Alela v2 by user6708625

Format: Commander

Commander: Alela, Cunning Conqueror

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This deck is a Faerie-tribal flash strategy helmed by Alela, Cunning Conqueror. It generates a board of flying Faerie tokens by casting spells on opponents' turns, then uses those tokens to goad opposing creatures and control combat. The deck leans heavily on instant-speed interaction - counterspells, bounce, removal, and flash creatures - to disrupt opponents while building its own army. The primary win condition is incremental combat damage from a wide flier board, occasionally accelerated by Notorious Throng for an extra turn. A dense recursion package (Whip of Erebos, Dawn-Blessed Pennant, Mystic Sanctuary) and a self-contained tribal synergy (Bitterblossom, Obyra, Dreaming Duelist, Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor) give the deck staying power, but it lacks a fast, dedicated combo finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alela, Cunning Conqueror
  • 1 Amphibian Downpour
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Blightwing Bandit
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dawn-Blessed Pennant
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Drown in the Loch
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Faebloom Trick
  • 1 Faerie Duelist
  • 1 Faerie Fencing
  • 1 Faerie Harbinger
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Faerie Tauntings
  • 1 Faerie Trickery
  • 1 Faerie Vandal
  • 1 Favorable Winds
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Glamer Gifter
  • 1 Glamermite
  • 1 Glen Elendra Guardian
  • 1 Glen Elendra Liege
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Inspired Sprite
  • 15 Island
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Malleable Impostor
  • 1 Misleading Signpost
  • 1 Mistbind Clique
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Nettling Nuisance
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Notorious Throng
  • 1 Nymris, Oona's Trickster
  • 1 Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Peppersmoke
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scion of Oona
  • 1 Secluded Glen
  • 1 Shadow Puppeteers
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Stutter
  • 1 Spellstutter Sprite
  • 1 Stingblade Assassin
  • 1 Stolen by the Fae
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Tegwyll's Scouring
  • 1 Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Vendilion Clique
  • 1 Voracious Tome-Skimmer
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Whip of Erebos