1 Wolverine Riders
• 1 Wood Elves