Shared Commander deck
Maralen, Fae Ascendant - Elf and faerie swarm that casts off other decks
Maralen, Fae Ascendant · BGU · 100 cards · 38 lands
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Strategy
Every Elf or Faerie that enters exiles cards from an opponent's library, and once a turn you cast one of them free - up to the number of Elves and Faeries you control. The tribal count is both the engine and its ceiling, so each new body makes the next free spell better. The build goes as wide as possible on cheap tribal creatures and lets other people's decks supply the power.
Early: Mana elves first, because they are tribal bodies and acceleration in the same card. Llanowar Elves, Elvish Mystic, Fyndhorn Elves and Elves of Deep Shadow all count toward the free-cast total while funding the turn. Bitterblossom starts making a Faerie every turn for one mana.
Mid: Maralen arrives and the count starts mattering. Priest of Titania and Elvish Archdruid scale their mana off the board, Imperious Perfect and Elvish Warmaster add bodies each turn, and Spellstutter Sprite and Spell Stutter become real counterspells once the Faerie count is up.
Late: Oona, Queen of the Fae and Lathril, Blade of the Elves convert a wide tribal board into either more Faeries or direct life loss, while Circle of Dreams Druid and Marwyn, the Nurturer produce enough mana to use the free casts on genuinely expensive cards. Alela, Cunning Conqueror punishes every opponent's spell.
Win conditions: Lathril's tap ability drains ten at a time off a wide board, and Kindred Dominance clears everyone else's creatures without touching yours. Cyclonic Rift is the catch-all for a board you cannot win through.
- Bitterblossom - A free Faerie every turn for one mana
- Priest of Titania - Mana that scales with the elf count
- Spellstutter Sprite - A counterspell that grows with the board
- Kindred Dominance - One-sided wipe that spares the tribe
~$345.84
estimated to build this deck
Commander (1)
Maralen, Fae Ascendant
Legendary Creature — Elf Faerie Noble
Flying
Whenever Maralen or another Elf or Faerie you control enters, exile the top two cards of target opponent's library.
Once each turn, you may cast a spell with mana value less than or equal to the number of Elves and Faeries you control from among cards exiled with Maralen this turn without paying its mana cost.
Creatures (52)
High Fae Trickster
Creature — Faerie Wizard
$4.19
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Flying
You may cast spells as though they had flash.
Bitterbloom Bearer
Creature — Faerie Rogue
$14.26
Flash
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life and create a 1/1 blue and black Faerie creature token with flying.
Bloom Tender
Creature — Elf Druid
$13.15
Vivid — {T}: For each color among permanents you control, add one mana of that color.
Priest of Titania
Creature — Elf Druid
$1.54
{T}: Add {G} for each Elf on the battlefield.
Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
Legendary Creature — Faerie Warrior
$0.33
Flash
Flying
Whenever another Faerie you control enters, each opponent loses 1 life.
Faerie Mastermind
Creature — Faerie Rogue
$11.59
Flash
Flying
Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you draw a card.
{3}{U}: Each player draws a card.
Elvish Archdruid
Creature — Elf Druid
$0.48
Other Elf creatures you control get +1/+1.
{T}: Add {G} for each Elf you control.
Scion of Oona
Creature — Faerie Soldier
$9.95
Flash
Flying
Other Faerie creatures you control get +1/+1.
Other Faeries you control have shroud. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities.)
Illusion Spinners
Creature — Faerie Wizard
$0.1
You may cast this spell as though it had flash if you control a Faerie.
Flying
This creature has hexproof as long as it's untapped. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
Legendary Creature — Faerie Noble
$4.08
Flying, deathtouch
Other Faeries you control get +1/+1.
Whenever another Faerie you control dies, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Faerie Harbinger
Creature — Faerie Wizard
$3.92
Flash
Flying
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a Faerie card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
Spellstutter Sprite
Creature — Faerie Wizard
$3.8
Flash
Flying
When this creature enters, counter target spell with mana value X or less, where X is the number of Faeries you control.
Archmage of Echoes
Creature — Faerie Wizard
$13.57
Flying, ward {2}
Whenever you cast a Faerie or Wizard permanent spell, copy it. (The copy becomes a token.)
Mistbind Clique
Creature — Faerie Wizard
$3.09
Flash
Flying
Champion a Faerie (When this enters, sacrifice it unless you exile another Faerie you control. When this leaves the battlefield, that card returns to the battlefield.)
When a Faerie is championed with this creature, tap all lands target player controls.
Shadow Puppeteers
Creature — Faerie Wizard
$2.44
Flying, ward {2}
When this creature enters, create two 1/1 black Faerie Rogue creature tokens with flying.
Whenever a creature you control with flying attacks, you may have it become a red Dragon with base power and toughness 4/4 in addition to its other colors and types until end of turn.
Imperious Perfect
Creature — Elf Warrior
$0.48
Other Elves you control get +1/+1.
{G}, {T}: Create a 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature token.
Alela, Cunning Conqueror
Legendary Creature — Faerie Warlock
$13
Flying
Whenever you cast your first spell during each opponent's turn, create a 1/1 black Faerie Rogue creature token with flying.
Whenever one or more Faeries you control deal combat damage to a player, goad target creature that player controls.
Cloud of Faeries
Creature — Faerie
$0.3
Flying
When this creature enters, untap up to two lands.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Lathril, Blade of the Elves
Legendary Creature — Elf Noble
$1.97
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Whenever Lathril deals combat damage to a player, create that many 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature tokens.
{T}, Tap ten untapped Elves you control: Each opponent loses 10 life and you gain 10 life.
Beast Whisperer
Creature — Elf Druid
$3.73
Whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card.
Selfless Safewright
Creature — Elf Warrior
$0.9
Flash
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.)
When this creature enters, choose a creature type. Other permanents you control of that type gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
Formidable Speaker
Creature — Elf Druid
$8.54
When this creature enters, you may discard a card. If you do, search your library for a creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
{1}, {T}: Untap another target permanent.
Voracious Tome-Skimmer
Creature — Faerie Rogue
$0.2
Flying
Whenever you cast a spell during an opponent's turn, you may pay 1 life. If you do, draw a card.
Glen Elendra Guardian
Creature — Faerie Wizard
$0.45
Flash
Flying
This creature enters with a -1/-1 counter on it.
{1}{U}, Remove a counter from this creature: Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller draws a card.
Champions of the Perfect
Creature — Elf Warrior
$1.63
As an additional cost to cast this spell, behold an Elf and exile it. (Exile an Elf you control or an Elf card from your hand.)
Whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to its owner's hand.
Reclamation Sage
Creature — Elf Shaman
$0.2
When this creature enters, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Talion, the Kindly Lord
Legendary Creature — Faerie Noble
$8.3
Flying
As Talion enters, choose a number between 1 and 10.
Whenever an opponent casts a spell with mana value, power, or toughness equal to the chosen number, that player loses 2 life and you draw a card.
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Legendary Creature — Faerie Wizard
$0.96
Flying
{X}{U/B}: Choose a color. Target opponent exiles the top X cards of their library. For each card of the chosen color exiled this way, create a 1/1 blue and black Faerie Rogue creature token with flying.
High Perfect Morcant
Legendary Creature — Elf Noble
$1.09
Whenever High Perfect Morcant or another Elf you control enters, each opponent blights 1. (They each put a -1/-1 counter on a creature they control.)
Tap three untapped Elves you control: Proliferate. Activate only as a sorcery. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Elves of Deep Shadow
Creature — Elf Druid
$4.48
{T}: Add {B}. This creature deals 1 damage to you.
Elvish Warmaster
Creature — Elf Warrior
$3.91
Whenever one or more other Elves you control enter, create a 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature token. This ability triggers only once each turn.
{5}{G}{G}: Elves you control get +2/+2 and gain deathtouch until end of turn.
Glen Elendra Archmage
Creature — Faerie Wizard
$9.64
Flying
{U}, Sacrifice this creature: Counter target noncreature spell.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
Chomping Changeling
Creature — Shapeshifter
$1.03
Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
When this creature enters, destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment.
Morcant's Loyalist
Creature — Elf Warrior
$0.32
Other Elves you control get +1/+1.
When this creature dies, return another target Elf card from your graveyard to your hand.
Virulent Emissary
Creature — Elf Assassin
$0.65
Deathtouch
Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Deathrite Shaman
Creature — Elf Shaman
$4.38
{T}: Exile target land card from a graveyard. Add one mana of any color. (Activate only as an instant.)
{B}, {T}: Exile target instant or sorcery card from a graveyard. Each opponent loses 2 life.
{G}, {T}: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. You gain 2 life.
Marwyn, the Nurturer
Legendary Creature — Elf Druid
$5.76
Whenever another Elf you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on Marwyn.
{T}: Add an amount of {G} equal to Marwyn's power.
Wolverine Riders
Creature — Elf Warrior
$12.99
At the beginning of each upkeep, create a 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature token.
Whenever another Elf you control enters, you gain life equal to its toughness.
Malleable Impostor
Creature — Faerie Shapeshifter
$5.88
Flash
Flying
You may have this creature enter as a copy of a creature an opponent controls, except it's a Faerie Shapeshifter in addition to its other types and it has flying.
Flitterwing Nuisance
Creature — Faerie Rogue
$0.32
Flying
This creature enters with a -1/-1 counter on it.
{2}{U}, Remove a counter from this creature: Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker this turn, draw a card.
Lys Alana Huntmaster
Creature — Elf Warrior
$0.91
Whenever you cast an Elf spell, you may create a 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature token.
Eclipsed Elf
Creature — Elf Scout
$0.28
When this creature enters, look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal an Elf, Swamp, or Forest card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Faerie Formation
Creature — Faerie
$0.23
Flying
{3}{U}: Create a 1/1 blue Faerie creature token with flying. Draw a card.
Circle of Dreams Druid
Creature — Elf Druid
$17.11
{T}: Add {G} for each creature you control.
Leaf-Crowned Visionary
Creature — Elf Druid
$4.42
Other Elves you control get +1/+1.
Whenever you cast an Elf spell, you may pay {G}. If you do, draw a card.
Wood Elves
Creature — Elf Scout
$0.26
When this creature enters, search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Elvish Harbinger
Creature — Elf Druid
$1.94
When this creature enters, you may search your library for an Elf card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
{T}: Add one mana of any color.
Instants (6)
Spell Stutter
Instant
$0.3
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2} plus an additional {1} for each Faerie you control.
Faebloom Trick
Instant
$0.31
Create two 1/1 blue Faerie creature tokens with flying. When you do, tap target creature an opponent controls.
Assassin's Trophy
Instant
$1.02
Destroy target permanent an opponent controls. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
An Offer You Can't Refuse
Instant
$3.05
Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Cyclonic Rift
Instant
$30.1
Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.
Overload {6}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Sorceries (2)
Kindred Dominance
Sorcery
$4.94
Choose a creature type. Destroy all creatures that aren't of the chosen type.
Toxic Deluge
Sorcery
$5.15
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.
Enchantments (1)
Bitterblossom
Kindred Enchantment — Faerie
$29.68
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life and create a 1/1 black Faerie Rogue creature token with flying.
Lands (38)
Alchemist's Refuge
Land
$0.41
{T}: Add {C}.
{G}{U}, {T}: You may cast spells this turn as though they had flash.
Bojuka Bog
Land
$0.99
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.
{T}: Add {B}.
Emergence Zone
Land
$4.05
{T}: Add {C}.
{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: You may cast spells this turn as though they had flash.
Mistrise Village
Land
$7.41
This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Forest.
{T}: Add {U}.
{U}, {T}: The next spell you cast this turn can't be countered.
Shifting Woodland
Land
$6.93
This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest.
{T}: Add {G}.
Delirium — {2}{G}{G}: This land becomes a copy of target permanent card in your graveyard until end of turn. Activate only if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard.
Faerie Conclave
Land
$0.6
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {U}.
{1}{U}: This land becomes a 2/1 blue Faerie creature with flying until end of turn. It's still a land.
Rogue's Passage
Land
$0.29
{T}: Add {C}.
{4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Command Tower
Land
$0.24
{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Overgrown Tomb
Land — Swamp Forest
$8.75
({T}: Add {B} or {G}.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Exotic Orchard
Land
$0.17
{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Breeding Pool
Land — Forest Island
$9.52
({T}: Add {G} or {U}.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Watery Grave
Land — Island Swamp
$9.85
({T}: Add {U} or {B}.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Path of Ancestry
Land
$0.18
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Hinterland Harbor
Land
$0.29
This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island.
{T}: Add {G} or {U}.
Woodland Cemetery
Land
$0.62
This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Forest.
{T}: Add {B} or {G}.
Basic lands: 5 Swamp 8 Forest 7 Island
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