Alela lands test by McGibbS

Format: Commander

Commander: Alela, Artful Provocateur

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper token swarm strategy commanded by Alela, Artful Provocateur. The game plan focuses on casting efficient artifacts and enchantments to build an army of evasive 1/1 flying Faeries. These tokens trigger combat-based draw engines such as Bident of Thassa and Reconnaissance Mission, fueling further spell deployment. Static anthems including Cathars' Crusade, Flowering of the White Tree, and Intangible Virtue rapidly inflate the aerial tokens into lethal threats. Defensive enchantments like Ghostly Prison and Blind Obedience discourage opposing counterattacks while you establish board dominance. Although the deck lacks compact infinite combos and specialized tutors, its dense acceleration and high functional redundancy provide a consistent, compounding combat clock that eliminates opponents across turns 6 through 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Alela, Artful Provocateur
  • 1 Alela, Cunning Conqueror
  • 1 All That Glitters
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archetype of Finality
  • 1 Archmage of Echoes
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Ballroom
  • 1 Banishing Light
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Aquifer
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dance of the Manse
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Divine Favor
  • 1 Dockside Chef
  • 1 Door of Destinies
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Empyrean Eagle
  • 1 Enchanted Evening
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Etchings of the Chosen
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faerie Artisans
  • 1 Faerie Bladecrafter
  • 1 Faerie Formation
  • 1 Favorable Winds
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flowering of the White Tree
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Glen Elendra Liege
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Intangible Virtue
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mirrormade
  • 1 Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
  • 1 Oona, Queen of the Fae
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Rankle, Master of Pranks
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Scion of Oona
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Secret Passage
  • 1 Sephara, Sky's Blade
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellstutter Sprite
  • 1 Starnheim Courser
  • 1 Stolen by the Fae
  • 1 Study
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Turbulent Wetlands
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Vendilion Clique
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave