elf bomb by PurelyDerranged

Format: Commander

Commander: Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is a Sultai Elf kindred midrange strategy commanded by Maralen, Fae Ascendant. The early game focuses on deploying low-cost mana dorks and utility Elves such as Elvish Mystic, Priest of Titania, and Dwynen's Elite to establish a wide board presence and accelerate mana. By turn 4, casting Maralen leverages your growing Elf count to exile cards from opposing libraries and cast relevant spells for free each turn. The deck transitions into a lethal threat by turns 6 to 7 using kindred lord anthems from Elvish Archdruid and Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen, colossal tall threats like Abomination of Llanowar, or a decisive Overrun or In Garruk's Wake to push through lethal trample damage. A versatile removal suite featuring Assassin's Trophy and Abrupt Decay answers opposing problem permanents, while Stone of Erech and Propaganda disrupt graveyard loops and aggressive counterattacks.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abomination of Llanowar
• 1 Abrupt Decay
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Assassin's Trophy
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Casualties of War
• 1 Chameleon, Master of Disguise
• 1 Coastal Piracy
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Creakwood Safewright
• 1 Dawnhand Dissident
• 1 Deathsprout
• 1 Defense of the Heart
• 1 Dimir Aqueduct
• 1 Down in the Valley
• 1 Drag to the Roots
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Dwynen's Elite
• 1 Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen
• 1 Eclipsed Elf
• 1 Eclipsed Realms
• 1 Elven Raft-Steerer
• 1 Elvenking's Halls
• 1 Elvish Archdruid
• 1 Elvish Mystic
• 1 Evolution Sage
• 1 Evolution Witness
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 8 Forest
• 1 Galion, Elvenking's Butler
• 1 Gathering Stone
• 1 Gilt-Leaf Winnower
• 1 Golgari Rot Farm
• 1 High Perfect Morcant
• 1 Hinterland Harbor
• 1 Immaculate Magistrate
• 1 In Garruk's Wake
• 6 Island
• 1 Llanowar Elves
• 1 Llanowar Tribe
• 1 Llanowar Wastes
• 1 Maralen, Fae Ascendant
• 1 Mirkwood Bats
• 1 Mirkwood Pathmaker
• 1 Moon-Vigil Adherents
• 1 Moonglove Extractor
• 1 Morcant's Eyes
• 1 Morcant's Loyalist
• 1 Nadier's Nightblade
• 1 Necroblossom Snarl
• 1 Oakhame Adversary
• 1 Opulent Palace
• 1 Overrun
• 1 Paradise Druid
• 1 Part in Friendship
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Priest of Titania
• 1 Propaganda
• 1 Putrefy
• 1 Rites of Flourishing
• 1 Secluded Courtyard
• 1 Selfless Safewright
• 1 Simic Growth Chamber
• 1 Staff of the Wild Magus
• 1 Starfield Vocalist
• 1 Stoic Grove-Guide
• 1 Stone of Erech
• 1 Storrev, Devkarin Lich
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 8 Swamp
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Tainted Wood
• 1 Temple of the False God
• 1 Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally
• 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
• 1 Trystan, Callous Cultivator // Trystan, Penitent Culler
• 1 Twilight Mire
• 1 Virulent Emissary
• 1 Volatile Fault
• 1 Woodland Cemetery
• 1 Wurm's Tooth