Illustrious Fae by M4Sopmod

Format: Commander

Commander: Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This Sultai deck unites Elves and Faeries under Maralen, Fae Ascendant to create a potent flash-tempo engine. The early game leverages efficient green mana dorks to accelerate into flash enablers like High Fae Trickster and token producers like Bitterblossom. Once Maralen enters, every Elf or Faerie entering the battlefield exiles two cards from an opponent's library, allowing you to cast free spells on your turn and during opposing turns. The deck uses instant-speed Faeries and counterspells to disrupt opposing plans while building an evasive flying army. Victory is achieved through wide combat overruns powered by Elvish Warmaster, tribal lords like Scion of Oona and Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor, or by taking an extra turn with a prowled Notorious Throng. Strong shielding from Heroic Intervention and Selfless Safewright protects the board from sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Alchemist's Refuge
• 1 Alela, Cunning Conqueror
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Assassin's Trophy
• 1 Beast Whisperer
• 1 Beast Within
• 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
• 1 Bitterblossom
• 1 Bloom Tender
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Breeding Pool
• 1 Champions of the Perfect
• 1 Chomping Changeling
• 1 Cloud of Faeries
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Cultivate
• 1 Darkwater Catacombs
• 1 Deathrite Shaman
• 1 Distant Melody
• 1 Dreamroot Cascade
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1 Elvish Archdruid
• 1 Elvish Mystic
• 1 Elvish Warmaster
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Faebloom Trick
• 1 Faerie Mastermind
• 1 Farseek
• 1 Flooded Grove
• 8 Forest
• 1 Formidable Speaker
• 1 Fyndhorn Elves
• 1 Galadhrim Ambush
• 1 Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1 Glen Elendra Guardian
• 1 Heroic Intervention
• 1 High Fae Trickster
• 1 Hinterland Harbor
• 1 Imperious Perfect
• 5 Island
• 1 Kindred Discovery
• 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
• 1 Leyline of Anticipation
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Llanowar Elves
• 1 Llanowar Wastes
• 1 Maraleaf Pixie
• 1 Maralen, Fae Ascendant
• 1 Maskwood Nexus
• 1 Morphic Pool
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Negate
• 1 Notorious Throng
• 1 Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
• 1 Oona, Queen of the Fae
• 1 Opulent Palace
• 1 Overgrown Tomb
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Priest of Titania
• 1 Rampant Growth
• 1 Reclamation Sage
• 1 Reconnaissance Mission
• 1 Scion of Oona
• 1 Secluded Glen
• 1 Selfless Safewright
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spell Stutter
• 1 Spellstutter Sprite
• 1 Stolen by the Fae
• 2 Swamp
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Sylvan Library
• 1 Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
• 1 Three Visits
• 1 Vedalken Orrery
• 1 Voracious Tome-Skimmer
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Wirewood Symbiote
• 1 Wolverine Riders
• 1 Woodland Cemetery
• 1 Yavimaya Coast
• 1 Yeva, Nature's Herald
• 1 Zagoth Triome