thran by shoon

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil, the Elvenking

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Sultai El-ftribal combo-value deck that treats the graveyard as a second hand and turns Thranduil, the Elvenking into a walking Gaea's Cradle-Elf. The primary plan loads the yard with high-impact Elves - Priest of Titania, Marwyn, the Nurturer, Ezuri, Renegade Leader, Lathril, Blade of the Elves, Fauna Shaman - via Buried Alive and Ripples of Undeath, then casts Thanduil to inherit every activated ability they offer: explosive mana, repeatable tutoring, a table-wide drain, and mass pumps. The fallback is a classic wide El-f swarm from Elvish Warmaster, Lys Alana Huntmaster, and Dwynen's Elite, pushed over the top by Beastmaster Ascension, Banner of Kinship, or a single Triumph of the Hordes infect swing. Card flow from Kindred Discovery, Beast Whisperer, Edric, Spymaster of Trest, and Thranduil's legendary-Elf draw trigger keeps the engine fed, with the median kill landing in the turns 6-7 window.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abomination of Llanowar
• 1 Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
• 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Ash Barrens
• 1 Assassin's Trophy
• 1 Banner of Kinship
• 1 Beast Whisperer
• 1 Beastmaster Ascension
• 1 Bontu's Monument
• 1 Breeding Pool
• 1 Buried Alive
• 1 Cavern of Souls
• 1 Coat of Arms
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Commander's Sphere
• 1 Devoted Druid
• 1 Dionus, Elvish Archdruid
• 1 Door of Destinies
• 1 Dwynen's Elite
• 1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
• 1 Eladamri, Korvecdal
• 1 Elrond of the White Council
• 1 Elven Chorus
• 1 Elvish Promenade
• 1 Elvish Warmaster
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader
• 1 Fauna Shaman
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Flourishing Defenses
• 5 Forest
• 1 Formidable Speaker
• 1 Gala Greeters
• 1 Golgari Charm
• 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
• 1 Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
• 1 Herald's Horn
• 1 Heroic Intervention
• 1 High Perfect Morcant
• 1 Immaculate Magistrate
• 1 Imperious Perfect
• 1 Incubation Druid
• 4 Island
• 1 Kindred Discovery
• 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
• 1 Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1 Llanowar Elves
• 1 Llanowar Wastes
• 1 Lys Alana Huntmaster
• 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
• 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Negate
• 1 Opulent Palace
• 1 Overgrown Tomb
• 1 Parallel Lives
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Perpetual Timepiece
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Presence of Gond
• 1 Priest of Titania
• 1 Realmwalker
• 1 Reflecting Pool
• 1 Ripples of Undeath
• 1 Saryth, the Viper's Fang
• 1 Secluded Courtyard
• 1 Stifle
• 1 Sultai Banner
• 3 Swamp
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Talisman of Curiosity
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Talisman of Resilience
• 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
• 1 Triumph of the Hordes
• 1 Turn the Earth
• 1 Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
• 1 Tyvar, the Pummeler
• 1 Unclaimed Territory
• 1 Verdant Catacombs
• 1 Voidslime
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Wirewood Lodge
• 1 Wolverine Riders
• 1 Wrap in Vigor
• 1 Yavimaya Coast
• 1 Zameck Guildmage
• 1 Zendikar Resurgent