Thranduil AI by user5020404

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil, the Elvenking

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a Sultai Elf-tribal deck helmed by Thranduil, the Elvenking, whose ability to steal every activated ability of Elves in the graveyard turns the deck's heavy self-mill into a live toolbox. The plan is to flood the board with mana dorks, stock the graveyard with key Elves, then use Thranduil as a massive mana engine and finisher. The primary win is a Devoted Druid + Heritage Druid/Priest of Titania line in the yard that lets Thranduil generate 15-25 mana, fueling a Finale of Devastation for X=10 that gives every Elf +10/+10 and haste for a lethal swing. Secondary paths include Lathril, Blade of the Elves's ten-Elf drain (via Thranduil or in play) and Ezuri, Renegade Leader overrun combat. Thranduil's legendary-Elf ETB trigger (draw two, discard one) keeps the hand full throughout.

Decklist (97 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Birchlore Rangers
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Boreal Druid
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commune with Nature
  • 1 Concordant Crossroads
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dwynen's Elite
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Guidance
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Reclaimer
  • 1 Elvish Visionary
  • 1 Elvish Warmaster
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Final Parting
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Grisly Salvage
  • 1 Heritage Druid
  • 1 Immaculate Magistrate
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Joraga Treespeaker
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Visionary
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lys Alana Huntmaster
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Quirion Ranger
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Satyr Wayfinder
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Skull Prophet
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stitcher's Supplier
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Timberwatch Elf
  • 1 Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Wirewood Symbiote
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast