Alela's Huge Goads [Primer]

Commander / EDH Bracket 3 Counterspell Faeries Flash UB (Dimir)

Tsukimi

Creature (26)

• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Brazen Borrower
• 1x Enduring Curiosity
• 1x Faerie Bladecrafter
• 1x Faerie Harbinger
• 1x Faerie Mastermind
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Grim Hireling
• 1x High Fae Trickster
• 1x Leaden Myr
• 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 Silver Myr
• 1x Spellstutter Sprite
• 1x Talion, the Kindly Lord
• 1x Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
• 1x Tishana's Tidebinder
• 1x Vendilion Clique
• 1x Wavebreak Hippocamp

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Alexi's Cloak
• 1x Amphibian Downpour
• 1x As Foretold
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Blessing of Leeches
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Kindred Discovery

Instant (22)

• 1x An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Consider
• 1x Corrupted Conviction
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Deadly Dispute
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Fierce GuardianshipGC
• 1x Get Out
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Opt
• 1x Raise the Draugr
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Resculpt
• 1x Soul Shatter
• 1x Three Steps Ahead
• 1x Unwind
• 1x V.A.T.S.
• 1x Vampiric TutorGC
• 1x Village Rites
• 1x Waterlogged Teachings  ^Flip

Artifact (9)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mithril Coat
• 1x Patchwork Banner
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Thought Vessel

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Notorious Throng
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Commander (1)

Land (33)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fell Mire  ^Flip
• 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 Sunken Hollow
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Three Tree City
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave

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Creature (3)

• 1x Activated Sleeper
• 1x Blightwing Bandit
• 1x Slitherwisp

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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 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. The goal is to use these cheap interaction spells to remove spot threats, to protect Alela, and to 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 flying 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 everyone at the table groan (too much)!

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	2 days
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.69
Tokens	Copy Clone, Elemental 4/4 UR, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Manifest 2/2 C, On an Adventure, Pirate 4/2 R, Treasure
Folders	EDH Decks, Untested