Give me that by bigtuna2001

Format: Commander

Commander: Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is a Sultai Elf and Faerie tribal midrange build commanded by Maralen, Fae Ascendant. It blends low-cost mana dorks and token producers with Maralen's exile-theft mechanic to generate steady card velocity and free spell casts. In the early turns, mana accelerants like Priest of Titania and Llanowar Elves establish tempo, allowing Maralen to enter ahead of curve. Once assembled, tribal triggers from entering Elves and Faeries exile opposing cards and cheat spells into play each turn. Card draw engines such as Beast Whisperer, Champions of the Perfect, and Rhystic Study maintain full hands, while flash enablers like Leyline of Anticipation maximize Maralen's trigger on opponents' turns. The deck leverages versatile removal like Assassin's Trophy and Tear Asunder, along with board protection from Selfless Safewright. It closes games on Turns 6 to 7 by converting its swarming board state into lethal damage through Craterhoof Behemoth or burst life loss via Shaman of the Pack.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alela, Cunning Conqueror
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Champions of the Perfect
  • 1 Chomping Changeling
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Elrond, Moon-Reader
  • 1 Elven Chorus
  • 1 Elven Passage
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faebloom Trick
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Flitterwing Nuisance
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Glen Elendra Guardian
  • 1 Glen Elendra's Answer
  • 1 Glissa Sunslayer
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 High Perfect Morcant
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Likeness Looter
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Maralen, Fae Ascendant
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Morcant's Loyalist
  • 1 Nurturing Peatland
  • 1 Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pact of the Serpent
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Putrefy
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rise of the Witch-king
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Selfless Safewright
  • 1 Shaman of the Pack
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Simulacrum Shaper
  • 1 Snaremaster Sprite
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stolen by the Fae
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Tear Asunder
  • 1 Thranduil's Company
  • 1 Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Virulent Emissary
  • 1 Voracious Tome-Skimmer
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery