Maralen, Misappropriation machine by Dragon_Reborn

Format: Commander

Commander: Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a Sultai tribal midrange list helmed by Maralen, Fae Ascendant. It blends classic green Elf mana acceleration with blue and black Faerie evasion and interactive spells. The core engine deploys low-cost dorks and evasive Faeries on early turns to cast Maralen by Turn 4. Once operational, Maralen exiles cards from opponents' libraries and casts spells for free each turn scaled to your Elf and Faerie count. Midgame turns leverage token generators like Elven Ambush and drain engines like Lathril, Blade of the Elves to mount massive combat pressure. The deck also features an infinite token combo in Presence of Gond and Intruder Alarm, which synergizes with Maralen by exiling all opponents' libraries simultaneously. Backed by cheap countermagic and bounce removal, the deck generates compounding tempo, though it remains vulnerable to sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alchemist's Refuge
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Arcane Adaptation
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Cast Down
  • 1 Champions of the Perfect
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Cloud of Faeries
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Countersquall
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deadeye Navigator
  • 1 Decisive Denial
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
  • 1 Elven Ambush
  • 1 Faebloom Trick
  • 1 Feywild Visitor
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gaea's Herald
  • 1 Glen Elendra Guardian
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Grim Backwoods
  • 1 Gyre Sage
  • 1 Heartless Act
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Icon of Ancestry
  • 1 Intruder Alarm
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Leyline of Transformation
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Maralen, Fae Ascendant
  • 1 Military Intelligence
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
  • 1 Oona, Queen of the Fae
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Paradise Druid
  • 1 Presence of Gond
  • 1 Quickling
  • 1 Quirion Elves
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Return to Nature
  • 1 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Silkguard
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellstutter Sprite
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Urborg Elf
  • 1 Vendilion Clique
  • 1 Villainous Wealth
  • 1 Vitalize
  • 1 Wildborn Preserver
  • 1 Wilderness Reclamation
  • 1 Windswift Slice
  • 1 Wirewood Symbiote