Maralen, Fae Ascendant
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- Commander
- Maralen, Fae Ascendant
- Cards
- 100
- Current value
- $501.37
- Grade
- A
How it grades
Fundamentals 96/100. Plays like Faerie Tribal and Tokens.
This reads as Faerie Tribal · Tokens, built around Maralen, Fae Ascendant. A Faerie deck at heart: the creatures share a type on purpose, and lords, payoffs, and type-matters synergies make the whole board bigger than its parts. Tribal decks trade individual card power for critical mass, so keep the faerie count high and let the synergy pay the bills. Maralen, Fae Ascendant sits on the cEDH tier list, so the ceiling here is tournament-grade, and experienced tables will treat it that way. Its strongest fundamental is land count (34 lands. About 36 fits this curve for Faerie Tribal); the first thing to tighten is mana reliability: 89% of your spells arrive on time. Bitterbloom Bearer is the riskiest: its B cost is heavy for this mana base, so expect it several turns late.
- A-Mana reliability
- A+Land count
- A+Mana curve
- A+Ramp
- A+Card draw
- A+Interaction
- A+Commander synergy
- AWin conditions
- A+Card quality
- A+Legality & size
Nothing falls short. Strong on mana reliability, land count, mana curve, ramp, card draw, interaction, commander synergy, win conditions, card quality and legality & size.
87 cards graded: A- 1, B+ 48, B 38. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Made together, they take Maralen, Fae Ascendant from A to A+.
Garruk's Uprising2G$0.58
In place of Vedalken Orrery: weakest slot in the deck (62/100)
Pays off your token engine (14 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (35 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Return of the Wildspeaker4G$2.63
In place of Leyline of Anticipation: weakest slot in the deck (63/100)
Fits the token build players run with your commanders. Pays off your token engine (14 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Craterhoof Behemoth5GGG$25.04
In place of Faebloom Trick: weakest slot in the deck (63/100)
Pays off your token engine (14 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (35 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Finale of DevastationXGG$33.57
In place of Glen Elendra's Answer: weakest slot in the deck (63/100)
Pays off your token engine (14 producers). Top-5% staple by play data. Fits the token build players run with your commanders.
Shamanic Revelation3GG$1.55
In place of Panharmonicon: weakest slot in the deck (64/100)
Pays off your token engine (14 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (35 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Displacer Kitten3U$34.30
In place of Bitterbloom Bearer: its B cost is heavy for this mana base; expect it several turns late (65/100)
Pays off your instant-and-sorcery engine (19 producers). Pays off your enters-the-battlefield engine (9 producers). Fits the enters-the-battlefield build players run with your commanders.
Elemental Bond2G$4.67
In place of Voracious Tome-Skimmer: weakest slot in the deck (65/100)
Fits the go-wide build players run with your commanders. Pays off your go-wide engine (35 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Thought Vessel2—
In place of Harmonized Crescendo: weakest slot in the deck (65/100)
Pays off your card-draw engine (14 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Archmage Emeritus2UU$0.57
In place of Stolen by the Fae: weakest slot in the deck (65/100)
Pays off your instant-and-sorcery engine (19 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Decanter of Endless Water3$5.27
In place of Counterspell: its U cost is heavy for this mana base; expect it several turns late (66/100)
Pays off your card-draw engine (14 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
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Decklist
Commander 1
Creatures 34
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Instants 12
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Sorceries 7
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Artifacts 6
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Enchantments 6
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Lands 34
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