Alela the trickster
Alela, Cunning Conqueror Commander Deck
Alela, Cunning Conqueror builds a Faerie air force by generating flying tokens whenever you cast spells on opponents' turns, then leverages those tokens to deal combat damage and goad enemy creatures, forcing opponents to attack each other while leaving you free to swing overhead. The deck maximizes instant-speed interaction — counterspells, flash threats, and reactive removal — to ensure you are constantly casting on opponents' turns, flooding the board with Faeries while support pieces like Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor and Kindred Discovery convert that token production into card advantage. The deck wins through overwhelming aerial combat damage, sustained resource advantage, and a politically destabilized table where goaded creatures tear opponents apart while your Faeries finish off weakened players.
Decklist
- 10× Island
- Mystic Sanctuary
- Rankle, Master of Pranks
- Rewind
- Negate
- Tainted Isle
- Polymorphist's Jest
- Skullclamp
- Snap
- Impulse
- Force of Despair
- Sower of Temptation
- 2× Spellstutter Sprite
- Mystic Remora
- Maze of Ith
- Arcane Denial
- Reins of Power
- Dark Ritual
- Knowledge Exploitation
- Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale
- Unwind
- Wayfarer's Bauble
- Distant Melody
- Keep Watch
- Talisman of Dominance
- Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle
- Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
- Soul Shatter
- Nymris, Oona's Trickster
- Baleful Mastery
- Dig Through Time
- Deadly Dispute
- Consider
- Otawara, Soaring City
- Domineering Will
- Mocking Doppelganger
- Command Tower
- Reliquary Tower
- Bident of Thassa
- Darkwater Catacombs
- Exotic Orchard
- Myriad Landscape
- Sunken Hollow
- Temple of Deceit
- Path of Ancestry
- Sky Diamond
- Talion, the Kindly Lord
- Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
- Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
- Faerie Slumber Party
- 11× Swamp
- Misleading Signpost
- Secluded Glen
- Malleable Impostor
- Blightwing Bandit
- Nettling Nuisance
- Bojuka Bog
- Choked Estuary
- Kindred Discovery
- Temple of the False God
- Dimir Signet
- Corrupted Conviction
- Arcane Heist
- Faerie Artisans
- Dress Down
- Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
- Emrakul's Messenger
- Amphibian Downpour
- Reset
- Withering Torment
- Enduring Curiosity
- Faebloom Trick
- Aetherize
- High Fae Trickster
- Banner of Kinship
- Opt
- Fellwar Stone
- Lightning Greaves
- Arcane Signet
- Observed Stasis
- Espers to Magicite
- Consult the Star Charts
- Bitterbloom Bearer
- Voracious Tome-Skimmer
- Dream Harvest
- Bloodline Bidding
- Mirrorform
- Changing Loyalty
- Archmage Emeritus