Alesha, Who Smiles at Death [White Border]

Commander / EDH RBW (Mardu)

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Creature (17)

• 1x Anarchist
• 1x Aven Cloudchaser
• 1x Blinding Angel
• 1x Crypt Rats
• 1x Goblin Settler
• 1x Goblin Tinkerer
• 1x Goblin Vandal
• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Nekrataal
• 1x Phyrexian Plaguelord
• 1x Royal Assassin
• 1x Sengir Autocrat
• 1x Shard Phoenix
• 1x Stronghold Assassin
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Veteran Bodyguard

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Ancient Craving
• 1x Ashes to Ashes
• 1x Catastrophe
• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Dregs of Sorrow
• 1x Dust to Dust
• 1x Earthquake
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Pillage
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Rolling Thunder
• 1x Wrath of God

Land (38)

• 1x Badlands
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Drifting Meadow
• 1x Mishra's Factory
• 6x Mountain
• 9x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Polluted Mire
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Smoldering Crater
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 10x Swamp
• 1x Urborg Volcano

Instant (10)

• 1x Diabolic Edict
• 1x Disenchant
• 1x Enlightened TutorGC
• 1x Fork
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Reprisal
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Terror
• 1x Vampiric TutorGC

Commander (1)

Enchantment (13)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Death Pit Offering
• 1x Fervor
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Kismet
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Noble Purpose
• 1x Pestilence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Sacred Mesa
• 1x Story Circle
• 1x Worship

Artifact (8)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Helm of Chatzuk
• 1x Icy Manipulator
• 1x Jalum Tome
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Tormod's Crypt

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So I've done a few of these "limitations" by now, so it should be no surprise I'd come around to make one of Alesha too. For reference, here's the first one designed on my own: White Border Kaalia. Yes, Alesha has no white border print. This means you're either making an exception, or commissioning an alter. Your choice (personally, I think the modern frame does not look well with white borders, YMMV).

Standard disclaimer: White border is ugly when mixed with blackborder cards but actually can look pretty sharp by itself...which means limiting your pool of cards. However, this doesn't have to be bad, merely the cards are just straight-forward but still fully functional. Nevertheless I find this deck to be great to hand out as a loaner/starter to new players to get them interested in the format, without bogging them down with a lot of corner case rules interactions that may confuse or even scare them away.

The bulk of this deck's price point is in the tutours and three ABU duals (and goblin settler, I guess), but if you cut those you could pick the rest up for pennies on the dollar. Then you could even proxy some of the high $ cards since this is an unsanctioned format with nothing on the line, which is a pretty fair line of thought given the role of this list. Aside from that, my only stipuations are that every card should have an English print and be reasonably attainable (sorry Spanish Mana Crypt and P3K). However it's worth noting that those ABUs and tutours will be a part of any deck you build after this, making the investment a wise one on your end.

Before you say it, yes, this deck is missing Weathered Wayfarer (9ED). This is by design. You don't have a lot of real utility lands to search up, making this a bit of a lacklustre include. And, y'know, it's still a $15 card which feels not especially great for the cost. Similarly Defense Grid is ~$10 and interferes with a surprisingly high number of instant speed interaction you're packing in this list while offering not a lot of protection for you that you particularly care about.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	41 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.00
Tokens	Pegasus 1/1 W, Serf 0/1 B