Island pass type beat // Alela Cunning Conqueror by user2797781

Format: Commander

Commander: Alela, Cunning Conqueror

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a Dimir flash tempo and tribal token strategy led by Alela, Cunning Conqueror. It develops its mana in the early turns, casts its commander on Turn 4, and passes with open mana to play on opponents' turns. Casting instant-speed removal, card draw, and flash creatures triggers Alela to build an army of 1/1 flying Faerie Rogue tokens while goading opposing threats to disrupt opponent attacks. Card advantage engines such as Enduring Curiosity, Skullclamp, and Faerie Mastermind keep the hand full of cheap interaction. The deck transitions into a lethal win condition on Turn 6 by resolving high-impact overruns such as Coat of Arms, Notorious Throng, Candlekeep Inspiration, or Shadow Puppeteers. While vulnerable to mass sweepers, the deck leverages efficient countermagic and instant-speed sequencing to protect its board and close the game across two subsequent combat rounds.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alela, Cunning Conqueror
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage's Charm
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
  • 1 Candlekeep Inspiration
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Cloud of Faeries
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Confounding Riddle
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Consult the Star Charts
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Desculpting Blast
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dreadship Reef
  • 1 Drown in the Loch
  • 1 Eaten by Piranhas
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faebloom Trick
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Faerie Trickery
  • 1 Fatal Push
  • 1 Favorable Winds
  • 1 Feywild Visitor
  • 1 Flitterwing Nuisance
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Glen Elendra's Answer
  • 1 Halo Forager
  • 1 Harmonized Crescendo
  • 1 Heartless Act
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Impulse
  • 18 Island
  • 1 Keep Watch
  • 1 Misleading Signpost
  • 1 Mocking Sprite
  • 1 Notorious Throng
  • 1 Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
  • 1 Oona's Blackguard
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Prosperous Thief
  • 1 Reset
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Rowan's Grim Search
  • 1 Sakashima's Will
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scion of Oona
  • 1 Shadow Puppeteers
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Shatter
  • 1 Spellstutter Sprite
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Palace
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Transcendent Message
  • 1 Utter Insignificance
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Voracious Tome-Skimmer
  • 1 Waterbender Ascension