FAEling mysELF by dreamermaid19

Format: Commander

Commander: Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This Sultai deck unites Elves and Faeries under Maralen, Fae Ascendant to blend go-wide creature swarm strategies with theft-based tempo advantage. The early game establishes green mana ramp and cheap tribal creatures, enabling a turn 4 commander drop that immediately starts exiling opponents cards and casting them for free. As the creature count rises, Maralen casts increasingly impactful stolen spells while lords like Glen Elendra Liege, Imperious Perfect, and Arwen, Weaver of Hope convert small flying and ground tokens into a lethal combat force. Standalone payoffs like Lathril, Blade of the Elves and Oona, Queen of the Fae provide massive token generation and direct life drain, ensuring the deck operates effectively even without its commander. Reactive interaction like Assassin's Trophy and Glen Elendra's Answer protects key assets and disrupts opponents while the deck closes out the game through relentless multi-turn combat pressure.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arwen, Weaver of Hope
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Assert Perfection
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Bilbo's Deadly Slice
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blossoming Defense
  • 1 Cloud of Faeries
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Creakwood Safewright
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dawn-Blessed Pennant
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Dream Seizer
  • 1 Dwynen's Elite
  • 1 Elven Passage
  • 1 Elven Raft-Steerer
  • 1 Elvenking's Halls
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Faebloom Trick
  • 1 Faerie Conclave
  • 1 Faerie Fencing
  • 1 Faerie Formation
  • 1 Farhaven Elf
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Foreboding Landscape
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
  • 1 Glen Elendra Guardian
  • 1 Glen Elendra Liege
  • 1 Glen Elendra's Answer
  • 1 Gloom Ripper
  • 1 Guardian of the Halls
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 High Perfect Morcant
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lys Alana Informant
  • 1 Maraleaf Pixie
  • 1 Maralen, Fae Ascendant
  • 1 Mirkwood Nurturer
  • 1 Mirkwood Pathmaker
  • 1 Mocking Sprite
  • 1 Moldervine Reclamation
  • 1 Morcant's Loyalist
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nomadic Elf
  • 1 Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
  • 1 Oona, Queen of the Fae
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Perplexing Test
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Sharpshooter Elf
  • 1 Shimmerwilds Growth
  • 1 Siren Stormtamer
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Stutter
  • 1 Spellstutter Sprite
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Stolen by the Fae
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Trystan, Callous Cultivator // Trystan, Penitent Culler
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Wardens of the Cycle
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Windgrace's Judgment
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Woodland Weavemaster