dont tell the elf by Lawtair

Format: Commander

Commander: Lathril, Blade of the Elves

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Golgari Elf-tribal token swarm deck helmed by Lathril, Blade of the Elves. The core plan is to flood the board with Elf Warrior tokens - generated by Lathril's combat-damage trigger and multiplied by Doubling Season, Parallel Lives, and Primal Vigor - then close the game through a massive overrun. Primary finishers are Craterhoof Behemoth and a high-X Finale of Devastation, with Coat of Arms and Ezuri, Renegade Leader as backup pumps. Lathril's activated ability (tap ten Elves to drain each opponent for 10) is a secondary, commander-centric win that rewards a wide board. The deck leans on an enormous mana-dork package (Priest of Titania, Elvish Archdruid, Heritage Druid, Circle of Dreams Druid) to accelerate into its finishers, with Fauna Shaman, Green Sun's Zenith, and Demonic Tutor providing search.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bounty of Skemfar
  • 1 Bow of Nylea
  • 1 Canopy Tactician
  • 1 Castle Garenbrig
  • 1 Casualties of War
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concordant Crossroads
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
  • 1 Elven Ambush
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Champion
  • 1 Elvish Harbinger
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Promenade
  • 1 Elvish Warmaster
  • 1 Emerald Medallion
  • 1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gilt-Leaf Palace
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Harvest Season
  • 1 Heritage Druid
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Immaculate Magistrate
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 1 Jagged-Scar Archers
  • 1 Joraga Warcaller
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Leaf-Crowned Visionary
  • 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Tribe
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Nurturing Peatland
  • 1 Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
  • 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Poison-Tip Archer
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Primal Vigor
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Quest for Renewal
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Ruthless Winnower
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Skemfar Shadowsage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Tyvar Kell
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Wirewood Channeler
  • 1 Wirewood Lodge
  • 1 Wolverine Riders
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Yeva, Nature's Herald