alela wop by jrael23

Format: Commander

Commander: Alela, Artful Provocateur

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper enchantress and artifact aggro-control strategy led by Alela, Artful Provocateur. Early turns focus on establishing mana acceleration through efficient signets and talismans to cast Alela ahead of curve on turn 3 or 4. Once on the battlefield, every artifact and enchantment cast triggers Alela to create 1/1 flying Faerie tokens that immediately gain her +1/+0 anthem buff. The deck converts evasive combat damage into compounding card advantage using engines like Bident of Thassa, Reconnaissance Mission, and Enduring Curiosity. Defensive enchantments such as Blind Obedience, Ghostly Prison, and Propaganda discourage opposing aggression while cheap countermagic shields the board. The game concludes around turn 8 by overwhelming opponents with a massive swarm of pumped flying tokens, assisted by Obyra, Dreaming Duelist life loss and an overloaded Cyclonic Rift.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alela, Artful Provocateur
  • 1 Alela, Cunning Conqueror
  • 1 All That Glitters
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage of Echoes
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Banner of Kinship
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Etchings of the Chosen
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Favorable Winds
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Glen Elendra Archmage
  • 1 Glen Elendra Liege
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Intangible Virtue
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Scion of Oona
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sephara, Sky's Blade
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Stutter
  • 1 Spellstutter Sprite
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Watery Grave