Budget Alela Enchantment EDH

Commander / EDH* WUB (Esper)

SlumberingSinh

Enchantment (30)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Banishing Light
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Conviction
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Dictate of Heliod
• 1x Dire Undercurrents
• 1x Divine Visitation
• 1x Estrid's Invocation
• 1x Etchings of the Chosen
• 1x Ethereal Absolution
• 1x Ethereal Armor
• 1x Favorable Winds
• 1x Flickering Ward
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Gravitational Shift
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Intangible Virtue
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Mirrormade
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Search for Azcanta  ^Flip
• 1x Sigil of the Empty Throne
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Starfield of Nyx
• 1x True Conviction

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Distant Melody
• 1x Open the Vaults
• 1x Winged Words

Land (37)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 5x Island
• 1x Nimbus Maze
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 8x Plains
• 1x Port Town
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Vault of Whispers
• 1x Watery Grave

Creature (9)

• 1x Crashing Drawbridge
• 1x Empyrean Eagle
• 1x Ertai, the Corrupted
• 1x Hanna, Ship's Navigator
• 1x Mesa Enchantress
• 1x Scion of Oona
• 1x Sephara, Sky's Blade
• 1x Starfield Mystic
• 1x Thunderclap Wyvern

Commander (1)

Artifact (13)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Mace of the Valiant
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Instant (6)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Despark
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Utter End

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Enchantment (3)

• 1x Cloud Cover
• 1x Lunar Force
• 1x Martyr's Bond

Creature (3)

• 1x Doomwake Giant
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Zur the Enchanter

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Distant Melody

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So Alela got spoiled and I immediately thought "Oh that could be fun". This coincided perfectly with my LGS just starting a commander league. I wanted to brew something strong but not OP as its meant to be a more casual league. Thus, I landed on this deck. We are more or less playing Anthem Tribal, getting a bunch of faeries for simply playing the enchantments we want to be playing anyway.

The deck needs a bit of help I think though. I didn't go the artifact route because I thought that it would invite a really combo heavy playstyle, which I don't think would fly in the league. Enchantress became the other option (besides faerie tribal but I don't think this is the commander for that) and because I like enchantments, I figured why not. The issue is, enchantments aren't as fast as artifacts. My average CMC is really high, so at best im generating 1 faerie a turn, maybe 2 if we are later in the game. I want to bring the CMC down and maybe add some artifact ramp as well, just to get the deck flowing better. I think I'm gonna need card draw here too because if I run out of gas, I'm out of the game.

We really only have 2 win cons unfortunately, which is go wide with Alela tokens, or go wide with Starfield of Nyx . Both options are fragile because they are both easily removed. Hall of Heliod's Generosity is a really cool card which helps save the starfield path, but I think I need more. Maybe running Torment of Hailfire ? That's the other thing in which I need help with. I never play esper so win cons here would be appreciated.

We are also woefully at risk of running out of gas. This deck needs more card draw or an actual engine or we can stall out pretty fast.

Thanks for checking out the deck, I appreciate any help you guys can give, just try to make additions semi budget, as I'll be buying this whole deck at once.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.25
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Angel 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Faerie 1/1 U, Spirit 1/1 WB, Treasure