Copy of - The Woodland Realm Strikes Back - Thranduil budget build by user9042536

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil, the Elvenking

Bracket: 5

Deck overview

This is a Sultai Elf combo deck helmed by Thranduil, the Elvenking, whose first ability - gaining all activated abilities of Elf cards in the graveyard - turns him into a one-card infinite-mana engine once the right Elves are buried. The primary plan is to assemble infinite green mana via Devoted Druid plus an untap effect (Quirion Ranger, Wirewood Symbiote, or Thranduil himself), or Umbral Mantle on a large dork like Marwyn, the Nurturer or Priest of Titania, then sink it into Walking Ballista, Torment of Hailfire, or Exsanguinate. Thranduil's second ability - drawing two cards whenever another legendary Elf enters - provides steady card advantage alongside Beast Whisperer, Guardian Project, and Kindred Discovery. Secondary wins include Craterhoof Behemoth and Overwhelming Stampede combat overruns and a Genesis Wave dump. The deck is fast, tutor-dense, and built to close the game in a single explosive turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Argothian Elder
  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Boreal Druid
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Destiny Spinner
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Genesis Wave
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Glimpse of Nature
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Grisly Salvage
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Immaculate Magistrate
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Jarad's Orders
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Languish
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Natural Order
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Quirion Ranger
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Sea Gate Oracle
  • 1 Skemfar Avenger
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
  • 1 Timberwatch Elf
  • 1 Timeless Witness
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Umbral Mantle
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Wirewood Lodge
  • 1 Wirewood Symbiote
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zagoth Triome