Alela's Automotive Museum

Commander / EDH Artifact Counterspell Crew Midrange Stax Tokens Vehicle WUB (Esper)

Epicurus

Land (35)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Glimmervoid
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Goldmire Bridge
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 3x Island
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Mech Hangar
• 1x Mistvault Bridge
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 5x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Power Depot
• 1x Razortide Bridge
• 1x Roadside Reliquary
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Treasure Vault
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x Vault of Whispers
• 1x Watery Grave

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Mechanized Production
• 1x Mirrodin Besieged
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Thopter Spy Network

Artifact (21)

• 1x Aerial Surveyor
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Colossal Plow
• 1x Cultivator's Caravan
• 1x Mechtitan Core
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Mobilizer Mech
• 1x Parhelion II
• 1x Peacewalker Colossus
• 1x Prodigy's Prototype
• 1x Shorikai, Genesis Engine
• 1x Silent Submersible
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
• 1x Smuggler's Copter
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Weatherlight

Instant (10)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dispatch
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Fracture
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Teferi's Protection

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils

Commander (1)

Creature (14)

• 1x Bronze Guardian
• 1x Esper Sentinel
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Ethersworn Canonist
• 1x Foundry Inspector
• 1x Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
• 1x Hanna, Ship's Navigator
• 1x Kotori, Pilot Prodigy
• 1x Leonin Abunas
• 1x Malevolent Hermit  ^Flip
• 1x Padeem, Consul of Innovation
• 1x Rebbec, Architect of Ascension
• 1x Urza, Lord High Artificer
• 1x Vedalken Archmage

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Descend upon the Sinful
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Martial Coup
• 1x Nightmare Unmaking
• 1x Organic Extinction
• 1x Phyrexian Rebirth
• 1x Slaughter the Strong
• 1x Thoughtcast
• 1x Valiant Endeavor

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Alela Vehicle tribal Stax deck. Comments welcome. No infinite combos, please.

The deck isn't exactly where I want it to be, but the original impetus was to have Alela as a factory to provide pilots for the vehicles.

However, since then it has taken on a different kind of identity in its design. As such, I'm currently considering other commanders.

The current concept I'm going for is a Stax build that produces a toxic battlefield, taking advantage of the fact that the vehicles are not naturally creatures. So there are a lot of board wipes and stuff like Meekstone, while having noncreature token producers to replenish my crew. Coupled with a handful of tax effects to make things difficult for opponents to keep their board states intact.

The end game is to have a board state advantage, and regularly attack unmolested by turns 6-10. Slow, grinding and brutal is the idea. So there's a lot of counterspell action and targeted removal in addition to the board wipes.

I'd like to keep the color identity in Esper, because that's the best identity for Stax. And since Alela goes wide so easily, and her MV is just barely low enough to reasonably recast her a few times following wipes, I can't decide if another commander would be better suited. If anyone has opinions on this, please share them in the comments. Also please post suggestions on how to tighten up the Stax theme.

Just keep in mind, this is not an Alela go-wide deck. Therefore, anthems don't really help as much as they otherwise would.

Enjoy!

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Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.14
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Angel 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Construct 0/0 C, Copy Clone, Faerie 1/1 U, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance, Mechtitan, Myr 1/1 C, Horror */* C, Pilot 1/1 C, Soldier 1/1 W, Thopter 1/1 C, Treasure
Folders	Netdecking Commander, Deck Ideas