A true puppet master has no need for strings

Commander / EDH Aggro Combo Control Faeries Flying Humans Theme/Gimmick WUB (Esper)

IltaertheZendikariRiddleMaster

Creature (41)

• 1x Alela, Cunning Conqueror
• 1x Angel of Finality
• 1x Animating Faerie
• 1x Archmage of Echoes
• 1x Aryel, Knight of Windgrace
• 1x Blightwing Bandit
• 1x Brago, King Eternal
• 1x Bruna, Light of Alabaster
• 1x Dauntless River Marshal
• 1x Dungeon Geists
• 1x Empyrean Eagle
• 1x Errant and Giada
• 1x Ethereal Valkyrie
• 1x Faerie Bladecrafter
• 1x Faerie Formation
• 1x Faerie Vandal
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Glen Elendra Liege
• 1x Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
• 1x Hakka, Whispering Raven  ^Flip
• 1x Halo Forager
• 1x Hullbreaker Horror
• 1x Isperia, Supreme Judge
• 1x Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
• 1x Merieke Ri Berit
• 1x Nettling Nuisance
• 1x Neva, Stalked by Nightmares
• 1x Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
• 1x Oona, Queen of the Fae
• 1x Picklock Prankster
• 1x Pristine Skywise
• 1x Rankle, Master of Pranks
• 1x Restoration Angel
• 1x Scion of Oona
• 1x Shadow Puppeteers
• 1x Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
• 1x Spellscorn Coven
• 1x Talion, the Kindly Lord
• 1x Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
• 1x Wall of Denial
• 1x Yorion, Sky Nomad

Land (39)

• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crystal Grotto
• 1x Edgewall Inn
• 1x Faerie Conclave
• 1x Glacial Floodplain
• 8x Island
• 1x Meandering River
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 9x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Secluded Glen
• 1x Sejiri Refuge
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment

Artifact (6)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Chaos Wand
• 1x Misleading Signpost
• 1x Tergrid's Lantern  ^Flip
• 1x Tithing Blade  ^Flip

Commander (1)

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Charmed Sleep
• 1x Deep Freeze
• 1x Frogify
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Prayer of Binding
• 1x Reconnaissance Mission
• 1x Reflections of Littjara

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Gideon Jura
• 1x Jace, Architect of Thought
• 1x Kaito, Dancing Shadow

Instant (3)

• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Professor's Warning
• 1x Reality Shift

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Sideboard

Instant (6)

• 1x Consider
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Reckless Spite
• 1x Repulse
• 1x Spell Stutter
• 1x Theoretical Duplication

Artifact (5)

• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Kindred Dominance
• 1x Nightmare Unmaking

Creature (1)

• 1x Nymris, Oona's Trickster

Land (1)

• 1x Exotic Orchard

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"Kellan stepped from his village into a strange world where trees bore jeweled fruit. A regal, inhuman voice rang in his ears: 'Tell me, brave hero, are you true of heart?'"

Talion, the Kindly Lord, First and Greatest of the High Fae, Sovereign of the Court, the Liege of Laughter, Finder of the First Yew, and the One True Lord of Eldraine welcomes you to their court in the Wilds of Eldraine. This is the pre-con Fae Dominion deck which I have adjusted to better suit my own play style, removing some of the graveyard matters Dimir tricks in favor of other, different ones. For example, in addition to making the deck Esper and adding Angels and other blue-white tricks, I replaced Nymris, Oona's Trickster with Tergrid's Lantern  , and of course added Talion and removed the counterspells in favor of Prison enchantments like Frogify, Charmed Sleep, and Prayer of Binding (this is a fairy-tale deck after all). Their are three possible Commanders for this deck, Elenda and Azor of course, but also Jabari of Zhalfir and Merieke Ri Berit - the last of which, while more vulnerable to burn spells, is also arguably far more flavorful.

Date added	1 year
Last updated	7 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 5 Rares 20 - 6 Uncommons 10 - 4 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.72
Tokens	Copy Clone, Drone 2/2 C, Faerie 1/1 U, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Faerie Rogue 1/1 UB, Foretell, Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance, Manifest 2/2 C, On an Adventure, Pirate 4/2 R, Vampire Knight 1/1 B