Art by Grzegorz Rutkowski
Commander deckBUW
Alela, Artful Provocateur
Cast low-cost equitable and artifacts to generate a swarm of Faerie tokens while buffing them with anthem effects for a lethal aerial assault.
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Deck anatomy
What this list actually runs on: how cheaply it casts things, and whether it has enough ramp, card draw and interaction to keep up at the table. Each block is one card — hover for its name.
Mana curve · 61 nonland cards
The working parts
Counted from Scryfall’s community card tags, not from the builder’s own labels. A card that does two jobs counts twice, so these add up to more than the deck. The hatched band is a common rule of thumb, not a law — combo decks run leaner, battlecruiser decks heavier.
Colored mana symbols
Commander
1Alela, Artful Provocateur
1WUBLegendary Creature — Faerie Warlock
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Card Draw
11
Bident of Thassa
2UULegendary Enchantment Artifact
Triggers Alela and rewards attacking with tokens
Coastal Piracy
2UUEnchantment
Draws cards for every flying creature that connects
Reconnaissance Mission
2UUEnchantment
Enchantment based card draw on combat damage
Esper Sentinel
WArtifact Creature — Human Soldier
Early creature that scales and provides card advantage
Removal
11
Threats/Wincons
22
Bitterblossom
1BKindred Enchantment — Faerie
Constant enchantment-based token generation
Mace of the Valiant
2WArtifact — Equipment
Grows rapidly as tokens enter the battlefield
Starnheim Courser
2WCreature — Pegasus
Reduces cost of enchantments and artifacts
Baleful Strix
UBArtifact Creature — Bird
Cheap artifact creature that replaces itself
Sai, Master Thopterist
2ULegendary Creature — Human Artificer
Secondary token generator for artifacts
Utility
7
Hanna, Ship's Navigator
1WULegendary Creature — Human Artificer
Recursion for artifacts and enchantments
Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle
3WLegendary Creature — Bird Cleric
Recurs low CMC creatures when casting history
