Alela, or death by a thousand cuts

Commander / EDH* Artifact Faeries Infinite Combo WUB (Esper)

Joshua141

Land (36)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 2x Island
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 3x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Spire of Industry
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Vault of Whispers
• 1x Watery Grave

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Time Wipe
• 1x Windfall

Artifact (23)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Chromatic Sphere
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Heraldic Banner
• 1x Mana Geode
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Creature (13)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Hanna, Ship's Navigator
• 1x Heliod, Sun-Crowned
• 1x Magister Sphinx
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Oona, Queen of the Fae
• 1x Scion of Oona
• 1x Sephara, Sky's Blade
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Walking Ballista

Commander (1)

Enchantment (14)

• 1x All That Glitters
• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Attrition
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Blood Funnel
• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Divine Visitation
• 1x Etchings of the Chosen
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Omen of the Sea
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Instant (7)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Comeuppance
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Heliod's Intervention
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge

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Enchantment (2)

• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Luminarch Ascension

Instant (2)

• 1x Hatred
• 1x Swan Song

Artifact (1)

• 1x Idol of Oblivion

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The original idea of this deck was to create a huge army of fairies, pump them with anthem effects and run over everything. I wanted to focus on artifacts for this, so there's lots of artifact ramp and draw.

With time I realized that green is better for Token armies. So I added a few other win cons. This is not meant to be cEDH but it has a few different ways of winning and staying relevant.

Win cons are:

1. Sphinx + a lot of fairies + Coat of Arms. This is simple, create a flying army, pump them, reduce someone to 10 life. Run over them.

2. Bolas Citdael + Aetherflux Reservoir + Senseis Diving top. Cookie cutter artifact combo, only Aetherflux is dead in hand by itself.

3. Heliod, Sun Crowned + Ballista. Same idea as above but only needs two cards.

4. Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge + Smothering Tithe/WindFall/Tons of Artifacts. This has helped me close out more games than I dare admit.

5. Essence Thief + WindFall. Doesn't win the game right away, but it puts you in a pretty nice position.

6. Alela + All that Glitters. Doesn't kill someone right away but with luck, in two turns you kill someone with commander damage.

Walking Ballista is a dead card by itself on hand, but the rest above are useful even without the complete combos. At worst, most make you a fairy.

The deck can be made better by adding more expensive tutors, but at that point another commander might be a better idea. The idea now is to survive with the fairies until we assemble a win con or just get Coat of Arms. I have tried the Isochron Scepter and Dramatic Reversal combo but it's a bit of a trap. Getting only one of the pieces in hand is bad. Getting both but no mana rocks is also bad. And it can get disrupted. Without playing tutors and such, it's not consistent at lower power levels.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.03
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Angel 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Faerie 1/1 U, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Faerie Rogue 1/1 UB, Treasure