FAERIES II by gooseguard

Format: Commander

Commander: Alela, Cunning Conqueror

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This deck is a classic draw-go tempo strategy commanded by Alela, Cunning Conqueror. It focuses on operating entirely at instant speed, casting spells on opponents' turns to generate flying Faerie Rogue tokens while holding up disruption. Once Alela is established, every combat step turns small evasive attackers into defensive utility by goading opposing threats. This redirects opposing pressure away from your life total and forces opponents to trade resources with each other. The deck leverages high-density cheap interaction, including counterspells, bounce, and removal, to control the table tempo. Card advantage engines such as Enduring Curiosity and Wavebreak Hippocamp ensure your hand stays replenished. The game concludes around Turn 8 through accumulated evasive combat damage amplified by anthems like Gravitational Shift or an explosive extra-turn turn cycle from a prowled Notorious Throng.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alela, Cunning Conqueror
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anticipate
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage of Echoes
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cast Down
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Control Magic
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crux of Fate
  • 1 Doom Blade
  • 1 Door of Destinies
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Faerie Artisans
  • 1 Faerie Conclave
  • 1 Faerie Duelist
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Faerie Vandal
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Glen Elendra Archmage
  • 1 Gravitational Shift
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 1 Impulse
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 17 Island
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Mana Leak
  • 1 Miscalculation
  • 1 Miscast
  • 1 Misleading Signpost
  • 1 Mistbind Clique
  • 1 Mocking Sprite
  • 1 Murmuring Mystic
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Notorious Throng
  • 1 Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
  • 1 Oubliette
  • 1 Peek
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Scion of Oona
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Shredder's Technique
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Siphon Insight
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Slip Out the Back
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Shatter
  • 1 Sower of Temptation
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Spellstutter Sprite
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 12 Swamp
  • 1 Syncopate
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Tegwyll's Scouring
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Unable to Scream
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vapor Snag
  • 1 Wavebreak Hippocamp
  • 1 Withering Torment