Kindred Thievery by scoopman

Format: Commander

Commander: Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

This is an Elf/Faerie tribal deck helmed by Maralen, Fae Ascendant, built around her cast-from-exile engine. The plan is to flood the board with cheap Elves and Faeries, each ETB exiling the top two cards of an opponent's library, then free-cast those stolen spells once the creature count is high enough. Yarok, the Desecrated and Mirror Room // Fractured Realm double those triggers for explosive card advantage. The deck backs this up with a theft suite - Villainous Wealth, Bribery, and Dream Harvest - and a wide-combat finish powered by lords like Elvish Archdruid and Imperious Perfect, token generation, and Tyvar Kell's emblem. It wins either by swinging a pumped Elf army or by casting an opponent's own win condition against them.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
  • 1 Bribery
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cream of the Crop
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Dawn-Blessed Pennant
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dionus, Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Divination
  • 1 Dream Harvest
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eclipsed Elf
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Elven Ambush
  • 1 Elven Passage
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Guidance
  • 1 Elvish Piper
  • 1 Elvish Warmaster
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Faerie Harbinger
  • 1 Farhaven Elf
  • 1 Feywild Visitor
  • 1 Flitterwing Nuisance
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Gathering Stone
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Harmonized Crescendo
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Jagged-Scar Archers
  • 1 Kindred Summons
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Visionary
  • 1 Maralen, Fae Ascendant
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Mirror Room // Fractured Realm
  • 1 Mirrorform
  • 1 Mutable Explorer
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Paradise Druid
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Quick Study
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Rimefire Torque
  • 1 Risky Research
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Selfless Safewright
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Skemfar Shadowsage
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springleaf Parade
  • 1 Sultai Monument
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Offering
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Thranduil's Company
  • 1 Trystan's Command
  • 1 Tyvar Kell
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Unwelcome Sprite
  • 1 Villainous Wealth
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Virulent Emissary
  • 1 Windswift Slice
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Woodland Weavemaster
  • 1 Yarok, the Desecrated
  • 1 Zagoth Triome