if you squint reeeally hard, it's basically etali... by smirnoXx_

Format: Commander

Commander: Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 86

Deck overview

This deck is a competitive Sultai combo list built around fast mana, high-density universal tutoring, and hyper-efficient countermagic. Its primary win condition is the premier cEDH combination of Thassa's Oracle and Demonic Consultation or Tainted Pact, capable of reliably closing games on Turn 3 with zero opponent response cycles. As a robust backup, the deck features Food Chain paired with cast-from-exile creatures like Eternal Scourge and Misthollow Griffin, generating infinite creature mana to repeatedly cast the commander, Maralen, Fae Ascendant, and exile all opponents' libraries. Card advantage engines such as Rhystic Study, Mystic Remora, and Necropotence ensure relentless card velocity, while a premier suite of free counterspells and protection cards like Veil of Summer and Allosaurus Shepherd safeguard combo turns against opposing interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Ancient Tomb
• 1 Arbor Elf
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Badgermole Cub
• 1 Bayou
• 1 Beseech the Mirror
• 1 Birds of Paradise
• 1 Borne Upon a Wind
• 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1 Breeding Pool
• 1 Chord of Calling
• 1 Chrome Mox
• 1 City of Brass
• 1 Cloud of Faeries
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Crop Rotation
• 1 Culling Ritual
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Deadeye Navigator
• 1 Deathrite Shaman
• 1 Demonic Consultation
• 1 Demonic Tutor
• 1 Dryad Arbor
• 1 Eldritch Evolution
• 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1 Elvish Mystic
• 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
• 1 Emergence Zone
• 1 Endurance
• 1 Eternal Scourge
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Faerie Mastermind
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Finale of Devastation
• 1 Flusterstorm
• 1 Food Chain
• 1 Force of Negation
• 1 Force of Vigor
• 1 Force of Will
• 1 Formidable Speaker
• 1 Fyndhorn Elves
• 1 Gaea's Cradle
• 1 Gemstone Caverns
• 1 Green Sun's Zenith
• 1 Imperial Seal
• 1 Into the Flood Maw
• 1 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
• 1 Lilysplash Mentor
• 1 Llanowar Elves
• 1 Lotus Petal
• 1 Mana Confluence
• 1 Mana Vault
• 1 Maralen, Fae Ascendant
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Mental Misstep
• 1 Mindbreak Trap
• 1 Misthollow Griffin
• 1 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Mockingbird
• 1 Morphic Pool
• 1 Mox Diamond
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 1 Mystical Tutor
• 1 Nature's Rhythm
• 1 Necropotence
• 1 Noxious Revival
• 1 Once Upon a Time
• 1 Orcish Bowmasters
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 1 Overgrown Tomb
• 1 Pact of Negation
• 1 Pia, Aether Ascetic
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Rejuvenating Springs
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spellseeker
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Sylvan Library
• 1 Sylvan Tutor
• 1 Tainted Pact
• 1 Thassa's Oracle
• 1 The Cabbage Merchant
• 1 Tropical Island
• 1 Underground Sea
• 1 Undergrowth Stadium
• 1 Utopia Sprawl
• 1 Vampiric Tutor
• 1 Veil of Summer
• 1 Verdant Catacombs
• 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Wild Growth
• 1 Windswept Heath
• 1 Wishclaw Talisman
• 1 Wooded Foothills
• 1 Worldly Tutor