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Alela, Cunning Conqueror

Legendary Creature — Faerie Warlock · {2}{U}{B} · Black/Blue commander

Flying Whenever you cast your first spell during each opponent's turn, create a 1/1 black Faerie Rogue creature token with flying. Whenever one or more Faeries you control deal combat damage to a player, goad target creature that player controls.

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What Alela, Cunning Conqueror actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

• Triggered ability · cast_spellWhenever you cast your first spell during each opponent's turn, create a 1/1 black Faerie Rogue creature token with flying.
• Triggered ability · deals_damageWhenever one or more Faeries you control deal combat damage to a player, goad target creature that player controls.
• Keyword · flyingflying

What an Alela, Cunning Conqueror deck needs

Plays as faerie typal. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• instants and flash spells (only a spell cast during an opponent's turn triggers it)
• faerie creatures (its text counts them)
• many cheap evasive attackers and team evasion (every creature that connects triggers it)

The Alela, Cunning Conqueror deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

• 10× A 0-1 mana creature that reliably attacks UNBLOCKED — the cost the commander's ability consumes, and the only way it gets onto the battlefield
• 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
• 10× Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine
• 6× A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count
• 4× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 1× Answer a whole board at once

Best cards for Alela, Cunning Conqueror

Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.

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