Closet Conqueror by DJ Otakuma

Format: Commander

Commander: Alela, Cunning Conqueror

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Alela, Cunning Conqueror leads a flash-Faerie tempo deck built to generate a 1/1 Faerie Rogue on every opponent's turn and then turn that mass of flyers into lethal damage. There is no hidden commander; the deck is deliberately built around Alela as the repeatable token generator and goad engine. The primary path is a grind: resolve Alela, trigger her on each opponent's turn with flash spells, refuel with draw engines such as Kindred Discovery and Nymris, and then close with pumped Faeries and/or a prowled Notorious Throng. Secondary paths are Obyra drain, goading opponent blockers, and wiping/flash tempo plays to clear the way.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Alela, Cunning Conqueror
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage of Echoes
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Blightwing Bandit
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Cloud of Faeries
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Faerie Bladecrafter
  • 1 Faerie Conclave
  • 1 Faerie Fencing
  • 1 Faerie Harbinger
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Faerie Tauntings
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Glen Elendra's Answer
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Harmonized Crescendo
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hidden Lair
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Hypnotic Sprite // Mesmeric Glare
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Misleading Signpost
  • 1 Mocking Sprite
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nightmare Sower
  • 1 Notorious Throng
  • 1 Nowhere to Run
  • 1 Nymris, Oona's Trickster
  • 1 Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
  • 1 Oona's Blackguard
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Peppersmoke
  • 1 Picklock Prankster // Free the Fae
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scion of Oona
  • 1 Secluded Glen
  • 1 Shadow Puppeteers
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Shatter
  • 1 Spell Stutter
  • 1 Spellstutter Sprite
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Tegwyll's Scouring
  • 1 Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Voracious Tome-Skimmer
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Wavebreak Hippocamp