Alesha, Who Smiles at Death WIP by Fabulousbill138

Format: Commander

Commander: Alesha, Who Smiles at Death

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a focused Mardu Aristocrats and Reanimator strategy commanded by Alesha, Who Smiles at Death. The game plan revolves around filling the graveyard using discard outlets, self-mill, and Buried Alive, then utilizing Alesha's attack trigger to cheat low-power creatures directly onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. The deck generates steady card advantage and board control through repeated sacrifices and enters-the-battlefield triggers from utility creatures like Accursed Marauder, Disciple of Bolas, and Mentor of the Meek. To close out games, it transitions into an infinite recursion loop featuring Karmic Guide, Reveillark, a free sacrifice outlet such as Viscera Seer or Carrion Feeder, and life-draining payoffs like Blood Artist or Zulaport Cutthroat. Backup win conditions include devastating life swings with Gray Merchant of Asphodel and token swarms from Siege-Gang Commander. It provides resilient, interactive gameplay with strong recovery from board wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Alesha, Who Smiles at Death
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Attrition
  • 1 Aura of Silence
  • 1 Benevolent Bodyguard
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Garrison
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Burnished Hart
  • 1 Captivating Crew
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Coffin Queen
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Dakmor Salvage
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Dimir Machinations
  • 1 Disciple of Bolas
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fiend Hunter
  • 1 Glint-Horn Buccaneer
  • 1 Golgari Thug
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Hell's Caretaker
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Highway Robbery
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Kher Keep
  • 1 Knight-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mentor of the Meek
  • 1 Mind Slash
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mortify
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Nasty End
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Nekrataal
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Patch Up
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Raving Dead
  • 1 Reveillark
  • 1 Rule of Law
  • 1 Sadistic Hypnotist
  • 1 Shred Memory
  • 1 Siege-Gang Commander
  • 1 Silent Arbiter
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smokestack
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Tarnished Citadel
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Undying Evil
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Valorous Stance
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vivid Marsh
  • 1 Vivid Meadow
  • 1 Wake the Dead
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat