Faeries by Vahhs

Format: Commander

Commander: Alela, Cunning Conqueror

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

Alela, Cunning Conqueror helms an interactive Dimir flash-tempo archetype that thrives on the classic 'draw-go' playstyle. Rather than tapping out on its own turn, the deck deploys mana rocks and early setup before passing with full mana available. Each opponent's turn turns into a token-generation window: casting cheap instants, removal, or flash creatures triggers Alela to produce 1/1 flying Faerie Rogues. Once these flyers connect in combat, Alela's second ability goads opposing threats, turning opponents' strongest creatures against one another and shielding the pilot from retaliation. The deck scales into the midgame through coastal-piracy draw engines like Reconnaissance Mission and Kindred Discovery, before converting board dominance into victory with an overloaded Cyclonic Rift or a prowled Notorious Throng. Backed by free counterspells and efficient removal, the deck maintains continuous disruption while advancing its evasive clock.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Alela, Cunning Conqueror
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blightwing Bandit
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
  • 1 Capsize
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fetid Pools
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flood of Tears
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Glen Elendra Archmage
  • 1 Glen Elendra's Answer
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Harmonized Crescendo
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Malleable Impostor
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mocking Doppelganger
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Notorious Throng
  • 1 Nymris, Oona's Trickster
  • 1 Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
  • 1 Oona's Blackguard
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Prosperous Thief
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Scion of Oona
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Shadow Rift
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Soul Shatter
  • 1 Spellstutter Sprite
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Thought Scour
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Wash Away
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Watery Grave