Let me in in the comments what you thought of the build, if there are any cards you think I missed or that you feel shouldn't be in the build, and what commanders from Wilds of Eldraine you want to see a build for in the future!
I have been watching your videos for quite some time. When I saw this video the other day, since I wanted to built this commander, I finally became a sub :). This one was the one that won me over :D.
There are so many cool Rogue lords, I saw Tegwyll during preview season and was kind of sad they didn't give other faeries deathtouch, and got interested in alela since I've wanted to look into spell slinger decks. Mari is such a fun lord affect and semi-graveyard hate at the same time, your card selection has really made me want to brew my own version of this dimir spell slinging trickster!
@@rikuexe9082 Sure, I added things like Rhystic Leyline Kindred Faerie Tauntings for enchantments Mistbind clique Spellstutter Sprite Talion Oona's blackguard Faerie mastermind Vendillion clique for creatures Then more counters, removal and a few cantrips to keep Alela activating. I added some artifacts like sword of F&F to always have mana, and I tidied up the mana base. I own an Underground Sea and Shock (among others), but it's not necessary.
thank you for this! just got back into the game, and picked this deck up for my first commander night. right out of the box, it was fun to play and not horrible. i'm excited to make some changes. out of the box, alela is tough as the commander
Another great board wipe of sorts that leaves you with a board is the new Faerie Slumber Party. I know they’re not Rogues too but still sets everyone else back and leaves you with creatures.
Good suggestion! Having another wipe in the build in not a bad idea (since we only have 1) and this was is fits the faerie theme nicely while getting through destruction protection and - like you mentioned - leaving us with a at least partially tribal board for us to take advantage of, so I can see it slotting into the build quite nicely.
I would only consider Wizard Class for this deck, a cheap enchantment that removes handsize and is a payoff to card draw. Amazing video, I'm looking forward to next week's video!!!
Good suggestion! I did consider adding in Wizard Class, since, like you mentioned, getting rid of our hand size is great and the draw based payoff that grows our evasive faerie rogues is fantastic (and the draw doesn't hurt either). I think it just ended missing out due to budget constraints, but I could certainly recommend it if we have a few extra bucks to spare.
I was hoping for a mtg Elsa deck, but I really like this deck! I like that thought of goading all the big bads my opponents have on the board. Also who doesn’t love including rankle in a deck
aaaah amazing! I built this deck with a rogue typal side as well and I was considering about Mari as I thought it could be a nice addition. I actually used the Sneak Attack preconstructed deck to build her ahaha
Second week of the new video format is going well, it's certainly been a positive change. We have a mischievous deck this week. It looks to encapsulate the "classic" Faerie playstyle which the precon didn't quite hit the mark with (although it was still a pretty good precon otherwise).
I would love if there was a list of the changes. I wanna give this to a friend for Christmas and it would make it so much easier to order the cards I need
So even though those upgrades offer free spell play, the price for freedom of cast is steep! Like this one Grazz - nice feature of evasive critters comboed with serious countering and removal.
Faeries are my fave tribe. I plan to build Oona with some new faeries from Eldraine though it might be a bit more expensive :X Can't wait for Eriette since she's also on my build list.
Yep, faeries certainly got a LOT of support in this latest set, so it is a great time to be a faerie tribal enjoyer! And the Eriette build is complete and will release next Sat, so stay tuned!
Interesting suggestion! Since we're running / have a lot of ways to create evasive bodies, getting this transformed to allow us to use our tokens as mana dorks can be quite useful. I may just have to test this out. Thanks!
What if your commander is turned into a land or removed so many times that you can't recast it? This deck looks like fun, but it's so propped up by the commander that I'd be worried it would fail without it.
GOTTA GO FAST! Sonic jokes aside, amazing vid as always! Also hey, Syr Ginger won! Sweet! Now as for the vote... well Johann is yet another Izzet Spellslinger - snore - Greta is really sweet, but more of a tech for the Gyome deck, and we're only left with... a Rat Bastard who stole my vote! Day 764 of waiting for the face reveal. Sorry for the clunkier comments, I am getting more exhausted than usual these days
Happy to hear that you got the reference and that you're voted commander got the rub (and don't think I didn't catch the pun!). And no worries, I appreciate that you even take the time to comment on my video in the first place - and considering hw long you've done it for, I'd say that you've earned some shorter ones! Either way - I hope you get your energy back soon!
Nice build and great video! I played this precon out of the box, putting Alela into the command zone, and though I won handily it was a bit of a miserable game for my opponents since I was mainly grinding them down with not a ton of power on board and making them discard with Rankle every turn. Any suggestions on potential adds to help close out games once board control has been taken?
I hate to suggest an off theme creature (I also don’t like this creature cuz mono blue control is a standard deck I can’t tolerate atm) but Haughty Djinn is a HUGE evasive body that blocks decently and reduces the cost of all the stuff you wanna cast here.
Been wanting to overhaul this deck as it felt pretty “meh” out of the box (admittedly I immediately swapped Alela into the CZ and maybe it was a bit better with the other). Tons of cards here that weren’t on my radar and I really appreciate the added segment for those with a little higher budget! Just subscribed; honestly not sure why I wasn’t already subscribed as I have to have seen at least half a dozen of your vids and enjoyed them all. Looking forward to more! The rat gets my vote. As somebody above put so succinctly Johann is a yawn and I just don’t see Greta being strong enough to be a commander at most tables.
yeah the stock list isn't great with Alela. I bought the precon too, and the deck was better with Tegwyll. I improved the Instants package and switched to some Flash faeries. Now the deck is really strong with Alela.
@GrazzetMTG I saw about that, I'll try and put a vote in a future if he does get a second chance. It's just because I'm a theatre fan and as "Casting Director" I think Gylwain would be great to lead a deck with a sort've theatrical feel 🎭
I’m sorry but the voice is so hard to listen to. 😢 I’m sensitive to sounds and I could not listen or enjoy. It gave me a headache…. Just not for me, unfortunately.
I understand completely. May cadence when recording can aptly be described as an "acquired taste". If you are still interesting in viewing this content however and not listen to the audio, this and most of my video's have a full transcription of the script as subtitles that is available as an alternative.
Firstly: Ouch Secondly: That's just how I record to put more inflection in my voice since I am naturally very mono-tone - so its either this or me droning (which is possibly an even worst option...)
Let me in in the comments what you thought of the build, if there are any cards you think I missed or that you feel shouldn't be in the build, and what commanders from Wilds of Eldraine you want to see a build for in the future!
I have been watching your videos for quite some time. When I saw this video the other day, since I wanted to built this commander, I finally became a sub :). This one was the one that won me over :D.
You're by far the best EDH deck builder on youtube at the moment
Great video! Love how much interaction is available in the deck. Gotta give this one a try.
Glad you enjoyed the build and, if you do end up building it, hope it works out well for you!
There are so many cool Rogue lords, I saw Tegwyll during preview season and was kind of sad they didn't give other faeries deathtouch, and got interested in alela since I've wanted to look into spell slinger decks. Mari is such a fun lord affect and semi-graveyard hate at the same time, your card selection has really made me want to brew my own version of this dimir spell slinging trickster!
I upgraded this with some pricey cards and good faeries. The deck is REALLY good with Alela as the commander. I'm mid on Tegwyll.
Mind sharing what you added? Definitely curious new to magic and this deck just looks fun.
@@rikuexe9082 Sure, I added things like
Rhystic
Leyline
Kindred
Faerie Tauntings for enchantments
Mistbind clique
Spellstutter Sprite
Talion
Oona's blackguard
Faerie mastermind
Vendillion clique for creatures
Then more counters, removal and a few cantrips to keep Alela activating. I added some artifacts like sword of F&F to always have mana, and I tidied up the mana base. I own an Underground Sea and Shock (among others), but it's not necessary.
@@JustforKikX I appreciate you man. Magic seems fun, but I’m still getting the grasp of everything. Thank you so much.
@@rikuexe9082 Np. Oh, and of course bitter blossom. You can get a WOE copy super cheap in some places now.
@@JustforKikX all this and some spicy enchantments like grave pact and it's wild
It’s a good day when Grazzet posts 🙌
thank you for this! just got back into the game, and picked this deck up for my first commander night. right out of the box, it was fun to play and not horrible. i'm excited to make some changes. out of the box, alela is tough as the commander
Another great board wipe of sorts that leaves you with a board is the new Faerie Slumber Party. I know they’re not Rogues too but still sets everyone else back and leaves you with creatures.
Good suggestion! Having another wipe in the build in not a bad idea (since we only have 1) and this was is fits the faerie theme nicely while getting through destruction protection and - like you mentioned - leaving us with a at least partially tribal board for us to take advantage of, so I can see it slotting into the build quite nicely.
I would only consider Wizard Class for this deck, a cheap enchantment that removes handsize and is a payoff to card draw. Amazing video, I'm looking forward to next week's video!!!
Good suggestion! I did consider adding in Wizard Class, since, like you mentioned, getting rid of our hand size is great and the draw based payoff that grows our evasive faerie rogues is fantastic (and the draw doesn't hurt either). I think it just ended missing out due to budget constraints, but I could certainly recommend it if we have a few extra bucks to spare.
the class cards are so broken on the right commander, alela would benefit so much
I was hoping for a mtg Elsa deck, but I really like this deck! I like that thought of goading all the big bads my opponents have on the board. Also who doesn’t love including rankle in a deck
aaaah amazing! I built this deck with a rogue typal side as well and I was considering about Mari as I thought it could be a nice addition. I actually used the Sneak Attack preconstructed deck to build her ahaha
Too true! I thought it would be a shame to neglect the rogue aspect of the tokens we create and am happy to see some folks thought the same!
Second week of the new video format is going well, it's certainly been a positive change.
We have a mischievous deck this week. It looks to encapsulate the "classic" Faerie playstyle which the precon didn't quite hit the mark with (although it was still a pretty good precon otherwise).
always looking forward for these videos :)
Glad you like them!
@@GrazzetMTG always have! Always will!
I really like this deck. I test on cockatrice and was really cool.
would love to see the cuts like you posted in the comments for teg! :) great video btw
Great video, thanks :)
Glad you liked it!
I would love if there was a list of the changes. I wanna give this to a friend for Christmas and it would make it so much easier to order the cards I need
So even though those upgrades offer free spell play, the price for freedom of cast is steep! Like this one Grazz - nice feature of evasive critters comboed with serious countering and removal.
I'm going to have to vote on Totentanz - was just looking at a related card for another deck and did not know there was a potential commander as well
Faeries are my fave tribe. I plan to build Oona with some new faeries from Eldraine though it might be a bit more expensive :X
Can't wait for Eriette since she's also on my build list.
Yep, faeries certainly got a LOT of support in this latest set, so it is a great time to be a faerie tribal enjoyer!
And the Eriette build is complete and will release next Sat, so stay tuned!
Just found the precon for $30. This looks like a nice budget path to take for a fun budget deck.
Invasion of Segovia might be worth considering in this deck, depending on how difficult it is to defeat and transform
Interesting suggestion! Since we're running / have a lot of ways to create evasive bodies, getting this transformed to allow us to use our tokens as mana dorks can be quite useful. I may just have to test this out. Thanks!
Faerie Tauntings
What if your commander is turned into a land or removed so many times that you can't recast it? This deck looks like fun, but it's so propped up by the commander that I'd be worried it would fail without it.
I voted for Totentantz. Built him myself the other day, beat the brakes off the whole table with him. B/R AristocRATS is no joke.
Any chance you can post the list ? Haven't had much success with him so far.
Love the content
GOTTA GO FAST! Sonic jokes aside, amazing vid as always! Also hey, Syr Ginger won! Sweet!
Now as for the vote... well Johann is yet another Izzet Spellslinger - snore - Greta is really sweet, but more of a tech for the Gyome deck, and we're only left with... a Rat Bastard who stole my vote!
Day 764 of waiting for the face reveal. Sorry for the clunkier comments, I am getting more exhausted than usual these days
Happy to hear that you got the reference and that you're voted commander got the rub (and don't think I didn't catch the pun!).
And no worries, I appreciate that you even take the time to comment on my video in the first place - and considering hw long you've done it for, I'd say that you've earned some shorter ones! Either way - I hope you get your energy back soon!
Not first, but totally excited!
Glad to hear it!
Nice build and great video! I played this precon out of the box, putting Alela into the command zone, and though I won handily it was a bit of a miserable game for my opponents since I was mainly grinding them down with not a ton of power on board and making them discard with Rankle every turn. Any suggestions on potential adds to help close out games once board control has been taken?
Looks fun!
Also, I really like the recent style of overviews where you go through cards based on purpose, instead of only by type and mana value.
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the feedback!
I hate to suggest an off theme creature (I also don’t like this creature cuz mono blue control is a standard deck I can’t tolerate atm) but Haughty Djinn is a HUGE evasive body that blocks decently and reduces the cost of all the stuff you wanna cast here.
Been wanting to overhaul this deck as it felt pretty “meh” out of the box (admittedly I immediately swapped Alela into the CZ and maybe it was a bit better with the other). Tons of cards here that weren’t on my radar and I really appreciate the added segment for those with a little higher budget!
Just subscribed; honestly not sure why I wasn’t already subscribed as I have to have seen at least half a dozen of your vids and enjoyed them all. Looking forward to more!
The rat gets my vote. As somebody above put so succinctly Johann is a yawn and I just don’t see Greta being strong enough to be a commander at most tables.
yeah the stock list isn't great with Alela. I bought the precon too, and the deck was better with Tegwyll. I improved the Instants package and switched to some Flash faeries. Now the deck is really strong with Alela.
What do you think about a card like Oona's Grace in this list?
Flashy Faeries
Does anyone have a list of just the changes made?
Gylwain, Casting Director for a build please
Noted! He lost to Alela in the last poll he was in, but I can see if we can give him a second chance at the polls in the future!
@GrazzetMTG I saw about that, I'll try and put a vote in a future if he does get a second chance. It's just because I'm a theatre fan and as "Casting Director" I think Gylwain would be great to lead a deck with a sort've theatrical feel 🎭
I would absolutely add a vote for Gylwain! I’ve too many characters on the to build list but he’s defiantly near the top.
I went more of the Flicker route
First !
Thanks for dropping by so early!
Just when I thought I was finished getting cards to upgrade my girlfriend's Alela deck.... this mofo has to chime in... Back to the LGS I guess.
Sorry - not sorry!
@@GrazzetMTG
lol
I’m sorry but the voice is so hard to listen to. 😢 I’m sensitive to sounds and I could not listen or enjoy. It gave me a headache…. Just not for me, unfortunately.
I understand completely. May cadence when recording can aptly be described as an "acquired taste". If you are still interesting in viewing this content however and not listen to the audio, this and most of my video's have a full transcription of the script as subtitles that is available as an alternative.
@@GrazzetMTG Such a great idea! Thank you, you really do have great information, and that’s a fantastic work around. Happily subscribed now :D
What's wrong with your voice?
Firstly: Ouch
Secondly: That's just how I record to put more inflection in my voice since I am naturally very mono-tone - so its either this or me droning (which is possibly an even worst option...)
Ah sorry pal. Don't mind me, I can be a dick sometimes. Thanks for & good job on the vid :)@@GrazzetMTG
Hmm, it's interesting, recording is always difficult. I was a bit wondering if you were using a voice generator.
Whatever the case, your videos are interesting
It's an AI voice, isn't it?