Alela by user9945548

Format: Commander

Commander: Alela, Artful Provocateur

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 24

Deck overview

This Esper deck uses Alela, Artful Provocateur to turn everyday artifact and enchantment casts into an army of flying Faerie tokens. By deploying early mana rocks and low-mana permanent spells, the deck establishes Alela on curve and begins populating the board with evasive creatures. The strategy pivots into lethal pressure by augmenting these tokens with passive power boosts from Alela, tribal anthems like Patchwork Banner, and token enhancers like Intangible Virtue. Key pieces like All That Glitters and Mace of the Valiant allow the deck to threaten massive single-target damage alongside its wide token swarm. Defensive countermagic such as Counterspell and Negate protects key assets from opposing sweepers while spot removal keeps enemy commanders in check. The deck closes games through relentless aerial combat damage across multiple turn rotations.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Alela, Artful Provocateur
  • 1 All That Glitters
  • 1 Arcane Flight
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azorius Guildgate
  • 1 Bake into a Pie
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Dragon Gate
  • 1 Bloodthorn Flail
  • 1 Blossombind
  • 1 Bog Naughty
  • 1 Bubble Snare
  • 1 Charge
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Bond
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dawn-Blessed Pennant
  • 1 Didn't Say Please
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 Disenchant
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Dream Seizer
  • 1 Essence Scatter
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Eyes Everywhere
  • 1 Faerie Duelist
  • 1 Fate Foretold
  • 1 Fetid Pools
  • 1 Filigree Attendant
  • 1 Firdoch Core
  • 1 Flitterwing Nuisance
  • 1 Gateway Plaza
  • 1 Gathering Stone
  • 1 Glamermite
  • 1 Glen Elendra Guardian
  • 1 Glimmerdust Nap
  • 1 Glory Bearers
  • 1 Greatsword of Tyr
  • 1 Guidelight Optimizer
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hopeless Nightmare
  • 1 Idyllic Beachfront
  • 1 Illusion Spinners
  • 1 Impassioned Orator
  • 1 Intangible Virtue
  • 1 Irrigated Farmland
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Mace of the Valiant
  • 1 Mistform Dreamer
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nightmare Sower
  • 1 Nurturing Pixie
  • 1 Nurturing Presence
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Orzhov Guildgate
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Pride of Conquerors
  • 1 Psychic Impetus
  • 1 Rankle, Master of Pranks
  • 1 Scepter of Dominance
  • 1 Sea Gate
  • 1 Short Sword
  • 1 Sinister Monolith
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Starlight Snare
  • 1 Stormbeacon Blade
  • 1 Surveilling Sprite
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Tragic Poet
  • 1 Unwelcome Sprite
  • 1 Violet Pall
  • 1 Winter Eladrin