Elves by Kurogane628

Format: Commander

Commander: Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Maralen, Fae Ascendant heads a Sultai Elf tribal deck built around exiling opponents' libraries and casting spells from among the exiled cards for free. The primary plan is to drop Elf mana dorks, ramp Maralen out early, then chain Elf token generators until the number of Elves unlocks a free overrun like Overcome or a massive Dream Harvest. The commander's trigger also fuels a strong card-advantage engine, while High Perfect Morcant and Flourishing Defenses form a secondary -1/-1 counter token engine. The deck wins through combat with a wide, trampling board, supported by counterspells, removal, and a moderate amount of graveyard recursion.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Archmage's Charm
  • 1 Blooming Marsh
  • 1 Bushwhack
  • 1 Chomping Changeling
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Creakwood Safewright
  • 1 Dawn-Blessed Pennant
  • 1 Dawnhand Dissident
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Down in the Valley
  • 1 Dream Harvest
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Dwynen's Elite
  • 1 Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen
  • 1 Eaten Alive
  • 1 Eclipsed Elf
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Eladamri, Korvecdal
  • 1 Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
  • 1 Elfsworn Giant
  • 1 Elrond, Moon-Reader
  • 1 Elven Ambush
  • 1 Elvenking's Halls
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Regrower
  • 1 Essence Scatter
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Firdoch Core
  • 1 Firemind Vessel
  • 1 Flitterwing Nuisance
  • 1 Flourishing Defenses
  • 1 Foggy Bottom Swamp
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Gathering Stone
  • 1 Hero's Downfall
  • 1 High Perfect Morcant
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Leyline of Transformation
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lys Alana Dignitary
  • 1 Lys Alana Informant
  • 1 Maralen, Fae Ascendant
  • 1 Mirkwood Pathmaker
  • 1 Morcant's Loyalist
  • 1 Mornsong Aria
  • 1 Obelisk of Urd
  • 1 Omni-Changeling
  • 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
  • 1 Overcome
  • 1 River's Rebuke
  • 1 Selfless Safewright
  • 1 Sinister Hideout
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springbloom Druid
  • 1 Stoic Grove-Guide
  • 1 Summary Dismissal
  • 1 Swallowed by Leviathan
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Offering
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Malady
  • 1 Thornweald Archer
  • 1 Thranduil's Company
  • 1 Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally
  • 1 Topiary Lecturer
  • 1 Trystan's Command
  • 1 Trystan, Callous Cultivator // Trystan, Penitent Culler
  • 1 Tyvar Kell
  • 1 Vinebred Brawler
  • 1 Virulent Emissary
  • 1 Wild Unraveling
  • 1 Wildborn Preserver
  • 1 Woodland Weavemaster