Lathril's Elven Ambush: Life and Death in Commander
Strategy
The deck focuses on generating and multiplying Elf tokens, leveraging Lathril, Blade of the Elves' ability to tap Elves for damage and life gain. It uses mana ramp and card draw to maintain board presence and overwhelm opponents with sheer numbers. The deck also includes several powerful finishers like Craterhoof Behemoth and Triumph of the Hordes to close out games.
- Lathril, Blade of the Elves with Elf tokens to deal damage and gain life
- Ambush Commander turning forests into Elves for additional synergy
- Elvish Promenade creating a large number of Elf tokens
Mainboard (100 cards)
Creature
20 cards
Lathril, Blade of the Elves
$1.22
Llanowar Elves
$0.30
Elvish Archdruid
$0.40
Imperious Perfect
Beast Whisperer
$9.15
Elvish Mystic
$1.72
Fyndhorn Elves
$2.21
Dwynen's Elite
$0.29
Reclamation Sage
$0.29
Craterhoof Behemoth
$18.77
Bayou Groff
$0.09
Ambush Commander
Lys Alana Huntmaster
$0.59
Tendershoot Dryad
$3.10
Priest of Titania
$0.49
Marwyn, the Nurturer
$2.28
Shaman of the Pack
$0.48
Elvish Visionary
$0.10
Wirewood Symbiote
$0.11
Oracle of Mul Daya
$3.26
Instant
5 cards
Chord of Calling
$5.86
Beast Within
$0.56
Nature's Claim
$0.71
Heroic Intervention
$10.27
Return of the Wildspeaker
$1.13
Sorcery
5 cards
Cultivate
$0.54
Overrun
$0.32
Elvish Promenade
$3.13
Green Sun's Zenith
$15.64
Triumph of the Hordes
Enchantment
1 cards
All Will Be One
$25.53
Artifact
2 cards
Sol Ring
$1.60
Arcane Signet
$0.42
Planeswalker
2 cards
Garruk Wildspeaker
$3.27
Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
$1.82
Land
65 cards
Command Tower
$0.33
Blooming Marsh
$1.26
Temple of Malady
$0.28
Forest
$0.18 × 31
Swamp
$0.16 × 20
Fabled Passage
$4.35
Overgrown Tomb
$14.94
Llanowar Wastes
$0.22
Woodland Cemetery
$0.37
Twilight Mire
$0.19
Golgari Rot Farm
$0.17
Verdant Catacombs
$20.44
Misty Rainforest
$24.62
Path of Ancestry
$0.14
Nurturing Peatland
$4.63
Bojuka Bog
$0.63
Deck Statistics
CMC Curve
AI-Generated Synergies
Lathril can tap to create 1/1 green Elf Warrior tokens, and Elvish Promenade creates multiple Elf tokens based on the number of Forests you control. This combination allows you to quickly populate the board with Elf tokens, which can then be used to activate Lathril's ability to deal damage and gain life, creating a powerful engine of token creation and board presence.
Both Elvish Archdruid and Priest of Titania generate mana based on the number of Elves you control. This synergy allows for explosive turns where you can generate a large amount of mana to cast big spells or activate abilities, facilitating a ramp strategy that can overwhelm opponents quickly.
Ambush Commander turns Forests into 2/2 green Saproling creature tokens, which can benefit from Tendershoot Dryad's ability to create more Saprolings each turn. This synergy creates a steady flow of creatures that can quickly overwhelm your opponent, especially when combined with Tendershoot Dryad's ability to give your Saprolings +2/+2 during your upkeep.
Garruk Wildspeaker can create Beast tokens while providing mana acceleration through his +1 ability. Beast Whisperer allows you to draw a card whenever you cast a creature spell. This combination helps you generate both board presence and card advantage, ensuring that you can keep casting creatures and drawing into more threats.
Cultivate allows you to ramp by searching for more lands and putting them onto the battlefield, which can enable the casting of Lys Alana Huntmaster. The Huntmaster creates additional Elf tokens when it enters the battlefield, which can further enhance your board state. This synergy provides both ramp and token creation, making it easier to establish a strong presence on the battlefield.
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