Retro Frame Faeries

Commander / EDH Flying Tokens WUB (Esper)

Jkchunt

Land (38)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Dromar's Cavern
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Gemstone Mine
• 3x Island
• 1x Mistvault Bridge
• 6x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Razortide Bridge
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Skycloud Expanse
• 1x Spire of Industry
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Underground Sea

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Akroma's Vengeance
• 1x Ancient Craving
• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Damn
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Phyrexian Rebirth
• 1x Plague Wind
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Urza's Ruinous Blast
• 1x Vindicate

Creature (19)

• 1x Angel of the Ruins
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Chrome Courier
• 1x Ertai, the Corrupted
• 1x Ethersworn Adjudicator
• 1x Fain, the Broker
• 1x Foundry Inspector
• 1x Indomitable Archangel
• 1x Lord of the Void
• 1x Master Transmuter
• 1x Radiant, Archangel
• 1x Sai, Master Thopterist
• 1x Sharding Sphinx
• 1x Sharuum the Hegemon
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Stormscape Familiar
• 1x Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle
• 1x Thought Monitor
• 1x Windborn Muse

Enchantment (12)

• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Cover of Darkness
• 1x Diabolic Servitude
• 1x Divine Visitation
• 1x Etchings of the Chosen
• 1x High Ground
• 1x Koskun Falls
• 1x Righteous War
• 1x Sigil of the New Dawn
• 1x Soul Barrier
• 1x Teferi's Moat
• 1x Thopter Spy Network

Commander (1)

Artifact (14)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of the Meek
• 1x Thopter Shop
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Trading Post

Instant (6)

• 1x Despark
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Remand
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

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This deck came about because I disassembled three of my other EDH decks, and realized around the same time that the copy of Alela I had left over from taking apart four of the Brother's War retro frame precon decks for their cards could make for a viable retro frame commander.

Like many of my other decks, the concept for this one is essentially the same as its new frame counterparts: cast a ton of enchantments and artifacts and generate a ton of fairy tokens. The deck can struggle with "bouncing back" from board wipes, but that may be due to my unfamiliarity with playing it relative to my other decks. This deck struggles more against new frame decks than many of my others. I'm open to any suggestions for revision.

Notes:

• The deck is a bit low on creatures at the moment; ideally the tokens fill the void but at times this can be a problem. Protecting Alela from removal is essential, and while the deck's focus on enchantments can help with this, the deck struggles a bit against more agressive decks.
• Artifact lands are excellent for maximizing token generation
• Generating thopter artifact tokens also generates faeries!
• The amount of removal and control available is great, but can be a detriment to the deck if used after Alela has been played, since casting enough cards to generate new tokens after a board wipe often proves too slow relative to the deck's opponents.
• Creatures with flying benefit from Alela also, and thankfully many of the Brother's War precon decks are full of artifact creatures with flying.
• As is the case with all of my retro frame decks, the dual lands are proxies IRL

Date added	6 months
Last updated	4 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.76
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Elephant 3-3 G, Faerie 1/1 U, Goat 0/1 W, Inkling 2/1 WB, Phyrexian Horror X/X C, Thopter 1/1 C, Thopter 1/1 U, Treasure