Maralen - Faerie/Elves by user5240446

Format: Commander

Commander: Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This Sultai deck blends Elf mana acceleration with Faerie flash tempo, led by Maralen, Fae Ascendant. Early turns focus on establishing efficient mana dorks and low-cost kindred token engines like Bitterblossom and Elvish Warmaster. Once Maralen enters, every entering Elf or Faerie steals cards from opponents' libraries, providing free spells each turn cycle. Flash enablers such as High Fae Trickster and Leyline of Anticipation allow the deck to deploy threats and trigger Maralen on opponents' turns while holding up premium interaction. Victory is achieved around Turn 5 or 6 by swarming the board and resolving asymmetric finishers like Triumph of the Hordes, Raise the Palisade, or an extra turn via a prowled Notorious Throng.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alchemist's Refuge
  • 1 Alela, Cunning Conqueror
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chomping Changeling
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Warmaster
  • 1 Emeritus of Abundance // Regrowth
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Gilded Drake
  • 1 Glen Elendra Archmage
  • 1 Glen Elendra Guardian
  • 1 Glissa Sunslayer
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Maralen, Fae Ascendant
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mistbind Clique
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Notorious Throng
  • 1 Nymris, Oona's Trickster
  • 1 Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
  • 1 Oko, Thief of Crowns
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pernicious Deed
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Rankle, Master of Pranks
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Riptide Laboratory
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scion of Oona
  • 1 Season of Loss
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Selfless Safewright
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Shatter
  • 1 Sower of Temptation
  • 1 Spellstutter Sprite
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
  • 1 Triumph of the Hordes
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Tyvar, the Pummeler
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Winding Canyons
  • 1 Windswept Heath