Alesha in progress

Commander / EDH* RBW (Mardu)

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Land (30)

• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Inspiring Vantage
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 3x Plains
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of Triumph

Instant (10)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Despark
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Rally the Ancestors
• 1x Utter End

Sorcery (22)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Command the Dreadhorde
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Entreat the Dead
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Final Parting
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Painful Truths
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Tormenting Voice
• 1x Unburial Rites
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Wheel of Fortune

Artifact (8)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sunforger
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy

Commander (1)

Creature (18)

• 1x Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Felidar Guardian
• 1x Fiend Hunter
• 1x Goblin Matron
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Master of Cruelties
• 1x Mirror Entity
• 1x Murderous Redcap
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Zealous Conscripts
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Phyrexian Arena

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Creature (75)

• 1x Angel of Invention
• 1x Anger
• 1x Ankle Shanker
• 1x Archangel Avacyn  ^Flip
• 1x Auntie's Snitch
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
• 1x Bounty Agent
• 1x Bygone Bishop
• 1x Combustible Gearhulk
• 1x Corpse Knight
• 1x Crow of Dark Tidings
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Dark-Dweller Oracle
• 1x Dismissive Pyromancer
• 1x Doomed Dissenter
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Earwig Squad
• 1x Eldrazi Displacer
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Feldon of the Third Path
• 1x Filigree Familiar
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Grenzo, Dungeon Warden
• 1x Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Hanweir Garrison  ^Meld
• 1x Hanweir Militia Captain  ^Flip
• 1x Hero of Precinct One
• 1x Hope of Ghirapur
• 1x Hushwing Gryff
• 1x Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician
• 1x Imposing Sovereign
• 1x Iona, Shield of Emeria
• 1x Iroas, God of Victory *list*
• 1x Judith, the Scourge Diva
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
• 1x Leonin Relic-Warder
• 1x Mangara of Corondor
• 1x Munitions Expert
• 1x Murderous Redcap
• 1x Noosegraf Mob
• 1x Oreskos Explorer
• 1x Pashalik Mons
• 1x Pia and Kiran Nalaar
• 1x Pia Nalaar
• 1x Protector of the Crown
• 1x Ravos, Soultender *f-etch*
• 1x Remorseful Cleric
• 1x Rix Maadi Reveler
• 1x Ruinous Gremlin
• 1x Screeching Buzzard
• 1x Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
• 1x Siege-Gang Commander
• 1x Silverblade Paladin
• 1x Silverchase Fox
• 1x Sling-Gang Lieutenant
• 1x Stingscourger
• 1x Stitcher's Supplier
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Swiftblade Vindicator
• 1x Teysa Karlov
• 1x Tidehollow Sculler
• 1x Tilonalli's Skinshifter
• 1x Tomik, Distinguished Advokist
• 1x Tymaret, the Murder King
• 1x Vesperlark
• 1x Warteye Witch
• 1x Weirding Shaman
• 1x Xathrid Necromancer
• 1x Zurgo Bellstriker

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Citywide Bust
• 1x Command the Dreadhorde
• 1x Deathmark
• 1x Declaration in Stone
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Primevals' Glorious Rebirth
• 1x Return to the Ranks
• 1x Revival / Revenge
• 1x Rise from the Grave

Instant (8)

• 1x Celestial Purge
• 1x Crackling Doom
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Defile
• 1x Goryo's Vengeance
• 1x Heartwarming Redemption
• 1x Miraculous Recovery
• 1x Rescue from the Underworld

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted
• 1x Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord

Land (9)

• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld
• 1x Lake of the Dead
• 1x Lavaclaw Reaches
• 1x Needle Spires
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Consulate Crackdown
• 1x Curse of Exhaustion
• 1x Dawn of Hope
• 1x Divine Visitation
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x Midnight Oil
• 1x Splinter Twin

Artifact (4)

• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

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My Alesha decks keep coming back and changing archetype. I initially built it as a weird Death and Taxes variant, then moved to EtB tribal, then generic Mardu value, then Tokens (with a goblin subtheme), and then Reanimator. Since the Iona banning, I moved it into a Kiki-Jiki (+ other combos) deck, but I'm not entirely sure what I'm meant to do with it, as it was rarely truly interactive: an opening hand used it's tutors and card draw to find the most appropriate combo, and uses any interaction to remove opponent's lock pieces and keep heavy aggression at bay whilst trying to jam a win.

This meant that the board state was never a true representation of who would win, which people found annoying. I am now creating this file of all of the cards I could find that I own that could theoretically be played in Alesha again, with the hopes of finding some inspiration in the written word.

Note that the manabase is very wrong, largely because I don't like spending money on EDH lands, and also becasue I kept changing cards in and out, so finding a balance of colours would never have been fruitful if the work would be destroyed in the next iteration.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 32 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	92
Avg. CMC	3.08
Tokens	Copy Clone