fairies by Playpossum64

Format: Commander

Commander: Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This Sultai deck focuses on Faerie tribal synergy, flash timing, and spell theft under Maralen, Fae Ascendant. The early game establishes mana development through ramp pieces like Bloom Tender and Sol Ring while deploying early token producers such as Bitterblossom. By Turn 4, the deck casts Maralen to begin exiling opposing libraries and casting free stolen spells whenever Faeries and Elves enter the battlefield. Flash enablers including High Fae Trickster and Leyline of Anticipation, along with instant-speed threats like Alela, Cunning Conqueror and Faebloom Trick, allow the deck to operate almost entirely on opponents' turns. By Turn 6, a wide swarm of evasive flying Faeries is bolstered by anthem lords such as Scion of Oona, Glen Elendra Liege, and Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor. Supported by an extensive counterspell suite and targeted removal, the deck maintains tempo, drains life totals through Obyra, Dreaming Duelist, and closes out the game through combat damage by Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alela, Cunning Conqueror
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage of Echoes
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blightwing Bandit
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Celestial Reunion
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dream Harvest
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Faebloom Trick
  • 1 Faerie Bladecrafter
  • 1 Faerie Fencing
  • 1 Faerie Formation
  • 1 Faerie Harbinger
  • 1 Faerie Tauntings
  • 1 Faerie Trickery
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Glamermite
  • 1 Glen Elendra Archmage
  • 1 Glen Elendra Guardian
  • 1 Glen Elendra Liege
  • 1 Halo Forager
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Likeness Looter
  • 1 Malleable Impostor
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Maraleaf Pixie
  • 1 Maralen, Fae Ascendant
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nymris, Oona's Trickster
  • 1 Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
  • 1 Oona, Queen of the Fae
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Rankle, Master of Pranks
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Run Away Together
  • 1 Scion of Oona
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sower of Temptation
  • 1 Spell Stutter
  • 1 Spellstutter Sprite
  • 1 Springleaf Parade
  • 1 Stolen by the Fae
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
  • 1 Unbury
  • 1 Urborg Elf
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vedalken Orrery
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Villainous Wealth
  • 1 Voracious Tome-Skimmer
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth