EsperLegendary Creature — Faerie WarlockAlela, Artful Provocateur
Mana value4Rank#5,027
The Commander
Flying, deathtouch, lifelink
Other creatures you control with flying get +1/+0.
Whenever you cast an artifact or enchantment spell, create a 1/1 blue Faerie creature token with flying.
Guide
Gameplan
Alela turns your noncreature spells into a growing flying army—every artifact or enchantment you cast spawns a 1/1 flying Faerie, and her anthem makes them all hit harder. You durdle out value pieces early, build a wide evasive board, then close with an anthem-fueled aerial swing or a token-payoff finisher. She's also a fine evasive blocker thanks to deathtouch and lifelink.
Strengths
- Free flying tokens off cards you'd play anyway (artifacts, enchantments, equipment)
- Built-in anthem makes a wide flyer board lethal fast
- Deathtouch + lifelink make her a strong defensive body and combat deterrent
- Deep, flexible card pool in Esper colors for removal, ramp, and card draw
- Synergizes with enchantress and artifact value engines simultaneously
Weaknesses
- Board wipes can erase your token army in one shot
- Relies heavily on Alela being on the battlefield for the anthem and token engine
- Token strategy is vulnerable to fliers/reach and mass removal in the air
- Can be slow and grindy without dedicated payoffs
- Spot removal on the commander stunts the whole plan
Key Cards
- Smothering Tithe — Artifact and enchantment that triggers Alela while flooding you with Treasure to fuel more spells.
- Esper Sentinel — Cheap artifact that triggers a Faerie and taxes opponents into drawing you cards.
- Shark Typhoon — Generates evasive bodies independent of Alela and pairs with her anthem.
- Sram, Senior Edificer — Card-draw engine off the equipment and auras that also trigger Faerie tokens.
- Coastal Piracy — Enchantment that triggers Alela and turns your evasive board into a card-draw machine.
- Cyclonic Rift — Premier blue reset that clears blockers for a lethal flying alpha strike.
Upgrade Path
Add more cheap, repeatable noncreature triggers (Esper Sentinel, Smothering Tithe, Sol Ring, fast mana) and token-anthem stackers like Intangible Virtue and additional flyer lords. Layer in protection for Alela (Swiftfoot Boots, Lightning Greaves, counterspells) and a compact win package such as an aristocrats drain loop or a Sword of Feast and Famine on a Faerie. Tighten the curve with efficient interaction—Swords to Plowshares, Counterspell, Cyclonic Rift—so you survive to the wide-board turn.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Wide flying Faerie army buffed by Alela's anthem for an aerial alpha strike
- ▸Anthem stacking (additional flyer lords) overwhelming opponents in the air
- ▸Aristocrat drain with token fodder plus Blood Artist effects
- ▸Cyclonic Rift or board wipe to clear blockers then swing for lethal
Archetypes
- Tokens — Every artifact or enchantment cast makes a flying Faerie, and her anthem turns that swarm into a clock.
- Enchantress — Stacking enchantments triggers both Faerie tokens and card-draw payoffs like Sram and Mesa Enchantress.
- Artifacts — Cheap artifacts and Treasure-makers chain into tokens while ramping you toward bigger spells.
- Aristocrats — Faerie tokens make ideal fodder for sacrifice engines like Bitterblossom-style drain and Blood Artist.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (BUW), by popularity.
