Art by Steve Argyle
Commander deckBGRUW
Child of Alara
The deck aims to repeatedly sacrifice Child of Alara to clear the board, using graveyard recursion to keep its 'wipe' threat active while protecting its own nonland permanents with indestructible effects.
Asked for“I want a niche child of alara "Board wipe tribal deck"”
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 · 62 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
1Child of Alara
WUBRGLegendary Creature — Avatar
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
12
Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
2GEnchantment Creature — Nymph Dryad
Allows extra land drops and perfect mana fixing.
Faeburrow Elder
1GWCreature — Treefolk Druid
Produces massive mana in a five-color deck.
Smothering Tithe
3WEnchantment
Powerful treasure generation to out-pace opponents.
Wayfarer's Bauble
1Artifact
Efficient artifact-based land ramp that helps fix colors in a five-color deck.
Card Draw
9
Removal
10
Threats/Wincons
19
Maelstrom Wanderer
5GURLegendary Creature — Elemental
Cascades into more spells and provides haste.
Progenitus
WWUUBBRRGGLegendary Creature — Hydra Avatar
Massive finisher that is hard to interact with.
Avacyn, Angel of Hope
5WWWLegendary Creature — Angel
Makes your board immune to your own wipes.
Zurgo Helmsmasher
2RWBLegendary Creature — Orc Warrior
Indestructible on your turn to survive wipes.
In Garruk's Wake
7BBSorcery
One sided board wipe for creatures and planeswalkers.
Ruinous Ultimatum
RRWWWBBSorcery
Asymmetrical total wipe of opponents possessions.
Sun Titan
4WWCreature — Giant
Returns permanents like Child of Alara or ramp pieces.
Utility
12
Greater Good
2GGEnchantment
Offers a reliable way to sacrifice Child of Alara for card advantage and to trigger its board wipe effect.
Evolutionary Leap
1GEnchantment
A cheap sacrifice outlet that replaces the sacrificed creature with another from the library.
Goblin Bombardment
1REnchantment
Zero-mana sacrifice outlet to trigger the commander at instant speed while dealing incremental damage.
Phyrexian Reclamation
BEnchantment
Allows for the repeated recursion of the commander or other utility creatures after board wipes.
Vampiric Tutor
BInstant
Finds specific board wipes, sacrifice outlets, or protection pieces exactly when needed.
