Alela, Enchantress of the Fae

Commander / EDH AlistarFiend

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Tibus says... #1

Zur the Enchanter helps you tutor for necessary enchantments.

December 29, 2019 3:23 a.m.

AlistarFiend says... #4

Tibus, thank you for a very awesome suggestion. I have added Zur the Enchanter and removed Metallic Mimic as I believe it will prove to be of better overall value.

December 29, 2019 7:52 a.m.

Miwa0609 says... #6

I feel like Bident of Thassa is just better than Coastal Piracy

I always lose Alela if I don't protect her, so Lightning Greaves and Swiftfoot Boots are nuts imo.

Finally, Bolas's Citadel is a monster in this deck. Gave me a lot of games in a single turn. (It's a great combo with Sensei's Divining Top too. pay 1 life to draw a card.)

December 29, 2019 11:01 a.m. Edited.

AlistarFiend says... #7

Hav0cD3m0n, some valid points. I swapped out Coastal Piracy for Bident of Thassa as you recommended. I also put Lightning Greaves back in. I did not put Swiftfoot Boots in as I am running Diplomatic Immunity which I feel is a better choice. I feel Bolas's Citadel is too Black mana demanding in this deck. Great card though. Thank you for the great suggestions.

December 29, 2019 12:21 p.m. Edited.

Since you are running Bitterblossom why don’t you run Contamination it’s a cheap and easy mana lock for enchantments in black plus Alela, Artful Provocateur makes faerie tokens that could feed Contamination ’s upkeep cost

Heck you could get away with adding Koskun Falls

December 29, 2019 2:55 p.m.

Also I see you run Estrid's Invocation ... why not also run Mirrormade since it can double an artifact OR enchantment

December 29, 2019 2:58 p.m.

AlistarFiend says... #13

NecrosisofLlanowar, I am already running Mirrormade . Contamination is a great card, but it would also limit me to black mana! Being that this deck runs very few black spells, it really doesn’t make much sense to play it in this deck. Thank you for the suggestions though.

December 29, 2019 3:40 p.m.

spite91 says... #16

Words of Wind while kind of rude might be useful too if you end up drawing an abundance of cards. Allows you to slow your opponents down while you bounce and replay enchantments for more bodies or bounce a token to keep your board. I'd recommend replacing Replenish with it. While Replenish is great its a nonbo with Rest in Peace and many of your enchantments provide value on cast/static not on etb which is where replenish shines. That said if you added more etb enchantments instead such as Oblivion Ring or Grasp of Fate then i'd take out Rest in Peace instead.

January 1, 2020 1:04 p.m.

Huuhwah says... #17

Hey AlistarFiend, why don’t you run the Bolas's Citadel + Sensei's Divining Top + Aetherflux Reservoir combo? Even if you don’t Death Star people you get a lot of tokens out of it and even a Laboratory Maniac win if that’s an outlet you wish to venture. I’d argue Dictate of Kruphix could be replaced for the citadel because you wouldn’t want to give your opponents the chance to draw.

January 1, 2020 10:34 p.m.

AlistarFiend says... #18

Thank you spite91 and Huuhwah for the excellent suggestions. You both have very valid points. I have updated the deck with Words of Wind and Bolas's Citadel . I have removed Replenish and Dictate of Kruphix .

January 2, 2020 9:24 a.m.

enrico81 says... #19

What do you think about cards like Patient Rebuilding , Karmic Justice , Kismet and Authority of the Consuls ? I like this deck and I will make my personal version ;-)

January 4, 2020 5:38 a.m.

AlistarFiend says... #20

enrico81, thank you for the suggestions. I am already running Authority of the Consuls . I am running Blind Obedience rather than Kismet . The others just didn’t make the cut. I am trying very hard to keep this deck’s average CMC close to 2.5.

January 4, 2020 8:30 a.m.

Ingraved says... #21

Overburden It's errata says nontoken

January 7, 2020 3:27 p.m.

AlistarFiend says... #22

Ingraved, thank you for the incredible suggestion to add Overburden, (and the info with the errata) I love it! I found one at my LGS and added it to the deck.

January 9, 2020 1:12 p.m.

Tibus says... #23

I'm curious how your games tend to play out. Do you generally start off playing enchantments and artifacts focusing on early stax to slow down the pace then move in with alela ASAP to get the value engine going?

Once you have a few tokens and Alela on the field how devastating is a board wipe/board exile/targeted removal. How tough is it to recover from either situation. Do you feel the creature count is right where it should be or is still lacking?

January 9, 2020 10:12 p.m.

AlistarFiend says... #24

Tibus, this deck can build a huge board state very quickly because of the low CMC. If there is a board wipe, it usually hurts everyone else more than me as I can usually get six to ten faerie tokens out on the next turn. I usually try to get Alela out as quickly as possible. With many 0 cost artifacts I can wait until turn four before playing a spell, then explode with an instant board state. This deck usually catches opponents by surprise and is a extremely fun to play!

January 10, 2020 5:43 a.m.

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