Alela, Enchantress of the Fae
Commander / EDH
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AlistarFiend says... #7
Winter, if I can get one or two small lifegain cards like Underworld Coinsmith, Ajani's Welcome, Authority of the Consuls or Daxos, Blessed by the Sun along with Bolas's Citadel out, I can usually get a board state to win the game without dying to it’s cost. Sensei's Divining Top helps me get around the lands. The lifegain also helps offset Bitterblossom.
February 23, 2020 7:48 a.m.
connivingKitten says... #8
How do you win? Or is it just beating peoples' faces with faeries...
May 1, 2020 5:46 p.m.
AlistarFiend says... #9
connivingKitten, yes the main win con is smashing face with a bunch of faeries. But with that does come with a bit of satisfaction! This deck is much stronger that most people give it credit and usually surprises most opponents.
May 2, 2020 7:01 a.m.
It's been a while and wanted to revisit your deck I see you've made some changes and I've played with quite a few cards with my own variant of the deck (currently not up-to-date, check back later today I'll update it).
Cloud Cover has saved Alela's butt more times than I wish to count, if you can get your hands on it Fierce Guardianship is a no-brainer, there are other less expensive cards that can also act as strong counter spells in the deck such as Abjure and Familiar's Ruse. Dowsing Dagger Flip and Sword of Sinew and Steel are both really solid additions with all the 1/1 flyers you have to beat face in with. Sword can also give Alela protection from kill, burn, and some exile effects while clearing artifacts and planeswalkers. Teferi's Ageless Insight can turn those "draw 1 on hit" effects into "draw 2 on hit" effects. Although this next card is more of a win-more effect Shark Typhoon really synergizes well with your no creature deck creating even more 1/1 massive flyers. also Reconnaissance Mission is another Coastal Piracy
July 14, 2020 9:14 a.m.
AlistarFiend says... #11
Titus, thank you for some really great suggestions! I have added many of these to my deck.
July 14, 2020 7:37 p.m.
AlistarFiend says... #12
I have added: Abjure, Cloud Cover, Fierce Guardianship, Flawless Maneuver, Reconnaissance Mission and Shark Typhoon. I have removed: Ashes of the Abhorrent, Fight or Flight, Mark of Asylum, Mystic Remora, Crashing Drawbridge and Talisman of Dominance.
July 14, 2020 7:46 p.m.
AlistarFiend says... #13
Titus, with adding the new counterspells, I decided to remove Spellstutter Sprite and add Akroma's Memorial. I hope I can one day have Shark Typhoon and Sensei's Divining Top in play, get out Bolas's Citadel and get the freight train rolling into Akroma's Memorial for the win; that would be awesome! :)
July 15, 2020 10:50 a.m.
LimbicCircus says... #14
I love this! I am brewing Alela, but since I'm also brewing sad man feldon I wanted to avoid a heavy artifact themed alela. It's nice to see an enchantress alela can work! +1! My I ask why not Skullclamp? It's pretty tasty with so many small bois.
July 31, 2020 12:53 p.m. Edited.
AlistarFiend says... #15
LimbicCircus, the reason I don’t run Skullclamp is because of all the lords and +1/+1 effects this deck has. I don’t run any sac outlets, so more times than not it wouldn’t be of value. This deck has several other ways to draw cards. Thank you for upvoting and for your comments.
July 31, 2020 5:49 p.m.
shaftdiggity says... #16
Idol of Oblivion would be an all-star I would think.
If you find people target Alela, maybe Kaya's Ghostform, Crab Umbra, Hyena Umbra, or Gift of Immortality
August 29, 2020 11:52 p.m.
Forceofnature1 says... #17
Do you run into issues with being an early target before Alela comes out?
If you had to have some creatures which ones would you run? I have Hannah, Ship's Navigator but wonder if the creatureless route is the better way to go.
September 25, 2020 11:28 a.m.
AlistarFiend says... #18
Forceofnature1, you have to look at this deck from the aspect that every enchantment and artifact generates at least one creature (often more than one). That being said, I usually have two to three times the number of creatures than my opponents. All the token creatures generated have flying. This deck is very effective without any additional creatures!
September 25, 2020 5:24 p.m.
As someone who just started building an Alela Enchantress deck, this deck is definitely what I'm striving for. Huge inspiration! +1 from me
December 19, 2020 12:04 p.m.
Thanks for this deck, it's amazing, +1 from me. I have been trying it for about 8 games now and won 6 of them! I question I have: if you get a tutor early/mid game, what do you look for? What would be your ultimate (or best) win con? I mean, Triumphant Reckoning was for me one time in a late game after a board wipe, but in a normal case, what do you look for?
July 16, 2021 8:41 a.m.
AlistarFiend says... #21
MadaSV I am so very happy you like my deck and that it is performing well for you. To answer your question about tutoring... There are so many great things to tutor for, but what I have learned is that you become the target for board wipes very quickly playing this deck and it is best to tutor for Abjure, Mana Drain, Force of Negation or Teferi's Protection unless a board wipe has already occurred, then Replenish or Triumphant Reckoning would be my choices.
July 16, 2021 11:02 a.m. Edited.
Could i ask how you utilize Reconnaissance in this deck? Love the build btw.
September 2, 2023 12:51 p.m.
AlistarFiend says... #23
devnul, a creature remains attacking until the combat phase ends. So you could let the creature deal damage, then use Reconnaissance during the combat damage or end of combat steps to remove the creature from combat and untap it. It's already dealt damage, so the damage that was dealt will not be undone. So if a creature blocks that would kill one or more attacking creatures, you can pay 0 mana for each before combat is dealt, untap them and remove them from combat. Then after damage is dealt by any attacking creatures, at the end of the combat phase (after damage is dealt) you can pay 0 mana for each creature that dealt damage and untap them. This is one case where the card does more than what it says and does not say everything it does! I used to not believe this was true until I read many judge rulings. “The Professor” on YouTube even talked about Reconnaissance and how broken this card is!
September 2, 2023 3:31 p.m.
Have you considered Flickering Ward for this deck? Protecting your Commander while generating a ton of tokens is nuts. Or you can just dump all of your into it to fill the field if you don't have anything else to do...I'd cut Reconnaissance for it tbh, that one just isn't really doing much here.
September 3, 2023 8:21 p.m.
AlistarFiend says... #25
Azoth2099, thank you for your comment. Flickering Ward is in the deck already and is a great card in this deck! Reconnaissance has proven to be of great value in this deck time after time and would be very hard to convince me to cut it for something else. There are some new cards from Wilds of Eldraine that have my interest listed in the Maybeboard.
Winther says... #6
Can you explain to me what the point of Underworld Coinsmith is? Some synergy that I am not seeing here (besides the small lifegain potential)?
February 23, 2020 5:25 a.m.