Alesha, Who Grins At Her Weenies (Commander / EDH MTG Deck)

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Alesha, Who Grins At Her Weenies

Commander / EDH Aggro Discard Dredge Multiplayer RBW (Mardu) Weenie

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Creature (28)

Planeswalker (2)

Land (35)

Enchantment (4)

Artifact (13)

Instant (10)

Sorcery (6)

Commander (1)

Hello everyone this is my Alesha deck. Card choices are outlined below;

Alesha Targets

Master of Cruelties: Just like in Kaalia of the Vast, his ability will trigger after he is reanimated, since it works on the declare blockers step, not on declare attackers. He is the main win condition here.
Serra Ascendant: Alternate win condition.
Drana, Liberator of Malakir: Powerful, as she has flying, which makes her bolstering ability much easier to trigger, putting your opponent(s) on a shorter clock.
Liliana, Heretical Healer : If you have more than one creature swinging, and you can spare to lose one for the cause, her ability will trigger, getting you both a Token to replace the creature(s) you just lost for her, and becoming the highly useful Liliana, Defiant Necromancer .
Knight of the White Orchid and Solemn Simulacrum: Land fetching for those rare moments when you absolutely need a couple extra mana beyond four or five.
Scab-Clan Berserker, Stigma Lasher, Palisade Giant , Precinct Captain, and Silverblade Paladin: Simple utility, whether it be making tokens, boosting damage, cutting off lifegain, functioning as a pseudo-hatebear, or redirecting damage away from more important creatures on your field.
War Priest of Thune, Fiend Hunter, Banisher Priest, and Duplicant: Removal on sticks.

Graveyard Effects

Grenzo, Dungeon Warden , Codex Shredder , Golgari Thug, Stinkweed Imp, and Dakmor Salvage: Self-Mill and Dredge help fill your yard fast to get a jump start on targets with Alesha.
Entomb and Buried Alive: Classic Reanimator cards that speed the game up considerably. With the perfect hand, you can win the game as early as turn 4 with Master of Cruelties and Entomb.
Wheel of Fortune, Reforge the Soul, Shattered Perception , Incendiary Command, Magus of the Wheel, and Dangerous Wager: Wheel effects are a godsend in this deck, as they allow you to dump both yours and your opponents' hands into the 'yards and draw a brand new hand. Perfect for disrupting their tutors and filling your 'yard with more fuel.
Shred Memory, Harvest Pyre, and Skeletal Scrying: If you happen to be up against another Graveyard.dec, it's important to limit the number of things in your 'yard that they can use against you. These cards ruin strategies with Consuming Aberration and the like, while allowing you to cut out the extra stuff from your Self-milling and discarding.
Zombie Infestation and Jaya Ballard, Task Mage : making 2/2 tokens just for burning a couple cards is wonderful, and with Jaya, you can burn opposing blockers off the field while also giving Alesha more targets.
Sun Titan, Reveillark, and Crucible of Worlds: Extra utility for situations when you need multiple bodies on the field or even getting your lands back after an Armageddon. I don't run Fetchlands as the deck can comfortably operate with 4-5 lands and a mana rock.

Combat Assistance

Aurelia, the Warleader: Hooray for extra combat!
Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Vault of the Archangel, and Whip of Erebos: Adding lifelink to a field of weenies can help keep you alive in the long run, plus Sorin makes his own Flying(!) tokens. I wouldn't recommend using the Whip to reanimate anything unless you just really need a body on the field.
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite and Sorin, Lord of Innistrad: Anthem effects Ho!
Iroas, God of Victory and Eldrazi Monument: Evasion, Evasion, Evasion.
Boros Charm: Utility spell. Really only meant to be used for its Indestructibility mode, but can be used in a pinch for burn.

Card Draw

Mentor of the Meek: absolute powerhouse, especially since he triggers off of all those 2/2 and 1/1 tokens we can make for practically free.
Staff of Nin, Phyrexian Arena, Howling Mine, Bloodgift Demon, and Faithless Looting: Pretty standard card draw suite here.
Smoldering Crater , Forgotten Cave, Secluded Steppe, Drifting Meadow , Polluted Mire , and Barren Moor: Cycle lands! Helpful in a pinch for some extra draws, or to just get some lands in the 'yard to abuse with Crucible of Worlds.

Extra Mana

Land Tax: Playing White without Land Tax is practically a crime in and of itself.
Orzhov Signet, Rakdos Signet, Boros Signet, and Sol Ring: Pretty standard stuff here. Most of the cards in this deck are pretty color intensive, so the signets help a lot in that regard. Sol Ring is really just for those explosive starts where you wanna get Alesha on the field and swinging before turn 3.

Commander Protection

Darksteel Plate, Spectra Ward , and Lightning Greaves: As with any deck revolving heavily around its General, cheap and effective forms of protection are a must-have to keep from getting surprised and stuck up a creek.
Enlightened Tutor: Pretty much the only real tutor this deck needs; allows you to fetch all 3 of your commander Armors for a low cost.

Removal

Oblation: Since the tucking rule involving the Commanders was changed (ugh), this card has lost a lot of its power. However, it is still worth an include for those pesky Indestructible permanents or even just to get you some emergency draws.
Path to Exile: pretty standard choice. Giving an opponent an extra land may not seem like a good trade off, but exiling a threat for next to nothing and possibly disrupting a major win condition is well worth an extra land in my book.
Hero's Downfall: with the popularity of Superfriends decks and the niche spots that some underwhelming PWs fill, I feel that being able to hard destroy either a creature or a Planeswalker is very, very good.

THE CHOPPING BLOCK

Feldon of the Third Path: still on the fence about this one, as he is a lifesaver while Alesha is MIA, but requiring 6 mana and 2 turns just to make temporary artifact tokens of something in the 'yard doesn't seem worth it to me.
Archetype of Aggression: Trample doesn't help very much in a deck full of power < 3 creatures. He is really only useful with his black counterpart (Archetype of Finality), and I chose not to include her for being too expensive.

Suggestions are welcome, and additional discussion is encouraged!

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Date added	9 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	99
Avg. CMC	3.08
Tokens	Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Emblem Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, Emblem Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Goat 0/1 W, Soldier 1/1 W, Vampire 1/1 B w/ Lifelink, Vampire 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B
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