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Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Legendary Creature — Elf Faerie Noble · {2}{B}{G}{U} · Black/Green/Blue commander

Flying Whenever Maralen or another Elf or Faerie you control enters, exile the top two cards of target opponent's library. Once each turn, you may cast a spell with mana value less than or equal to the number of Elves and Faeries you control from among cards exiled with Maralen this turn without paying its mana cost.

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What Maralen, Fae Ascendant 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 · etbWhenever Maralen or another Elf or Faerie you control enters, exile the top two cards of target opponent's library.
• Keyword · flyingflying
• AbilityOnce each turn, you may cast a spell with mana value less than or equal to the number of Elves and Faeries you control from among cards exiled with Maralen this turn without paying its mana cost.

What a Maralen, Fae Ascendant deck needs

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

• Elves and Faeries entering (each exiles two of an opponent's cards to cast free)

The Maralen, Fae Ascendant deck plan

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

• 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
• 16× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
• 6× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
• 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
• 7× Refill your hand
• 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

Best cards for Maralen, Fae Ascendant

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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