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Thranduil the Strategist
Legendary Creature — Elf Noble · {3}{G}{U} · Green/Blue commander
What Thranduil the Strategist actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Activated abilityOther Elves you control have "{T}: Add {G} or {U}."
- Triggered ability · etbWhenever a land you control enters, create a 1/1 green Elf creature token.
What a Thranduil the Strategist deck needs
Plays as elf typal. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- token makers and a wide board (every token it empowers taps for mana)
- land ramp, extra land drops and landfall payoffs (its text counts or triggers on lands)
- elf creatures (its text counts them)
The Thranduil the Strategist deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 16× Put a land onto the battlefield — for a landfall commander this triggers where a normal land drop does not
- 12× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 4× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
Best cards for Thranduil the Strategist
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
Put a land onto the battlefield — for a landfall commander this triggers where a normal land drop does not
- Exploration1 mana
- Explore2 mana
- Dryad of the Ilysian Grove3 mana
- Exploration Broodship1 mana
- Azusa, Lost but Seeking3 mana
- Loot, Exuberant Explorer3 mana
- Wayward Swordtooth3 mana
- Druid Class2 mana
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Kozilek's Unsealing3 mana
- Replicating Ring3 mana
- Esika's Chariot4 mana
- Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate0 mana
- Wrenn and Seven5 mana
- Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
- Rampant Frogantua3 mana
- Field of the Dead0 mana
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Elvish Mystic1 mana
- Fyndhorn Elves1 mana
- Llanowar Elves1 mana
- Arbor Elf1 mana
- Bloom Tender2 mana
- Allosaurus Shepherd1 mana
- Boreal Druid1 mana
- Elvish Reclaimer1 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Patchwork Banner3 mana
- Finale of Devastation2 mana
- Beastmaster Ascension3 mana
- Elvish Archdruid3 mana
- Heraldic Banner3 mana
- Assault Formation2 mana
- Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse2 mana
- Sylvan Anthem2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Beast Within3 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
- Emerald Charm1 mana
- Naturalize2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Neoform2 mana
- Celestial Reunion1 mana
- Worldly Tutor1 mana
- Reshape2 mana
- March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
- Mask of the Mimic1 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Mindbreak Trap4 mana
- Fierce Guardianship3 mana
- Force of Negation3 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Flare of Denial3 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Arcane Denial2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Desynchronization4 mana
- Wave Goodbye4 mana
- Whelming Wave4 mana
- Consuming Tide4 mana
- Oversimplify5 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
- Needle Storm3 mana
- Evacuation5 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Herald's Horn3 mana
- Rhystic Study3 mana
Combos with Thranduil the Strategist
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Thranduil the Strategist is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Thranduil the Strategist + Kodama Of The East Tree + Simic Growth Chamber165 decks
- Thranduil the Strategist + Kodama Of The East Tree + Oboro, Palace In The Clouds60 decks
- Thranduil the Strategist + Kodama Of The East Tree + Guildless Commons50 decks
- Thranduil the Strategist + Perilous Forays + Nissa, Resurgent Animist39 decks
- Thranduil the Strategist + Perilous Forays + Tireless Provisioner35 decks
- Thranduil the Strategist + Intruder Alarm + Deadeye Navigator30 decks
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