B3 Maralen by ajf89

Format: Commander

Commander: Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This Sultai Elfball deck is commanded by Maralen, Fae Ascendant, combining traditional green-black Elf swarm acceleration with blue flash enablers and impulse theft. The primary game plan begins by rapidly deploying efficient mana dorks like Priest of Titania, Bloom Tender, and Llanowar Elves to cast Maralen ahead of curve on Turn 4. As Elves and Faeries enter the battlefield, Maralen exiles cards from opponents' libraries and casts relevant spells for free. On Turn 5, the deck detonates its board presence using mass token generators like Elven Ambush or Elvish Promenade. The deck closes the game on Turn 6 by pushing through massive trample and infect damage with Triumph of the Hordes, pumping the entire team with Elvish Warmaster, or draining the table with Shaman of the Pack. Supported by instant-speed protection like Heroic Intervention and flash enablers like High Fae Trickster, the deck transitions seamlessly between proactive swarming and interactive tempo.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alchemist's Refuge
  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Birthing Pod
  • 1 Birthing Ritual
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Blooming Marsh
  • 1 Blossoming Defense
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crippling Fear
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deathreap Ritual
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Eladamri, Korvecdal
  • 1 Elven Ambush
  • 1 Elven Chorus
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Promenade
  • 1 Elvish Warmaster
  • 1 Eyeblight's Ending
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Food Chain
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Gathering Stone
  • 1 Gift of the Viper
  • 1 Gilt-Leaf Palace
  • 1 Glen Elendra Archmage
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Harmonized Crescendo
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 High Perfect Morcant
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Lantern of Insight
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Leaf-Crowned Visionary
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lurking Predators
  • 1 Maralen, Fae Ascendant
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Memory Lapse
  • 1 Morcant's Eyes
  • 1 Morcant's Loyalist
  • 1 Mul Daya Channelers
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Prime Speaker Vannifar
  • 1 Prismatic Undercurrents
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Scarblade's Malice
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Selfless Safewright
  • 1 Shaman of the Pack
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Thran Quarry
  • 1 Triumph of the Hordes
  • 1 Trystan's Command
  • 1 Unbury
  • 1 Unforgiving Aim
  • 1 Urborg Elf
  • 1 Vedalken Orrery
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wilderness Reclamation
  • 1 Wirewood Symbiote
  • 1 Wolverine Riders
  • 1 Yeva, Nature's Herald