And she was a fearie by user1886236

Format: Commander

Commander: Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This deck is a Sultai (BUG) tribal hybrid of Elves and Faeries, helmed by Maralen, Fae Ascendant. Maralen exiles cards from opponents' libraries on each Elf or Faerie entry and lets you cast spells with mana value the number of Elves and Faeries you control from among those exiled cards. The primary game plan is to establish a wide board of low-cost tribal creatures, then use Maralen's ability to chain free spells, accrue value, and eventually overwhelm opponents with combat damage augmented by tribal anthems, landfall triggers, and extra-turn effects. Secondary win conditions include token swarms from Notorious Throng and Alela, Cunning Conqueror, life drain from Obyra, Dreaming Duelist and Talion, the Kindly Lord, and the occasional Omniscience blowout. The deck is synergy-driven but lacks a compact infinite combo, relying instead on incremental advantage and recursive pressure.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alela, Cunning Conqueror
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Blossoming Defense
  • 1 Botanical Sanctum
  • 1 Cantankerous Keepers
  • 1 Champions of the Perfect
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Dawn-Blessed Pennant
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Dream Seizer
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Ego Drain
  • 1 Elixir of Immortality
  • 1 Elvenking's Halls
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Regrower
  • 1 Elvish Visionary
  • 1 Faerie Fencing
  • 1 Faerie Slumber Party
  • 1 Firdoch Core
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Galion, Elvenking's Butler
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Gathering Stone
  • 1 Glen Elendra's Answer
  • 1 Harmonized Crescendo
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 High Perfect Morcant
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 1 Into the Fae Court
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief
  • 1 Maraleaf Pixie
  • 1 Maralen, Fae Ascendant
  • 1 Mirage Mesa
  • 1 Mirkwood Meditator
  • 1 Mirkwood Nurturer
  • 1 Mirkwood Pathmaker
  • 1 Mirrorform
  • 1 Mocking Sprite
  • 1 Moon-Vigil Adherents
  • 1 Morcant's Loyalist
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nightmare Sower
  • 1 Notorious Throng
  • 1 Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
  • 1 Oko, Lorwyn Liege // Oko, Shadowmoor Scion
  • 1 Oko, Thief of Crowns
  • 1 Omniscience
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Refute
  • 1 Secluded Glen
  • 1 Silvan Reveler
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 1 Sinister Hideout
  • 1 Snaremaster Sprite
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sower of Temptation
  • 1 Spell Stutter
  • 1 Stingblade Assassin
  • 1 Strangled Cemetery
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Talion's Messenger
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Temporal Manipulation
  • 1 The Dross Pits
  • 1 Thornwood Falls
  • 1 Thranduil's Company
  • 1 Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally
  • 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
  • 1 Twilight Diviner
  • 1 Uncharted Haven
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Unexpected Assistance
  • 1 Unforgiving Aim
  • 1 Unwelcome Sprite
  • 1 Vibrant Cityscape
  • 1 Voracious Tome-Skimmer
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Worst Fears
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast