Duel Wield

Format: Commander

Commander: Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is a Sultai Elf and Faerie kindred deck commanded by Maralen, Fae Ascendant. The early game focuses on deploying low-cost kindred creatures such as Virulent Emissary, Bitterbloom Bearer, and Lys Alana Dignitary while establishing Sultai mana fixing. On Turn 5, casting Maralen immediately triggers her exile ability, allowing the deck to cast spells directly from opponents' libraries for free based on the number of Elves and Faeries in play. The deck transitions into the mid-game by widening the board with token generators and compounding card advantage through Champions of the Perfect and Lonis, Cryptozoologist. Critical pressure arrives on Turn 6 with decisive kindred anthems like Return of the Wildspeaker, mass board doubles from Kindred Summons, or creature suppression via High Perfect Morcant. The deck closes games around Turn 8 through successive lethal combat swings supported by selective reactive disruption and graveyard recursion.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Assert Perfection
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Blossoming Defense
  • 1 Boughside Wanderers
  • 1 Champions of the Perfect
  • 1 Changeling Wayfinder
  • 1 Chomping Changeling
  • 1 Dawn's Light Archer
  • 1 Dawnhand Dissident
  • 1 Dawnhand Eulogist
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Dream Harvest
  • 1 Dream Seizer
  • 1 Eclipsed Elf
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Elvenking's Harper
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fake Your Own Death
  • 1 Firdoch Core
  • 1 Flitterwing Nuisance
  • 21 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Gilt-Leaf's Embrace
  • 1 Glen Elendra's Answer
  • 1 Graveshifter
  • 1 Great Forest Druid
  • 1 Guardian of the Halls
  • 1 Haunting Voyage
  • 1 High Perfect Morcant
  • 1 Iron-Shield Elf
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Kindred Summons
  • 1 Lluwen, Imperfect Naturalist
  • 1 Loch Mare
  • 1 Lonis, Cryptozoologist
  • 1 Lys Alana Dignitary
  • 1 Lys Alana Informant
  • 1 Maralen, Fae Ascendant
  • 1 Melancholic Poet
  • 1 Mind Roots
  • 1 Mirkwood Nurturer
  • 1 Mirkwood Pathmaker
  • 1 Mirrormind Crown
  • 1 Moon-Vigil Adherents
  • 1 Moonglove Extractor
  • 1 Morcant's Eyes
  • 1 Omni-Changeling
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Perfect Intimidation
  • 1 Pestered Wellguard
  • 1 Prismatic Undercurrents
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rooftop Percher
  • 1 Run Away Together
  • 1 Safewright Cavalry
  • 1 Scarblade Scout
  • 1 Scarblade's Malice
  • 1 Selfless Safewright
  • 1 Shimmerwilds Growth
  • 1 Springleaf Parade
  • 1 Stoic Grove-Guide
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Tend the Sprigs
  • 1 Thoughtweft Charge
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Trystan, Callous Cultivator // Trystan, Penitent Culler
  • 1 Unbury
  • 1 Unforgiving Aim
  • 1 Unwelcome Sprite
  • 1 Virulent Emissary