Had to be Elves by Dlofty20

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil, the Elvenking

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Thranduil, the Elvenking turns any Elf in the graveyard into a usable activated-ability suite, but this Sultai Elf-ball deck does not hinge on him. The hidden commander is the Elf-ball core: Priest of Titania, Elvish Archdruid, Marwyn, and Wirewood Channeler generate huge mana, then Staff of Domination or Umbral Mantle turns that mana into infinite untaps. Ezuri, Renegade Leader and Allosaurus Shepherd convert the army into a one-combat kill against all three opponents. Secondary plans include token/Lord beatdown and self-mill recursion through Bloodline Bidding and Harald. Thranduil mainly supplies card advantage and access to discarded mana dorks, so the deck functions at full power even if he is never cast.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abomination of Llanowar
  • 1 Agna Qel'a
  • 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Blooming Marsh
  • 1 Botanical Sanctum
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Dionus, Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Eclipsed Elf
  • 1 Eladamri, Korvecdal
  • 1 Elderfang Venom
  • 1 Elrond, Moon-Reader
  • 1 Elven Passage
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Champion
  • 1 Elvish Harbinger
  • 1 Emerald Medallion
  • 1 Emeritus of Abundance // Regrowth
  • 1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Gilt-Leaf Palace
  • 1 Glimpse of Nature
  • 1 Glissa Sunslayer
  • 1 Harald Unites the Elves
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 High Perfect Morcant
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Immaculate Magistrate
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Leaf-Crowned Visionary
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Maralen, Fae Ascendant
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Mirkwood Elk
  • 1 Nurturing Peatland
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Prowess of the Fair
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Selfless Safewright
  • 1 Shaman of the Pack
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Thranduil the Strategist
  • 1 Thranduil's Company
  • 1 Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally
  • 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Trystan, Callous Cultivator // Trystan, Penitent Culler
  • 1 Tyvar Kell
  • 1 Tyvar the Bellicose
  • 1 Umbral Mantle
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wirewood Channeler
  • 1 Wirewood Lodge
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Yeva, Nature's Herald