Frankie by Sugary.af_

Format: Commander

Commander: Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 18

Deck overview

This Sultai kindred midrange deck pairs Elf and Faerie creature curves with Maralen, Fae Ascendant. The primary plan develops low-cost kindred creatures during early turns to expand the kindred count, then resolves Maralen to exile cards from opposing libraries and cast them without paying mana costs. The deck transitions into late-game dominance through asymmetric board engines like Dire Undercurrents, impactful control pieces like Hullbreaker Horror, and board-wide modifications like Mirrorform. Because the list runs 29 lands with minimal ramp and no dedicated combo finishes, it operates at a traditional casual pacing. It wins through incremental card advantage, attrition, and combat damage across multiple attack rotations.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aquitect's Defenses
  • 1 Attercop
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Blight Rot
  • 1 Blossombind
  • 1 Blossoming Defense
  • 1 Bogslither's Embrace
  • 1 Charix, the Raging Isle
  • 1 Creakwood Safewright
  • 1 Dawn's Light Archer
  • 1 Dawn-Blessed Pennant
  • 1 Dawnhand Eulogist
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dire Undercurrents
  • 1 Dream Harvest
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eclipsed Elf
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Elrond, Moon-Reader
  • 1 Elven Raft-Steerer
  • 1 Elvenking's Halls
  • 1 Firdoch Core
  • 1 Flitterwing Nuisance
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Gathering Stone
  • 1 Gigantic Big Bear
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Glamer Gifter
  • 1 Glen Elendra's Answer
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Great Gilded Boat
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Lie in Wait
  • 1 Lys Alana Dignitary
  • 1 Lys Alana Informant
  • 1 Maralen, Fae Ascendant
  • 1 Midnight Tilling
  • 1 Mirkwood
  • 1 Mirkwood Pathmaker
  • 1 Mirrorform
  • 1 Moonglove Extractor
  • 1 Rage into the Valley
  • 1 Requiting Hex
  • 1 Riddles in the Dark
  • 1 Run Away Together
  • 1 Safewright Cavalry
  • 1 Sauron's Ransom
  • 1 Sauron, the Necromancer
  • 1 Scarblade Scout
  • 1 Scarblade's Malice
  • 1 Selfless Safewright
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Spell Snare
  • 1 Spry and Mighty
  • 1 Stoic Grove-Guide
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Tam, Mindful First-Year
  • 1 The Master of Lake-town
  • 1 Thirst for Identity
  • 1 Thornwood Falls
  • 1 Through the Forest Gate
  • 1 Tom, Bert, and William
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Unbury
  • 1 Unforgiving Aim
  • 1 Unwelcome Sprite
  • 1 Vinebred Brawler
  • 1 Virulent Emissary
  • 1 Warg Tactics
  • 1 Wild Unraveling
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery