LATHRIL, BLADE OF THE ELVES Speaking of Commander, no Top 20 Elves in Magic list would be complete without the most popular Elf Commander in the format: Lathril, Blade of the Elves
Enter Vandalblast and, yes, we left board wipes out of this list but that's Vandalblasts brutal beauty: This red sorcery can be a one-sided artifact sweeper late in the game, or an extremely efficient artifact sniper early on
These decks are knocking on the door of S-tier, but they may have a small weakness that keeps them out of the upper echelon
Method one is to use it as the kill in an engine or abuse it with cards that return to hand, which would occasionally happen, but it was rare as there were generally more efficient engines
They are often less than ideal with some kind of drawback, like needing to be sacrificed, costing to activate, or entering tapped
However, Caduceus goes back to older wording only requiring 30 life