Maralen Fae Ascendant (New List) by CammyD

Format: Commander

Commander: Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is a Sultai tribal midrange engine led by Maralen, Fae Ascendant. It blends the explosive mana generation of Elves with the evasive, instant-speed disruption of Faeries. The primary game plan ramps into early token producers like Bitterblossom and mana engines like Priest of Titania, deploying Maralen by Turn 4. Once Maralen is active alongside flash enablers like High Fae Trickster and Leyline of Anticipation, entering tribal creatures exile opposing cards and allow free spells on every player's turn. The deck rapidly compounds card advantage and board presence, using mass token multipliers like Elven Ambush and Wolverine Riders to overwhelm opponents. The win is delivered on Turns 6 to 7 via lethal combat overruns from Coat of Arms, Chronicle of Victory, or a pumped Finale of Devastation, backed by flash-speed protection from Selfless Safewright and robust countermagic.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alchemist's Refuge
  • 1 Alela, Cunning Conqueror
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Champions of the Perfect
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Dream Harvest
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Elven Ambush
  • 1 Elven Passage
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Extraordinary Journey
  • 1 Faerie Fencing
  • 1 Faerie Harbinger
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Final-Word Phantom
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
  • 1 Glen Elendra's Answer
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Harmonized Crescendo
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Leyline of Transformation
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lonis, Cryptozoologist
  • 1 Lys Alana Huntmaster
  • 1 Malleable Impostor
  • 1 Maralen, Fae Ascendant
  • 1 Mirkwood Nurturer
  • 1 Morcant's Loyalist
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
  • 1 Oona, Queen of the Fae
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Quickling
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Run Away Together
  • 1 Scion of Oona
  • 1 Secluded Glen
  • 1 Selfless Safewright
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Stutter
  • 1 Spellstutter Sprite
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 Trystan's Command
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unforgiving Aim
  • 1 Vedalken Orrery
  • 1 Villainous Wealth
  • 1 Voracious Tome-Skimmer
  • 1 Wirewood Channeler
  • 1 Wolverine Riders
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Wydwen, the Biting Gale
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast