Control Yourself, Or Let Me Do It For You. by Thunderthruster

Format: Commander

Commander: Alela, Artful Provocateur

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

Alela, Artful Provocateur leads an Esper enchantress and token swarm deck that converts every artifact and enchantment cast into an evasive Faerie army. The deck accelerates on Turn 2 with dense mana rocks, deploys Alela on Turn 3, and immediately begins generating flying tokens on Turn 4. Stacking anthems such as Cathars' Crusade, Inspiring Leader, and Favorable Winds turns small flyers into massive aerial threats by Turn 5, closing the game through combat by Turn 7. Robust pillowfort elements including Ghostly Prison, Propaganda, and Sphere of Safety stall opposing attackers, while engines like Rhystic Study and Black Market Connections keep the hand full. A secondary win condition in Approach of the Second Sun provides a non-combat finish. Supported by comprehensive interaction and turn-silencing protection, the deck reliably controls the tempo of the table and overwhelms opponents in the air.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Ajani's Welcome
• 1 Alela, Artful Provocateur
• 1 All That Glitters
• 1 Ancient Den
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Approach of the Second Sun
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Authority of the Consuls
• 1 Azorius Signet
• 1 Baleful Strix
• 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
• 1 Bitterblossom
• 1 Black Market Connections
• 1 Blind Obedience
• 1 Caretaker's Talent
• 1 Cathars' Crusade
• 1 City of Brass
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Cyclonic Rift
• 1 Darksteel Mutation
• 1 Deserted Beach
• 1 Dimir Signet
• 1 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Empyrean Eagle
• 1 Enduring Curiosity
• 1 Enduring Innocence
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Etchings of the Chosen
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Faerie Mastermind
• 1 Favorable Winds
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Flawless Maneuver
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Ghostly Prison
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Grand Abolisher
• 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1 Inspiring Leader
• 1 Intangible Virtue
• 3 Island
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Kindred Discovery
• 1 Mana Drain
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Mesa Enchantress
• 1 Morphic Pool
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 1 Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
• 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
• 1 Orzhov Signet
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Phyrexian Arena
• 3 Plains
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Propaganda
• 1 Raffine's Tower
• 1 Rally the Ranks
• 1 Reconnaissance Mission
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Scion of Oona
• 1 Sea of Clouds
• 1 Seat of the Synod
• 1 Shattered Sanctum
• 1 Shipwreck Marsh
• 1 Smothering Tithe
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spell Stutter
• 1 Spellstutter Sprite
• 1 Sphere of Safety
• 1 Starnheim Courser
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 1 Supreme Verdict
• 2 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
• 1 Three Tree City
• 1 Vault of Champions
• 1 Vault of Whispers
• 1 Vault of the Archangel
• 1 Voice of Victory
• 1 Void Rend
• 1 Watery Grave