Maralen by user2046614

Format: Commander

Commander: Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 54

Deck overview

This Sultai Elf deck combines classic go-wide Elfball mechanics with stealing and casting opposing cards through Maralen, Fae Ascendant. The early game focuses on deploying low-cost mana dorks to accelerate into mid-game engines. Once established, the deck rapidly inflates its creature count using token generators like Lathril, Blade of the Elves, Elvish Promenade, and Dwynen's Elite. Card advantage engines such as Leaf-Crowned Visionary, Champions of the Perfect, and Harmonized Crescendo keep the hand full of threats. The deck closes games around Turn 6 by pushing overwhelming combat damage through Banner of Kinship, Root Manipulation, or an asymmetric bounce with Raise the Palisade. It also packs compact infinite lines using Intruder Alarm with Presence of Gond and Staff of Domination with Priest of Titania. Strong free interaction like Fierce Guardianship and Force of Will safeguards the board during decisive turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abomination of Llanowar
  • 1 Auroral Procession
  • 1 Banner of Kinship
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Champions of the Perfect
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dina's Guidance
  • 1 Dionus, Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Druid's Deliverance
  • 1 Dwynen's Elite
  • 1 Eclipsed Elf
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Elven Passage
  • 1 Elven Raft-Steerer
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Promenade
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flourishing Defenses
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Galadhrim Ambush
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Gyre Sage
  • 1 Harmonized Crescendo
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 High Perfect Morcant
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 1 Intruder Alarm
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Leaf-Crowned Visionary
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Scout
  • 1 Llanowar Tribe
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Maralen, Fae Ascendant
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Morcant's Loyalist
  • 1 Naturalize
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Presence of Gond
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhys the Exiled
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Root Manipulation
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Sharpshooter Elf
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springbloom Druid
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Thornweald Archer
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thranduil's Company
  • 1 Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally
  • 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Timberwatch Elf
  • 1 Tragic Slip
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Tyvar Kell
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unforgiving Aim
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Virulent Emissary
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Wolverine Riders
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Woodland Weavemaster