Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally

How to draft it

Roles in each deck

• Ferocious Wolves Threat Good

  Each land you play makes a 1/1 Elf token, and Thranduil's +1/+1 to your other Elves makes every token a 2/2 and Mirkwood Nurturer a 4/3 even without its counter. Silvan Rally, the 3-mana Adventure, mills four cards and puts up to two lands from them into your hand.

  How to play it

  Cast Silvan Rally first only when you are short on lands. Otherwise cast Thranduil before your land drop so that land makes a token. A second copy is mostly a Silvan Rally, since Thranduil is legendary.

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• Draw Two Threat Good

  Each land you play brings a 2/2 Elf, because whenever a land enters under your control, this legendary 2/3 makes a 1/1 Elf token and your other Elves get +1/+1. Islands pay its , and it does about as well here as in Elf Landfall (58.7%), its intended home. Silvan Rally, the 3-mana Adventure, mills four and puts up to two lands from among them into your hand.

  How to play it

  Get it out as early as you can, because each later land drop is a free 2/2. Hobbit Hole makes two tokens, one as it enters and one for the basic it fetches. The Elf tokens are not Humans, so they don't turn on Bard's Company's flash or take Lake-town's counters.

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• Elf Landfall Rewards the plan Core

  The deck is built around this 4-mana 2/3 uncommon. Besides the Elf tokens, his +1/+1 reaches Mirkwood Pathmaker, Wood Elves and Thranduil's Company, and it lets Woodland Weavemaster tap for 2. The symbols are hybrid mana, paid with either green or blue, so any mix of Forests and Islands casts him.

  How to play it

  Silvan Rally, his 3-mana Adventure, mills four and puts up to two lands from among them into your hand, so cast it on turn 3 when your hand is short on lands. The card then waits in exile, and you cast Thranduil from there on turn 4 or 5. When you can pay for him without this turn's land, cast him first and play the land after, for a token right away.

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• Removal Control Threat Good

  Each land that enters under your control gives you a 1/1 Elf token, a 2/2 while Thranduil pumps your other Elves, so every land drop from turn 5 on adds a blocker. This deck casts him for . Silvan Rally ( here, sorcery) mills four and puts up to two lands from among them into your hand to keep those drops coming.

  How to play it

  Cast Silvan Rally on turn 3, then Thranduil from exile on turn 4 or later. Hobbit Hole makes two Elves, one as it enters and one for the basic it fetches. Drawn late with lands already in hand, skip the Adventure and cast Thranduil before your land for the turn.

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• Beasts and Burn Threat Good

  Each land you play after Thranduil makes a 1/1 Elf token, and its other Elves get +1/+1, so each land adds a 2/2. Your Mirkwood Pathmaker and Mirkwood Nurturer are Elves and get the bonus too. Ferocious Wolves has few Elves and still wins 57.5% with it, so you don't need an Elf deck.

  How to play it

  Start with Silvan Rally when you can. It mills four cards and puts up to two lands from among them into your hand, and those lands make Elves once Thranduil is out. Play Thranduil before your land drop so that land makes a token, and chump-block big attackers with the tokens.

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• Patchwork Midrange Threat Good

  Each land that enters under your control adds a 2/2, because the landfall Elf token gets Thranduil's +1/+1. That needs no Elf deck around it, though Mirkwood Pathmaker and Mirkwood Nurturer are Elves that get the bonus too. Silvan Rally ( here) mills four cards and puts up to two lands into your hand, which feed the landfall later.

  How to play it

  With spare mana and few lands in hand, cast Silvan Rally on turn 3 and Thranduil from exile later. The legend rule lets only one Thranduil stay on the battlefield, so a second copy is a weak pick.

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