Alela's Huge Goads [Primer]

Commander / EDH Counterspell Faeries Flash UB (Dimir)

Tsukimi

Creature (23)

• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Brazen Borrower
• 1x Curiosity Crafter
• 1x Enduring Curiosity
• 1x Faerie Harbinger
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Glen Elendra Liege
• 1x Grim Hireling
• 1x High Fae Trickster
• 1x Likeness Looter
• 1x Malleable Impostor
• 1x Mari, the Killing Quill
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Mocking Doppelganger
• 1x Nettling Nuisance
• 1x Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
• 1x Oona's Blackguard
• 1x Prosperous Thief
• 1x Scion of Oona
• 1x Spellstutter Sprite
• 1x Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
• 1x Vendilion Clique
• 1x Wavebreak Hippocamp

Artifact (10)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Heraldic Banner
• 1x Midnight Clock
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Progenitor's Icon
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Thought Vessel

Instant (23)

• 1x An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Baleful Mastery
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Corrupted Conviction
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Faerie Fencing
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Opt
• 1x Raise the Draugr
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Soul Shatter
• 1x Spell Stutter
• 1x Unwind
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Village Rites
• 1x Waterlogged Teachings  ^Flip

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Alexi's Cloak
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Blessing of Leeches
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Favorable Winds
• 1x Haunted One
• 1x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Reconnaissance Mission

Commander (1)

Land (33)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 12x Island
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Secluded Courtyard
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Notorious Throng
• 1x Toxic Deluge

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Maybeboard

Creature (5)

• 1x Activated Sleeper
• 1x Faerie Bladecrafter
• 1x Faerie Dreamthief
• 1x Glen Elendra Pranksters
• 1x Shadow Kin

Artifact (2)

• 1x Konda's Banner
• 1x Patchwork Banner

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Beseech the Mirror
• 1x Distant Melody
• 1x Raise the Palisade
• 1x Reanimate

Enchantment (1)

• 1x As Foretold

Instant (3)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Familiar's Ruse
• 1x Infernal Grasp

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My take on building around the new Alela, Cunning Conquerer! Faerie typal with a splash of flash! And rouges and goad.

I was excited to finally see a fun faerie commander, I didn't wait for spoilers to finish before building this, and after about a year of playing it I can easily say this has become one of my favorite decks to use. It is a highly interactive and proactive deck that manages to make blue black pseudo control a lot more fun for us without being punishing for other players at the table. Once Alela is out all of our instants double as faerie producers. Usually the goal is to use these to protect Alela and slowly build up the board to ensure goad triggers so that we can sit back and watch our friends hit each other. Once players begin to get eliminated from the game, we can use our faeries to close out the game. This deck is a lot of fun to play, and definitely the most fun I've had playing blue black without making anyone at the table groan!

Top Ranked	Achieved #8 position overall 1 year ago Achieved #4 position in Commander / EDH 1 year ago Achieved #2 position in Commander / EDH UB (Dimir) 1 year ago
Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 week
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.75
Tokens	Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Manifest 2/2 C, Ninja 1/1 U, On an Adventure, Pirate 4/2 R, Treasure
Folders	EDH Decks, Untested