Elvenking by meikyo

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil, the Elvenking

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This deck is a Sultai Elf tribal swarm helmed by Thranduil, the Elvenking. The plan is to flood the board with mana dorks and Elf lords, draw cards off legendary Elf entries, and win through combat or drain. Thranduil, the Elvenking costs five mana and does two jobs: he gives you all activated abilities of Elf cards in your graveyard, and he draws two and discards one whenever another legendary Elf enters. That makes him a value engine, not a combo piece, but the deck leans on him for card flow. Primary wins are go-wide combat boosted by Unnatural Growth, Ezuri, Renegade Leader, and Elvish Warmaster, or direct drain from Shaman of the Pack, Skemfar Shadowsage, and Lathril, Blade of the Elves tapping ten Elves. There are no deterministic infinite combos - the deck wins by building a wide board and turning it sideways.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aetherize
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Ancient Tomb
• 1 Annul
• 1 Aqueous Form
• 1 Arbor Elf
• 1 Beast Whisperer
• 1 Beast Within
• 1 Bloom Tender
• 1 Blur
• 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1 Breeding Pool
• 1 Cavern of Souls
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Dionus, Elvish Archdruid
• 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
• 1 Eladamri, Korvecdal
• 1 Eldritch Evolution
• 1 Elfsworn Giant
• 1 Elvish Archdruid
• 1 Elvish Champion
• 1 Elvish Mystic
• 1 Elvish Promenade
• 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
• 1 Elvish Warmaster
• 1 Eternal Witness
• 1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader
• 1 Fauna Shaman
• 10 Forest
• 1 Fyndhorn Elves
• 1 Gaea's Cradle
• 1 Ghostly Flicker
• 1 Golgari Findbroker
• 1 Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
• 1 Haldir, Lórien Lieutenant
• 1 Heritage Reclamation
• 1 Heroic Intervention
• 1 High Perfect Morcant
• 1 Imaryll, Elfhame Elite
• 1 Imperious Perfect
• 7 Island
• 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
• 1 Leaf-Crowned Visionary
• 1 Llanowar Elves
• 1 Llanowar Wastes
• 1 Lotus Petal
• 1 Lys Alana Huntmaster
• 1 Mana Confluence
• 1 Mana Vault
• 1 Maralen, Fae Ascendant
• 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
• 1 Misdirection
• 1 Mox Amber
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 1 Mystical Tutor
• 1 Narset's Reversal
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Nissa, Vastwood Seer // Nissa, Sage Animist
• 1 Pact of Negation
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Priest of Titania
• 1 Prowess of the Fair
• 1 Quirion Ranger
• 1 Reclaim
• 1 Reclamation Sage
• 1 Reflections of Littjara
• 1 Roaming Throne
• 1 Ruthless Winnower
• 1 Sensei's Divining Top
• 1 Shaman of the Pack
• 1 Skemfar Shadowsage
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Strix Serenade
• 4 Swamp
• 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
• 1 Tropical Island
• 1 Unnatural Growth
• 1 Wardens of the Cycle
• 1 Wellwisher
• 1 Wild Growth
• 1 Wirewood Lodge