Alela, Cunning Conqueror [READY] (Non Fae) by eckoefx

Format: Commander

Commander: Alela, Cunning Conqueror

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a high-power Dimir Faerie flash-control list built around Alela, Cunning Conqueror. The deck lives at instant speed: cheap counters and flash creatures on opponents' turns both police the table and trigger Alela into a stream of flying Faerie Rogue tokens, which then goad blockers and feed tribal payoffs. The actual kill is compact and commander-independent-Thassa's Oracle paired with Demonic Consultation or Tainted Pact empties the library and wins on the spot. A backup clock of flying tokens, Obyra, Dreaming Duelist drains, and a prowl Notorious Throng extra turn closes games that go long. Alela is a convenient token engine rather than a necessity; the combo, the counter wall, and the flash value pieces all function with her left in the command zone. Expect a draw-go midgame that ends the moment Oracle hits the stack under protection.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alela, Cunning Conqueror
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
  • 1 Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cunning Nightbonder
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Faerie Fencing
  • 1 Faerie Macabre
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Glen Elendra Archmage
  • 1 Glen Elendra's Answer
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Impulse
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jeweled Lotus
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mistbind Clique
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Notorious Throng
  • 1 Nymris, Oona's Trickster
  • 1 Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scion of Oona
  • 1 Secluded Glen
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Slitherwisp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Stutter
  • 1 Spellstutter Sprite
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vendilion Clique
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Voracious Tome-Skimmer
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wavebreak Hippocamp
  • 1 Withering Torment