Maralen v1 by user1692450

Format: Commander

Commander: Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 23

Deck overview

This deck is a casual Sultai tribal midrange strategy helmed by Maralen, Fae Ascendant. The game plan revolves around casting low-cost Elves and Faeries in the opening turns to develop mana and build creature density. Once Maralen enters the battlefield on Turn 4 or 5, subsequent tribal creature deployments exile cards from opponents' libraries, allowing the deck to cast free spells scaled to its board size. Victory is achieved through traditional combat damage, utilizing mass power amplifiers such as Unnatural Growth, board-clearing effects like In Garruk's Wake, and scaling threats like Moon-Vigil Adherents and Elvish Branchbender. While the deck features fun theft mechanics and steady tribal synergy, it operates at a deliberate pace without fast mana or infinite combos. Its primary vulnerabilities include a high basic land count, a complete lack of targets for Fierce Empath, and extreme susceptibility to mass removal due to minimal protection spells.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aquitect's Defenses
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Attended Socialite
• 1 Beastcaller Savant
• 1 Bone to Ash
• 1 Branchblight Stalker
• 1 Brokers Hideout
• 1 Claustrophobia
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Compelled Duel
• 1 Cunning Evasion
• 1 Dawn's Light Archer
• 1 Deathbloom Ritualist
• 1 Dimir Guildgate
• 1 Disentomb
• 1 Dismal Backwater
• 1 Elvish Branchbender
• 1 Elvish Pioneer
• 1 Evolution Witness
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Field Research
• 1 Fierce Empath
• 17 Forest
• 1 Gala Greeters
• 1 Gamekeeper
• 1 Glamer Gifter
• 1 Glamermite
• 1 Glittermonger
• 1 Greenwheel Liberator
• 1 High Perfect Morcant
• 1 Ice Tunnel
• 1 Illusion Spinners
• 1 In Garruk's Wake
• 9 Island
• 1 Jungle Hollow
• 1 Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy // Tail the Suspect
• 1 Leaf Gilder
• 1 Llanowar Loamspeaker
• 1 Lluwen, Imperfect Naturalist
• 1 Lys Alana Dignitary
• 1 Lys Alana Informant
• 1 Maralen, Fae Ascendant
• 1 Megrim
• 1 Moon-Vigil Adherents
• 1 Natural Spring
• 1 Naturalize
• 1 Noggle the Mind
• 1 Oakenform
• 1 Opulent Palace
• 1 Out of Air
• 1 Overgrown Tomb
• 1 Painful Quandary
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Restless Vinestalk
• 1 Scarblade Scout
• 1 Shessra, Death's Whisper
• 1 Spite // Malice
• 1 Springbloom Druid
• 1 Stab Wound
• 1 Stoic Grove-Guide
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 1 Swamp
• 1 Tajuru Paragon
• 1 Telling Time
• 1 Temple of Deceit
• 1 Temporal Cleansing
• 1 Temporal Extortion
• 1 Thran Dynamo
• 1 Uncharted Haven
• 1 Unnatural Growth
• 1 Verdant Haven
• 1 Whack
• 1 Wildborn Preserver
• 1 Witness Protection
• 1 Yeva's Forcemage
• 1 You Happen On a Glade