Thrandrull, the elvenking by TheAceWheelie

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil, the Elvenking

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Sultai Elfball deck helmed by Thranduil, the Elvenking that blends classic go-wide Elf tribal with a graveyard-activated-ability engine. Thranduil steals every activated ability from Elf cards in your graveyard while looting whenever another legendary Elf enters, turning the bin into a toolbox of mana sinks, drains, and utility. The deck ramps through dense Elf dorks (Priest of Titania, Elvish Archdruid, Circle of Dreams Druid, Marwyn, the Nurturer), floods the board with tokens, and finishes via Lathril, Blade of the Elves's tap drain, combat under lords, or an infinite-token loop with Presence of Gond and Intruder Alarm. Buried Alive stocks the yard for both Thranduil's ability theft and reanimation via Harald Unites the Elves. Secondary reach comes from Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord drains and Elderfang Venom. The plan is midrange-combo Elf tribal: ramp, fill the yard, draw off legendaries, then explode.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abomination of Llanowar
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cantankerous Keepers
  • 1 Champions of the Perfect
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Creakwood Safewright
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dawn-Blessed Pennant
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Down in the Valley
  • 1 Eclipsed Elf
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
  • 1 Elderfang Venom
  • 1 Elrond, Moon-Reader
  • 1 Elven Ambush
  • 1 Elven Raft-Steerer
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Guidance
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Galadhrim Ambush
  • 1 Galadriel, Elven-Queen
  • 1 Galion, Elvenking's Butler
  • 1 Golgari Signet
  • 1 Harald Unites the Elves
  • 1 Harmonized Crescendo
  • 1 High Perfect Morcant
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 1 Intruder Alarm
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Lluwen, Imperfect Naturalist
  • 1 Lothlórien Blade
  • 1 Maester Seymour
  • 1 Maralen, Fae Ascendant
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Mirkwood Pathmaker
  • 1 Morcant's Eyes
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Presence of Gond
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
  • 1 Selfless Safewright
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
  • 1 Silvan Reveler
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Skemfar Elderhall
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sutina, Speaker of the Tajuru
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
  • 1 Through the Forest Gate
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Trystan's Command
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswift Slice
  • 1 Wirewood Symbiote
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Woodland Weavemaster
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Zameck Guildmage