Maralen Crab Soup by CrimsonSquirrel

Format: Commander

Commander: Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 90

Deck overview

This deck is a high-speed competitive Commander combo-control list in Sultai colors. Its primary win condition pairs Thassa's Oracle with either Demonic Consultation or Tainted Pact to win the game immediately on Turn 3. The list is supported by format-tier fast mana, premier tutors, and massive draw engines such as Mystic Remora, Rhystic Study, and Necropotence. When the primary line is contested or unavailable, the deck pivots effortlessly to compact backup combos including Food Chain with Misthollow Griffin or Witherbloom Apprentice with Chain of Smog. The commander, Maralen, Fae Ascendant, provides incidental card advantage and an infinite mana outlet from the command zone with Food Chain. A heavy package of free and one-mana counterspells, alongside protective pieces like Veil of Summer, ensures that win attempts can be pushed through opposing interaction while disrupting faster opponents.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alchemist's Refuge
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Carpet of Flowers
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chain of Smog
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Cloud of Faeries
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commandeer
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadeye Navigator
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Destiny Spinner
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Eternal Scourge
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Food Chain
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Maralen, Fae Ascendant
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mirrormade
  • 1 Misthollow Griffin
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Necrodominance
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Praetor's Grasp
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The Cabbage Merchant
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witherbloom Apprentice
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yawgmoth's Will