<p style="text-align: right;"><em><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Thranduil, the Elvenking" href="#" target="_blank">Thranduil, the Elvenking</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/magali_villeneuve/?hl=en">Magali Villeneuve</a></em></p>
<p>One of my favorite commanders is <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mairsil, the Pretender" href="#" target="_blank">Mairsil, the Pretender</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, a Grixis Wizard who lets us combine multiple activated abilities onto one card. Mairsil is super cool, and lets us do some really unique things, but he's actually pretty balanced. Since we can only activate each unique ability once per turn, it's pretty tough to combo with him.</p>
<p>This new commander, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Thranduil, the Elvenking" href="#" target="_blank">Thranduil, the Elvenking</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, has no such restrictions and can combo with anything, as long as it's an Elf. And you know how Elves are. Let's see what ridiculous things we can do with this legend.</p>
<h2>The Jankiest Way To Use Thranduil, the Elvenking</h2>
<p>Fun Fact: I thought for sure Elves were the creature type with the most activated abilities, but turns out it's Humans! To be fair, this is really just because there are way more Humans than Elves, or any other creature type. I suppose it's natural that humans are going to create a lot of Human cards. But why do I mention this? Because there exists a way to make Thranduil care about Humans rather than Elves, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Artificial Evolution" href="#" target="_blank">Artificial Evolution</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. It's a one-of-a-kind card, which we'll have to tutor for, but once we get it, we can edit Thranduil's text to be any creature type we want!</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Artificial Evolution"></div></div>
<p>The funny thing about this though, is that Elves are already the best creature type to use. They have a ton of activated abilities that synergize well with each other, and a ton of infinite combos as well. While we have way more options with Humans, the synergy just isn't there. We're not somehow improving the deck with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Artificial Evolution" href="#" target="_blank">Artificial Evolution</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, we're objectively making it worse. Buuut... It is really funny. This is absolutely the jankiest way to play with Thranduil, and I would be so very amused if someone pulled up with the Crab version of the deck.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Horseshoe Crab"></div></div>
<h2>The Most Evil Way To Use Thranduil, the Elvenking</h2>
<p>It's definitely <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Iron-Shield Elf" href="#" target="_blank">Iron-Shield Elf</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Underrealm Lich" href="#" target="_blank">Underrealm Lich</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<p>Every single Thranduil deck is going to run these cards and it's going to be so unbelievably annoying. Thranduil is just going to be horrendously difficult to remove. Is it evil to run these cards? Not really, but they're so frustrating, and they're gonna be in every single deck because <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Iron-Shield Elf" href="#" target="_blank">Iron-Shield Elf</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is like 20 cents. Have you ever had the experience of playing against <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Muldrotha, the Gravetide" href="#" target="_blank">Muldrotha, the Gravetide</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Spore Frog" href="#" target="_blank">Spore Frog</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>? You'll try to hit the <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Spore Frog" href="#" target="_blank">Spore Frog</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> with removal, they'll just sacrifice it and have it right back next turn. You can kind of play around it, but there's next to no way to permanently kill the <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Spore Frog" href="#" target="_blank">Spore Frog</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<p>It's just infuriating, and I know Thranduil + <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Iron-Shield Elf" href="#" target="_blank">Iron-Shield Elf</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is gonna be the same thing. It's so good, there's no excuse not to play it, but it's gonna make the deck so, so annoying. I'm already getting frustrated thinking about it.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Iron-Shield Elf"></div></div>
<h2>The Best Combo With Thranduil, the Elvenking</h2>
<p>Sooo, there are a lot of options here. Comboing is kind of this deck's whole thing and most of them just win the game, so it's hard to define a clear winner. But while there isn't a clear best combo, there is a best card to combo with.</p>
<p><div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Devoted Druid"></div></div>.</p>
<p>I mean, duh, obviously it's <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Devoted Druid" href="#" target="_blank">Devoted Druid</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. That card goes infinite with everything, and this is no exception. To go infinite, we need <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Devoted Druid" href="#" target="_blank">Devoted Druid</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> in the graveyard along with any creature that can tap to give itself +2/+2 or more. Then we can add a -1/-1 counter, untap Thranduil, and activate him again. He'll grow huge, and then we can use Devoted Druid's abilities to make infinite mana. It's not an instant win, but any mana sink in the graveyard will change that.</p>
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<h2>The Most Competitive Way To Use Thranduil, the Elvenking</h2>
<p>I think this is the first time I've talked about a cEDH-level card in this series. To be clear, the cEDH bros are still debating whether Thranduil is actually good enough for the format, and you can find an awesome evaluation <a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/thranduil-the-elvenking-a-cedh-one-card-combo">here</a>, but it's clear that Thranduil is quite powerful. Any commander that can hit the board and instantly win the game is pretty nuts. If we want to build a domineering deck with Thranduil it's quite simple, and not even that expensive! We really just need the combo pieces, some mill, a few graveyard tutors, and we're set. We even have the color blue to back us up with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Counterspell" href="#" target="_blank">Counterspell</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>s. It's one of the easiest Bracket 4 decks to build I've ever seen. I definitely foresee Thranduil becoming a frustratingly strong presence at the table.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Marwyn, the Nurturer"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Devoted Druid"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Counterspell"></div></div>
<h2>The Worst Way To Use Thranduil, the Elvenking</h2>
<p>For whatever reason, every single time there's a Typal commander, someone decides to build it with only Changelings. Yes, even for decks that have a strong creature type. For commanders like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Reaper King" href="#" target="_blank">Reaper King</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, it makes a ton of sense, because Changelings are just straight-up better than Scarecrows, but I assure you, Changelings are not better than Elves, especially when those Changelings need activated abilities! And yet, I just know that someone is gonna do it. I don't know if it's a bit, or a challenge, but there will be a Changeling-only Thranduil deck out there, and it's gonna be absolutely terrible.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Mothdust Changeling"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Skeletal Changeling"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Amoeboid Changeling"></div></div>
<p>That being said, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mothdust Changeling" href="#" target="_blank">Mothdust Changeling</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is one of the better ways to give Thranduil flying. But that's not an excuse!</p>
<h2>The Worst Way To Use Thranduil, the Elvenking, Part 2</h2>
<p>While I was looking for a bad way to build Thranduil, I noticed something. The most unique abilities, and the ones that synergized the least with other Elves, were the abilities on legendary creatures. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Selvala, Heart of the Wilds" href="#" target="_blank">Selvala, Heart of the Wilds</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is usually an amazing card, but it's kind of terrible here because Thranduil doesn't play cards with high power. It's the same deal with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Marwyn, the Nurturer" href="#" target="_blank">Marwyn, the Nurturer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and then there's <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ayara, First of Locthwain" href="#" target="_blank">Ayara, First of Locthwain</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, who wants us to sacrifice black creatures. And those are the top three legendary Elves with activated abilities! Why does Thranduil even ask us to play legendary Elves? Surprisingly, I've come to the conclusion that the version of this deck that focuses on legends is quite bad. Yes, they draw cards with our commander, but the majority of them don't synergize nearly as well as nonlegendary Elves. I bet that build is fun, but it's definitely a downgrade.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Selvala, Heart of the Wilds"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Marwyn, the Nurturer"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Ayara, First of Locthwain"></div></div>
<p>Welp, that's <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Thranduil, the Elvenking" href="#" target="_blank">Thranduil, the Elvenking</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. There aren't too many ways to build this fella, but I think we got a good peek into the possibilities. A cEDH contender who can also support Crab typal. That's quite the résumé! Let me know if y'all decide to build the Crab deck, or any other creature type, and stay so far away if you're running <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Iron-Shield Elf" href="#" target="_blank">Iron-Shield Elf</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>!</p>


Five Ways To Use Thranduil, the Elvenking

The Hobbit: a cEDH Set Review

<p style="text-align: right;"><em>Thranduil, the Elvenking | Art by <a href="https://www.patreon.com/MagaliVilleneuveArtworks">Magali Villeneuve</a></em></p>
<p>Well folks, previews for <em>Magic</em>'s return to Middle-earth via <em>The Hobbit</em> have been roll-roll-rolling, and things are already looking to shake up cEDH — and not just with new cards for the 99. May I introduce you to the newest legendary creature to grace the format with a one-card win condition — <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Thranduil, the Elvenking" href="#" target="_blank">Thranduil, the Elvenking</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Thranduil, the Elvenking"></div></div>
<h2>What Does <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Thranduil, the Elvenking" href="#" target="_blank">Thranduil, the Elvenking</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> Do?</h2>
<p>Coming in at <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-2" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-b" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-g" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-u" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>, Thranduil, the Elvenking is a legendary 5/6 Elf Noble creature with one static and one triggered ability. First, Thranduil has all activated abilities of all Elf cards in your graveyard. Second, whenever another legendary Elf you control enters, draw two cards, then discard a card.</p>
<p>Getting that triggered ability out of the way first, cEDH isn't really known for a critical mass of good, legendary Elves. Sure, there are some decks led by Elves, but the mainboard of your average cEDH list isn't running a legendary Elf, and Thranduil here is no exception. So, as far as that triggered ability is concerned, we can ignore it going forward.</p>
<p>On to the real reason Thranduil is going to put up numbers at competitive tables: that static ability. If you've ever played against a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Necrotic Ooze" href="#" target="_blank">Necrotic Ooze</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> combo deck before, then you already know how trivially easy it is to dump the right creatures into the graveyard, only to suddenly be facing down a single creature capable of taking out the entire table at once.</p>
<p>Fortunately for Thranduil, that same principle applies in equal measure even when the restriction of just Elf cards is put on it. That's right, pitch away the right creatures and Thranduil can readily become a lethal powerhouse in a single turn.</p>
<h2>Key Cards for <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Thranduil, the Elvenking" href="#" target="_blank">Thranduil, the Elvenking</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h2>
<h3>Graveyard Fillers</h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Buried Alive"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Survival of the Fittest"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Brain Freeze"></div></div>
<p>Starting off with the ways to fill up our graveyard, there are three primary types: targeted <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Entomb" href="#" target="_blank">Entomb</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>-like effects, discard effects, and mass mill.</p>
<p>As far as the first camp is concerned, the only targeted effect used is actually <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Buried Alive" href="#" target="_blank">Buried Alive</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, simply because it is so much better than the likes of Entomb or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Unmarked Grave" href="#" target="_blank">Unmarked Grave</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> in that it is more worthwhile to spend those card slots on tutoring for Buried Alive than it is to run single-target effects.</p>
<p>Thranduil needs three key Elves in the graveyard in order to close out the game, and Buried Alive achieves exactly that, pitching three creatures from your deck straight into the graveyard. So, as we'll see later, resolving a Buried Alive usually means ending the game.</p>
<p>Moving to discard effects, the two primary contenders here are <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Survival of the Fittest" href="#" target="_blank">Survival of the Fittest</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> (an all around staple of green that we'd be running even if we didn't care about the graveyard at all), and the Stax piece <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Chains of Mephistopheles" href="#" target="_blank">Chains of Mephistopheles</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<p>Given enough mana, Survival of the Fittest can also assemble the three-card trifecta on its own, as tutoring for each requisite Elf just to discard it as part of the next Survival activation is a wholly worthwhile strategy.</p>
<p>Last but not least, mass mill. Like Buried Alive, this deck really just runs one card, but it's a doozy: <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Brain Freeze" href="#" target="_blank">Brain Freeze</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Sit back, wait for a particularly nasty stack battle, then throw out a Brain Freeze at the end of it and watch as you mill an easy 20+ cards for just <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-1" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-u" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>. Plus, it's a combo piece.</p>
<h3>Pseudo-Haste Enablers</h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Thousand-Year Elixir"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu"></div></div>
<p>So, we've found a way to get our Elf pile into the graveyard, now what? Well, just about any way you assemble it, the combo involves tapping a creature somewhere along the line, so this deck also runs a selection of effects that enable you to tap your creatures as soon as possible. Tyvar, Thousand-Year Elixir, and Shang-Chi all permit activating activated abilities as though your creatures had haste, which is exactly what we're looking for.</p>
<h2>How Does <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Thranduil, the Elvenking" href="#" target="_blank">Thranduil, the Elvenking</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> Win?</h2>
<h3>Buried Alive Combo</h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Devoted Druid"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Zameck Guildmage"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Incubation Druid"></div></div>
<p>Alrighty, on to the main attraction: Thranduil's one-card combo with Buried Alive. Here's how it works:</p>
<ul>
<li>Starting point: Thranduil is in play and can tap to activate activated abilities (either because it entered on an earlier turn or you control a pseudo-haste enabler).</li>
<li>Cast <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Buried Alive" href="#" target="_blank">Buried Alive</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, searching your library for <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Devoted Druid" href="#" target="_blank">Devoted Druid</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Zameck Guildmage" href="#" target="_blank">Zameck Guildmage</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Incubation Druid" href="#" target="_blank">Incubation Druid</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, then put them into your graveyard.</li>
<li>Now that Thranduil has all activated abilities from those Elves, pay <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-3" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-g" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-g" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span> to put three +1/+1 counters on it <em>(thanks to Incubation Druid's adapt ability).</em></li>
<li>Rinse and repeat the following step three times: tap Thranduil for three mana (<em>thanks to Incubation Druid's mana ability)</em>, then untap Thranduil by putting a -1/-1 counter on it (<em>thanks to Devoted Druid's untap ability</em>).</li>
<li>Once the prior loop is done, you should have at least <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-g" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-g" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-g" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span> and six other mana thanks to Thranduil activations. Additionally, Thranduil will have no +1/+1 counters and no -1/-1 counters on it, as those counters will have canceled out as a state-based action.</li>
<li>Repeat the previous three steps until you have infinite <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-g" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span> and infinite <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-u" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>. Then, begin looping Incubation Druid's adapt ability with Zameck Guildmage's card draw ability, cycling through putting +1/+1 counters on Thranduil and then removing those counters to draw cards.</li>
</ul>
<p>The end of this combo will present you with infinite mana and your entire deck in your hand. From here, you can either close out the game with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Thassa&#039;s Oracle" href="#" target="_blank">Thassa&#039;s Oracle</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, or an infinitely-large board thanks to <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Finale of Devastation" href="#" target="_blank">Finale of Devastation</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<h3>Hermit Druid Combo</h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Hermit Druid"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Deathrite Shaman"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Dread Return"></div></div>
<p>Next up, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Hermit Druid" href="#" target="_blank">Hermit Druid</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Since this deck doesn't run any basic lands, activating Hermit Druid will mill the entire deck. From here, you can either flashback Dread Return to put <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Thassa&#039;s Oracle" href="#" target="_blank">Thassa&#039;s Oracle</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> into play (assuming you have three creatures to sacrifice), or you can iterate through the same infinite mana combo with Devoted Druid and Incubation Druid, replacing Zameck Guildmage with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Deathrite Shaman" href="#" target="_blank">Deathrite Shaman</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, as you'll have the ability to infinitely tap/untap Thranduil in order to activate Deathrite Shaman's second ability a number of times equal to the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard, draining the table for a probably-lethal amount.</p>
<h3>Classic Combos</h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Thassa&#039;s Oracle"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Praetor&#039;s Grasp"></div></div>
<p>As far as classic cEDH combos are concerned, this deck runs the Dimir-classic Tainted Fish combo (Thassa's Oracle and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Demonic Consultation" href="#" target="_blank">Demonic Consultation</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>/<span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tainted Pact" href="#" target="_blank">Tainted Pact</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>), as well as the ability to steal an opponent's <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Underworld Breach" href="#" target="_blank">Underworld Breach</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> combo — thanks to <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Praetor&#039;s Grasp" href="#" target="_blank">Praetor&#039;s Grasp</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> — as the deck already runs both <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Brain Freeze" href="#" target="_blank">Brain Freeze</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Lion&#039;s Eye Diamond" href="#" target="_blank">Lion&#039;s Eye Diamond</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> as synergy pieces (mill and discard).</p>
<h2><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Thranduil, the Elvenking" href="#" target="_blank">Thranduil, the Elvenking</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> cEDH Deck List</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Thranduil cEDH" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
[/Commander]
[Creatures]
*1 Badgermole Cub
*1 Birds of Paradise
*1 Deathrite Shaman
*1 Delighted Halfling
*1 Devoted Druid
*1 Elves of Deep Shadow
*1 Elvish Spirit Guide
*1 Faerie Mastermind
*1 Hermit Druid
*1 Incubation Druid
*1 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
*1 Mockingbird
*1 Orcish Bowmasters
*1 Priest of Titania
*1 Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu
*1 Thassa&#039;s Oracle
*1 The Cabbage Merchant
*1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
*1 Zameck Guildmage
[/Creatures]
[Planeswalkers]
*1 Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
[/Planeswalkers]
[Sorceries]
*1 Buried Alive
*1 Culling Ritual
*1 Demonic Tutor
*1 Dread Return
*1 Finale of Devastation
*1 Flash Photography
*1 Grim Tutor
*1 Imperial Seal
*1 Praetor&#039;s Grasp
*1 Yawgmoth&#039;s Will
[/Sorceries]
[Instants]
*1 Autumn&#039;s Veil
*1 Borne Upon a Wind
*1 Brain Freeze
*1 Cabal Ritual
*1 Chord of Calling
*1 Commandeer
*1 Crop Rotation
*1 Culling the Weak
*1 Dark Ritual
*1 Demonic Consultation
*1 Dramatic Reversal
*1 Fierce Guardianship
*1 Flusterstorm
*1 Force of Negation
*1 Force of Will
*1 Lim-Dûl&#039;s Vault
*1 Mental Misstep
*1 Mindbreak Trap
*1 Misdirection
*1 Mystical Tutor
*1 Pact of Negation
*1 Swan Song
*1 Tainted Pact
*1 Vampiric Tutor
*1 Veil of Summer
[/Instants]
[Artifacts]
*1 Chrome Mox
*1 Lion&#039;s Eye Diamond
*1 Lotus Petal
*1 Mana Vault
*1 Mox Diamond
*1 Talisman of Dominance
*1 Talisman of Resilience
*1 Thousand-Year Elixir
*1 Wishclaw Talisman
[/Artifacts]
[Enchantments]
*1 Carpet of Flowers
*1 Chains of Mephistopheles
*1 Copy Enchantment
*1 Mirrormade
*1 Mystic Remora
*1 Rhystic Study
*1 Survival of the Fittest
*1 Wild Growth
[/Enchantments]
[Lands]
*1 Ancient Tomb
*1 Bayou
*1 Bloodstained Mire
*1 Boseiju, Who Endures
*1 Breeding Pool
*1 City of Brass
*1 Command Tower
*1 Emergence Zone
*1 Flooded Strand
*1 Gaea&#039;s Cradle
*1 Gemstone Caverns
*1 Mana Confluence
*1 Marsh Flats
*1 Mistrise Village
*1 Misty Rainforest
*1 Otawara, Soaring City
*1 Overgrown Tomb
*1 Polluted Delta
*1 Scalding Tarn
*1 Starting Town
*1 Tropical Island
*1 Undercity Sewers
*1 Underground Sea
*1 Verdant Catacombs
*1 Watery Grave
*1 Windswept Heath
*1 Wooded Foothills
[/Lands]"></span></div>
<h2>Wrap Up</h2>
<p><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Thranduil, the Elvenking" href="#" target="_blank">Thranduil, the Elvenking</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is another solid option in the world of Sultai midrange decks. Granted, it's a pretty expensive commander at five mana, but don't discount the potency of a one-card win condition that's supported by a deck chock-full of engines.</p>


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