Art by Mark Zug
Commander deckB
Maralen of the Mornsong
Deploy cheap Faeries and disruptive Rats to apply early pressure, using Maralen to fetch tribal payoffs and drain opponents without relying on complex infinite combos.
Asked for“A fairie deck with maralen, fae ascendent as commander, having fairies and rats in it. low budget (max 50€). No comlex combos.”
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
1Maralen of the Mornsong
1BBLegendary Creature — Elf Wizard
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Card Draw
8
Morbid Opportunist
2BCreature — Human Rogue
steady card draw from creature deaths
Phyrexian Rager
2BCreature — Phyrexian Horror
cantrip creature that leaves a body to sacrifice
Removal
10
Threats/Wincons
26
Faerie Dreamthief
BCreature — Faerie Warlock
cheap evasive Faerie with graveyard hate utility
Oona's Prowler
1BCreature — Faerie Rogue
aggressive flying Faerie that forces opponent discards
Faerie Macabre
1BBCreature — Faerie Rogue
flying body with surprise instant graveyard disruption
Faerie Bladecrafter
2BCreature — Faerie Rogue
grows Faeries and drains when it dies
Rankle, Master of Pranks
2BBLegendary Creature — Faerie Rogue
versatile Faerie engine for discard, sacrifice, and card draw
Barrow Naughty
1BCreature — Faerie
cheap Faerie that gains lifelink alongside Faerie synergies
Thornbow Archer
BCreature — Elf Archer
aggressive one-drop that drains non-Elves each attack
Oona's Blackguard
1BCreature — Faerie Rogue
buffs Rogues and forces discards on combat damage
Puppeteer Clique
3BBCreature — Faerie Wizard
Faerie with persist that steals opposing graveyard creatures
Marsh Flitter
3BCreature — Faerie Rogue
creates two flying Faerie tokens on entry
Piper of the Swarm
1BCreature — Human Warlock
gives Rats menace and generates Rat tokens
Karumonix, the Rat King
1BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Rat
Rat lord giving toxic and digging for more Rats
Lord Skitter, Sewer King
2BLegendary Creature — Rat Noble
generates Rat tokens each combat while clearing graveyards
Chittering Rats
1BBCreature — Rat
disrupts opponents by putting cards on top of their library
Pack Rat
1BCreature — Rat
budget win condition that replicates into a lethal swarm
Nezumi Informant
1BCreature — Rat Rogue
cheap Rat that forces targeted opponent discard
Nezumi Graverobber // Nighteyes the Desecrator
1BCreature — Rat Rogue // Legendary Creature — Rat Wizard
provides graveyard exile and reanimation upside
Throat Slitter
4BCreature — Rat Ninja
Rat ninja that assassinates creatures upon connecting
Voracious Vermin
2BCreature — Rat
spawns a Rat token and grows from dying creatures
Wave of Rats
3BCreature — Rat
resilient blitz attacker that recurs from the graveyard
Typhoid Rats
BCreature — Rat
deathtouch one-drop that discourages opposing attacks
Syr Konrad, the Grim
3BBLegendary Creature — Human Knight
drains opponents whenever any creature dies or leaves a graveyard
Utility
8
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
protects Maralen or key lords with hexproof and haste
Maskwood Nexus
4Artifact
unifies Faeries and Rats so all tribal buffs apply to all creatures
Icon of Ancestry
3Artifact
anthem effect that also digs for shared creature types
Bontu's Monument
3Legendary Artifact
reduces black creature costs and drains opponents upon casting
Feign Death
BInstant
one-mana protection spell to keep your commander on the field
Supernatural Stamina
BInstant
combat trick that returns the target creature upon death
Not Dead After All
BInstant
brings back a key creature with a wicked role token attached
