Alela's Huge Goads [Primer]

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

Tsukimi

Creature (26)

• 1x Faerie Mastermind
• 1x Leaden Myr
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
• 1x Oona's Blackguard
• 1x Silver Myr
• 1x Spellstutter Sprite
• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Brazen Borrower
• 1x Faerie Bladecrafter
• 1x Mari, the Killing Quill
• 1x Nettling Nuisance
• 1x Prosperous Thief
• 1x Scion of Oona
• 1x Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
• 1x Tishana's Tidebinder
• 1x Vendilion Clique
• 1x Wavebreak Hippocamp
• 1x Enduring Curiosity
• 1x Faerie Harbinger
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Grim Hireling
• 1x High Fae Trickster
• 1x Malleable Impostor
• 1x Mocking Doppelganger
• 1x Talion, the Kindly Lord

Enchantment (7)

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

Instant (22)

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

Artifact (9)

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

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Notorious Throng

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 Slitherwisp
• 1x Blightwing Bandit

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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	6 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