Earthshaking Land Fall (ELF) by Survanoid

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil the Strategist

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Simic Elf-Landfall midrange deck helmed by Thranduil the Strategist. The plan is to flood the board with lands, convert every land drop into 1/1 Elf tokens via the commander and supporting landfall engines, then turn those Elves into a mana engine and a lethal go-wide army. Thranduil the Strategist is the primary token factory and gives every Elf "{T}: Add {G} or {U}," so the board quickly becomes both ramp and pressure. Secondary engines (Jaheira, Friend of the Forest, Tatyova, Benthic Druid, Nissa, Worldsoul Speaker, Imperious Perfect) keep the snowball rolling even if the commander is answered. Wins come from classic Elf overrun turns (Overrun, Overwhelming Stampede, Nissa, Ascended Animist's ultimate) backed by lords and a dense land-ramp package; Ruin Crab offers a light mill backup. The deck is deliberately high-curve and land-centric rather than combo-oriented.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Asinine Antics
  • 1 Beanstalk Giant // Fertile Footsteps
  • 1 Boughside Wanderers
  • 1 Cantankerous Keepers
  • 1 Collective Unconscious
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cycle of Renewal
  • 1 Dancing from Dark to Dawn
  • 1 Down in the Valley
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Druid Class
  • 1 Earthbender Ascension
  • 1 Elven Passage
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Regrower
  • 1 Embrace the Paradox
  • 1 Entish Restoration
  • 17 Forest
  • 1 Gala Greeters
  • 1 Halsin, Emerald Archdruid
  • 1 Hedge Shredder
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 17 Island
  • 1 Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
  • 1 Lake-town Mariners // Gone Fishing
  • 1 Leaf-Crowned Visionary
  • 1 Leyline of Abundance
  • 1 Mirkwood Pathmaker
  • 1 Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
  • 1 Nissa, Ascended Animist
  • 1 Nissa, Worldsoul Speaker
  • 1 Overrun
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Part in Friendship
  • 1 Planar Engineering
  • 1 Planar Genesis
  • 1 Polymorphist's Jest
  • 1 Press the Enemy
  • 1 Proctor's Gaze
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Reshape the Earth
  • 1 Riddles in the Dark
  • 1 Ruin Crab
  • 1 Seismic Sense
  • 1 Selfless Safewright
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Silvan Reveler
  • 1 Six
  • 1 Skyserpent Seeker
  • 1 Song of the Dryads
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tam, Observant Sequencer // Deep Sight
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Tempt with Discovery
  • 1 Thranduil the Strategist
  • 1 Thranduil's Company
  • 1 Thranduil's Decree
  • 1 Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally
  • 1 Through the Forest Gate
  • 1 Titania's Command
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Virulent Emissary
  • 1 Wisdom of Ages
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Zimone's Experiment