Alesha, Who Smiles at Death

Commander / EDH* RBW (Mardu)

StanleyH

Creature (26)

• 1x Angel of Invention
• 1x Azra Oddsmaker
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Chittering Witch
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Fiend Hunter
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Judith, the Scourge Diva
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Luminous Broodmoth
• 1x Mindblade Render
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Seasoned Pyromancer
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Tymna the Weaver *f-etch*
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Land (35)

• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x High Market
• 1x Inspiring Vantage
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 6x Plains
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Painful Truths
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Victimize

Commander (1)

Artifact (14)

• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Smuggler's Copter
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Umezawa's Jitte

Instant (7)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Thrill of Possibility
• 1x Wear / Tear

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Nahiri, the Harbinger

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Sideboard

Other (24)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Dire Fleet Daredevil
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Duergar Hedge-Mage
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Fire Covenant
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Leonin Relic-Warder
• 1x Noosegraf Mob
• 1x Reconnaissance
• 1x Reliquary Monk
• 1x Restoration Specialist
• 1x Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1x Steelshaper's Gift
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Tortured Existence
• 1x Wrath of God

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Maybeboard

Creature (21)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• 1x Goldnight Commander
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Iroas, God of Victory *list*
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Master of Cruelties
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Noosegraf Mob
• 1x Remorseful Cleric
• 1x Siege-Gang Commander
• 1x Sling-Gang Lieutenant
• 1x Stormfist Crusader
• 1x Twilight Prophet

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Open the Armory
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Soul Exchange
• 1x Tormenting Voice
• 1x Tragic Arrogance
• 1x Unburial Rites
• 1x Wheel of Fortune

Instant (4)

• 1x Crackling Doom
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Thrill of Possibility
• 1x Tithe

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Dawn of the Dead
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Phyrexian Arena

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TODO:

• Include Village Rites !!

Missing:

• Ravenous Chupacabra M25 (Substitution: XLN version)
• Enlightened Tutor
• Thrill of Possibility (Substitution: Tormenting Vocie)
• Talisman of Conviction (Substitution: Commander's Sphere)
• Land Tax
• Dance of the Dead (Substitution: Necromancy)
• Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Potential Includes (in rough order of importance):

• Arcane Signet (Put one in, once I get some)
• Wake the Dead / Necromancy !!
• Body Snatcher !! (Discard outlet AND reanimation)
• Stelshaper's Gift !! (Fetches Skullclamp)
• Dockside Extortionist !! (Ramp, and pretty good at it)
• Sword of Feast and Famine / Sword of the Animist !! (Cut them because of deck space, but they need testing)
• Remorseful Cleric !! (GY hate)
• Toxic Deluge !! (Don't have one for this deck (yet))
• Fire Covenant !
• Ashnod's Altar / Phyrexian Altar ! (Probably too costly for 3 mana, but worth trying out)
• Dire Fleet Daredevil ! (Prolly better than Gonti?)
• Sevinne's Reclamation ! (Recursion, but the <= 3 CMC cause is rhough)
• Mythos of Snapdax ! (1 cheaper Tragic Arrogance, the effect is good in Alesha)
• Drana, Liberator of Malakir x (She's alright, but not amazing and slots are tight as it is)
• Gonti, Lord of Luxury xx (Doesn't seem strong enough, but haven't tested yet)

Potential Cuts:

• A LAND (GO DOWN TO 34) !!
• Anguished Unmaking -> CHaneg for cheaper removal
• Yahenni -> Something for 2 mana instead
• Goblin Bombardment -> Phyrexian Altar !!
• Cruel Celebraint / Judith (Possibly both, Celebrant is color-intensive and 2 thoughness (not good for Clamp) and Judith is only nontoken creatures)
• Selfless Spirit ?
• Cathars' Crusade ?? (5CMC is a lot, but this is also a wincon...)

Competitive Manabase Completion needs:

• Mana Confluence
• Sulfurous Springs
• Ancient Tomb
• Sunbaked Canyon
• Silent Clearing
• Exotic Orchard ?
• Cut the two Fastlands (Inspiring Vantage, Concealed Cortyard)
• Cut Bojuka Bog for a Swamp

Wincons

ETB value

1. Solemn Simulacrum
2. Imperial Recruiter / Recruiter of the Guard
3. Stoneforge Mystic (For Skullclamp)
4. Seasoned Pyromancer (For looting)

Token generators

1. Angel of Invention
2. Seasoned Pyromancer
3. Siege-Gang Commander / Chittering Witch

Sac outlet

1. Viscera Seer
2. Yawgmoth, Thran Pyhsician (Number 1, if you have the mana to cast it)
3. Goblin Bombardment
4. Ashnod's Altar / Phyrexian Altar
5. Yahenni

Reanimation

1. Reanimate / Victimize
2. Animate Dead / Dance of the Dead / Necromancy
3. Reveillark / Karmic Guide
4. Sun Titan

Amplifier

1. Panharmonicon
2. Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
3. Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
4. Grave Pact / Cathars' Crusade

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Card draw:

1. Skullclamp
2. Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
3. Tymna the Weaver / Mindblade Render
4. Necropotence
5. Painful Truths / Night's Whisper
6. Mentor of the Meek

Looting (get targets to yard):

1. Azra Oddsmaker
2. Seasoned Pyromancer
3. Smuggler's Copter
4. Key to the City
5. Faithless Looting / Thrill of Possibility / Cathartic Reunion

Ramp:

1. Solemn Simulacrum (Best engine, also card draw) / Sol Ring (If early in the game)
2. Land Tax
3. Smothering Tithe
4. Sword of Feast and Famine / Sword of the Animist

Wincon:

1. Karmic Guide + Reveillark + Sac outlet combo (if going for infinite)
2. Cathars' Crusade / Elesh Norn
3. Yawgmoth (He can set up a draw/sac engine so powerful, he is a wincon alone, by inevitability)

Tutor:

1. Buried Alive
2. Entomb
3. Imperial Recruiter / Recruiter of the Guard
4. Demonic Tutor / Diabolic Intent

Tutor TARGETS:

1. Buried Alive [See below for piles]
2. Solemn Simulacrum / Sol Ring (If early in the game)
3. Yawgmoth

Removal:

1. Anguished Unmaking / Wear // Tear
2. Fiend Hunter / Reveillark (Creatures) / Duergar Hedge-Mage (Artifact/enchantment)
3. Yawgmoth (-1/-1 counters)

Engine components by importance (also Tutor Order)

1. Buried Alive pile (if Alesha/A cheap reanimation spell is reasonably available to start the pile) [See below for piles]
2. Card draw (Skullclamp / Yawgmoth)
3. ETB value (Solemn Simulacrum / Imperial Recruiter / Recruiter of the Guard / Stoneforge Mystic / Seasoned Pyromancer)
4. Looter (Azra Oddsmaker / Seasoned Pyromancer / Smuggler's Copter)
5. Sac Outlet (Viscera Seer / Yawgmoth)
6. Reanimaton (Reanimate / Victimize /
7. Amplifier (Kiki-Jiki)

Buried Alive Piles

• Karmic Guide, Kiki-Jiki, (Solemn Simulacrum / Imperial Recruiter / Recruiter of the Guard) - Great Value
• Karmic Guide, Kiki-Jiki, Sun Titan - Even Greater Value, if you have an ETB target in the yard already (but only works with CMC <= 3 CMC target, preferrably a Recruiter)
• Karmic Guide, Kiki-Jiki, Yawgmoth - Great Value (With sac outlet)
• Karmic Guide, Reveillark, (Infinite outlet ETB / Anything else, if one is already in yard) - Wins on the spot with a sac outlet
• Karmic Guide, Sun Titan, Fiend Hunter - Also wins on the spot with a sac outlet

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	19 - 3 Mythic Rares 40 - 8 Rares 24 - 9 Uncommons 6 - 4 Commons
Cards	105
Avg. CMC	2.77
Tokens	Copy Clone, Elemental 1/1 R, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Rat 1/1 B, Servo 1/1 C, Soldier 1/1 W, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B