Maralen by tylermanhart

Format: Commander

Commander: Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This Sultai kindred deck combines the speed of Elves with the disruption and evasion of Faeries under Maralen, Fae Ascendant. Early turns accelerate mana using low-cost Elf dorks while establishing recurring token engines such as Bitterblossom. Once Maralen enters on Turn 4, every kindred creature entering exiles opponent cards and enables free casting once per turn. Flash enablers including High Fae Trickster and Leyline of Anticipation allow the deck to operate on each player's turn, stealing resources and widening the board. Resilient protection spells like Heroic Intervention and Selfless Safewright guard the team against sweepers. The deck closes games around Turns 6 to 7 by converting evasive token armies into lethal combat damage via Tyvar, the Pummeler, Finale of Devastation, or stacked kindred anthems.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Countryside
  • 1 Alela, Cunning Conqueror
  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Boomerang Basics
  • 1 Brainstealer Dragon
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Celestial Reunion
  • 1 Champions of the Perfect
  • 1 Chimil, the Inner Sun
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crystal Shard
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Defense of the Heart
  • 1 Dina's Guidance
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Donatello's Technique
  • 1 Elrond, Moon-Reader
  • 1 Elven Passage
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Piper
  • 1 Faerie Formation
  • 1 Feign Death
  • 1 Feywild Visitor
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flitterwing Nuisance
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Frilled Mystic
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Glamer Gifter
  • 1 Glamermite
  • 1 Glen Elendra Archmage
  • 1 Glen Elendra Guardian
  • 1 Glen Elendra's Answer
  • 1 Halimar Depths
  • 1 Harmonized Crescendo
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Honest Work
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Maralen, Fae Ascendant
  • 1 Morcant's Loyalist
  • 1 Nightmare Sower
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pride of the Perfect
  • 1 Quest for Renewal
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Rain-Slicked Copse
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Selfless Safewright
  • 1 Silvan Reveler
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Snare
  • 1 Springleaf Parade
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally
  • 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
  • 1 Tribute to the World Tree
  • 1 Tyvar, the Pummeler
  • 1 Unwelcome Sprite
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Voracious Tome-Skimmer
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Windswift Slice
  • 1 Zameck Guildmage