Maralen by user6798832

Format: Commander

Commander: Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This Sultai deck blends Elf and Faerie kindred synergies under the command of Maralen, Fae Ascendant. The game plan accelerates mana on early turns using efficient mana dorks like Priest of Titania, Bloom Tender, and Llanowar Elves. Deploying Maralen on Turn 4 immediately activates her ability to exile opposing library cards and cast relevant spells for free based on your Elf and Faerie creature count. On Turn 5, the deck converts this mana and card advantage into an overwhelming board presence using token multipliers like Elven Ambush, Lathril, Blade of the Elves, and Lys Alana Huntmaster, supported by flash enablers like Leyline of Anticipation and High Fae Trickster. Over the next two turn cycles, lord buffs and mass pumps from Elvish Warmaster and Elvish Archdruid overwhelm the table through evasive combat and life-drain activations. While vulnerable to mass sweepers, the deck maintains resilience through strong secondary kindred engines and steady card flow.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alela, Cunning Conqueror
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage of Echoes
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Blooming Marsh
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Botanical Sanctum
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 Cloud of Faeries
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Dwynen's Elite
  • 1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
  • 1 Eladamri, Korvecdal
  • 1 Elrond, Moon-Reader
  • 1 Elven Ambush
  • 1 Elven Chorus
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Warmaster
  • 1 Emeritus of Abundance // Regrowth
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faebloom Trick
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gilt-Leaf Palace
  • 1 Glen Elendra Archmage
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Leaf-Crowned Visionary
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lys Alana Huntmaster
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Maraleaf Pixie
  • 1 Maralen, Fae Ascendant
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Morcant's Loyalist
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pestermite
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Quirion Ranger
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Scion of Oona
  • 1 Scryb Ranger
  • 1 Secluded Glen
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sower of Temptation
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Spellstutter Sprite
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
  • 1 Thranduil's Company
  • 1 Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Wirewood Symbiote
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth