The Awe of Elvendom by Imposhibible

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil, the Elvenking

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 57

Deck overview

This deck is an optimized Sultai combo-midrange strategy commanded by Thranduil, the Elvenking, fusing traditional Elfball ramp with graveyard-based activated ability duplication. The central strategy revolves around placing key Elves with complementary activated abilities—principally Devoted Druid, Immaculate Magistrate, and Incubation Druid—into the graveyard using efficient tutors like Buried Alive and Entomb. Once in the graveyard, Thranduil or Necrotic Ooze inherits these abilities, allowing the pilot to tap for counters, untap via -1/-1 counters, and tap for multi-color mana, creating an infinite mana and infinite power loop. The deck easily converts this infinite mana into a same-turn table kill via Finale of Devastation, Torment of Hailfire, or drawing the entire deck through Arcane Investigator. Supported by robust card engines like Rhystic Study and Black Market Connections, along with efficient Sultai interaction, the deck operates with high velocity, resilience to creature removal, and multiple redundant backup paths.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Agatha's Soul Cauldron
  • 1 Alchemist's Refuge
  • 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
  • 1 Arcane Investigator
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Deepwood Denizen
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Eladamri, Korvecdal
  • 1 Elrond, Moon-Reader
  • 1 Elven Passage
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Warmaster
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Freed from the Real
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Gogo, Master of Mimicry
  • 1 Hermit Druid
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Immaculate Magistrate
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Joraga Warcaller
  • 1 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
  • 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
  • 1 Leyline of Transformation
  • 1 Life from the Loam
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lively Dirge
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Louisoix's Sacrifice
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Mesmeric Orb
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Necrotic Ooze
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Prime Speaker Vannifar
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Seeker of Skybreak
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Timberwatch Elf
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Underrealm Lich
  • 1 Unmarked Grave
  • 1 Urborg Elf
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Winding Canyons
  • 1 Wirewood Symbiote
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zagoth Triome