Maralen, Fae Ascendant wants a wide board of Elves and Faeries that keep entering the battlefield. Each one that enters exiles the top two cards of an opponent's library, and once a turn Maralen lets you cast one of those exiled spells for free if its mana value is no more than your Elf and Faerie count. The deck floods the board with Elf Warrior and Faerie tokens, buffs them, and re-triggers Maralen with flicker and copy effects. How it wins: Go wide with anthem-boosted Elf and Faerie tokens, then swing with the team, using Elvish Warmaster's pump and the free spells stolen off the top of opponents' libraries to close the game. Key roles: - Elf and Faerie token makers: Put many Elves and Faeries onto the battlefield to trigger Maralen repeatedly and raise her free-cast ceiling, such as Elvish Promenade and Bitterblossom - Elf anthems: Grow the Elf army so the tokens hit hard enough to win combat, such as Elvish Archdruid and Imperious Perfect - Flicker effects: Blink Maralen or other Elves and Faeries to re-trigger enters abilities for extra exile each turn, such as Ghostly Flicker and Displace - Creature copiers: Enter or create copies of Elves, Faeries and Maralen to add more bodies and more enter triggers, such as Irenicus's Vile Duplication and Quantum Misalignment - Elf mana and card engines: Turn the Elf count into mana and cards so you can deploy the board quickly and refill your hand, such as Priest of Titania and Leaf-Crowned Visionary

Maralen, Fae Ascendant decklist

• Abundant Countryside
• Arbor Elf
• Auton Soldier
• Beast Whisperer
• Beastcaller Savant
• Birds of Paradise
• Bitterbloom Bearer
• Bitterblossom
• Black Market Connections
• Bloodline Bidding
• Bloom Tender
• Blur
• Boomerang Basics
• Breeding Pool
• Chameleon, Master of Disguise
• Champions of the Perfect
• Circle of Dreams Druid
• City of Brass
• Command Tower
• Deathcap Glade
• Devoted Druid
• Disciple of Freyalise
• Displace
• Distant Melody
• Dreamroot Cascade
• Edric, Spymaster of Trest
• Eladamri, Korvecdal
• Elven Ambush
• Elves of Deep Shadow
• Elvish Archdruid
• Elvish Mystic
• Elvish Promenade
• Elvish Reclaimer
• Elvish Spirit Guide
• Elvish Warmaster
• Emeritus of Abundance
• Essence Flux
• Essence Warden
• Exotic Orchard
• Fabled Passage
• Flitterwing Nuisance
• Flooded Grove
• 6× Forest
• Formidable Speaker
• Fyndhorn Elves
• Galadhrim Ambush
• Ghostly Flicker
• Glen Elendra Archmage
• Harmonized Crescendo
• Helm of the Host
• High Fae Trickster
• Hinterland Harbor
• Imperious Perfect
• Irenicus's Vile Duplication
• 4× Island
• Joo Dee, Public Servant
• Leaf-Crowned Visionary
• Llanowar Elves
• Llanowar Wastes
• Loki's Double
• Lonis, Cryptozoologist
• Lys Alana Huntmaster
• Marwyn, the Nurturer
• Nanogene Conversion
• Nullmage Shepherd
• Opulent Palace
• Oracle of Mul Daya
• Overgrown Tomb
• Priest of Titania
• Prime Speaker Vannifar
• Quantum Misalignment
• Reclamation Sage
• Rejuvenating Springs
• Run Away Together
• Selfless Safewright
• Shipwreck Marsh
• Snap
• Sol Ring
• Splash Portal
• Springleaf Parade
• 2× Swamp
• The Great Henge
• Twilight Mire
• Underground River
• Undergrowth Stadium
• Verdant Catacombs
• Watery Grave
• Wellwisher
• Yavimaya Coast
• Zagoth Triome