Art: Grzegorz Rutkowski · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast
Alela, Artful Provocateur
WUBLegendary Creature — Faerie Warlock · from $0.42
Flying, deathtouch, lifelink
Other creatures you control with flying get +1/+0.
Whenever you cast an artifact or enchantment spell, create a 1/1 blue Faerie creature token with flying.
A typical Commander deck
A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.
- Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
- Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
- Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
- Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
- Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
- Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan
Staples in these colors
The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).
Budget
56 of 100 at $5 or less · 39 at $1 or less
| # | Card | Type | MV | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sol Ring | Artifact | 1 | $1.07 |
| 2 | Command Tower | Land | 0 | $0.26 |
| 3 | Arcane Signet | Artifact | 2 | $0.34 |
| 4 | Exotic Orchard | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 5 | Reliquary Tower | Land | 0 | $4.28 |
| 6 | Swords to Plowshares | Instant | 1 | $0.98 |
| 7 | Swiftfoot Boots | Artifact | 2 | $1.43 |
| 8 | Lightning Greaves | Artifact | 2 | $3.86 |
| 9 | Path of Ancestry | Land | 0 | $0.16 |
| 10 | Path to Exile | Instant | 1 | $0.71 |
| 11 | Counterspell | Instant | 2 | $1.33 |
| 12 | Fellwar Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.47 |
| 13 | Rogue's Passage | Land | 0 | $0.31 |
| 14 | Evolving Wilds | Land | 0 | $0.09 |
| 15 | Thought Vessel | Artifact | 2 | $2.23 |
| 16 | Bojuka Bog | Land | 0 | $1.12 |
| 17 | Terramorphic Expanse | Land | 0 | $0.10 |
| 18 | Myriad Landscape | Land | 0 | $0.25 |
| 19 | Mind Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.21 |
| 20 | Dark Ritual | Instant | 1 | $0.44 |
| 21 | An Offer You Can't Refuse | Instant | 1 | $3.01 |
| 22 | Polluted Delta | Land | 0 | $19.85 |
| 23 | Flooded Strand | Land | 0 | $12.78 |
| 24 | Skullclamp | Artifact | 1 | $4.85 |
| 25 | Solemn Simulacrum | Creature | 4 | $0.27 |
| 26 | Misty Rainforest | Land | 0 | $35.98 |
| 27 | Bloodstained Mire | Land | 0 | $14.54 |
| 28 | Fabled Passage | Land | 0 | $0.65 |
| 29 | Windswept Heath | Land | 0 | $11.19 |
| 30 | Rhystic Study | Enchantment | 3 | $61.06 |
| 31 | Wooded Foothills | Land | 0 | $17.96 |
| 32 | Verdant Catacombs | Land | 0 | $29.16 |
| 33 | Scalding Tarn | Land | 0 | $36.86 |
| 34 | Watery Grave | Land | 0 | $9.86 |
| 35 | Marsh Flats | Land | 0 | $32.04 |
| 36 | Arcane Denial | Instant | 2 | $1.88 |
| 37 | Commander's Sphere | Artifact | 3 | $0.19 |
| 38 | Reanimate | Sorcery | 1 | $6.56 |
| 39 | Negate | Instant | 2 | $0.12 |
| 40 | Arid Mesa | Land | 0 | $31.40 |
| 41 | Cyclonic Rift | Instant | 2 | $29.75 |
| 42 | Godless Shrine | Land | 0 | $8.47 |
| 43 | Hallowed Fountain | Land | 0 | $6.97 |
| 44 | Generous Gift | Instant | 3 | $0.93 |
| 45 | Demonic Tutor | Sorcery | 2 | $62.80 |
| 46 | Smothering Tithe | Enchantment | 4 | $56.09 |
| 47 | Toxic Deluge | Sorcery | 3 | $5.04 |
| 48 | Swan Song | Instant | 1 | $10.72 |
| 49 | Ancient Tomb | Land | 0 | $56.94 |
| 50 | Brainstorm | Instant | 1 | $0.56 |
| 51 | Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | Land | 0 | $56.13 |
| 52 | Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth | Land | 0 | $16.76 |
| 53 | Esper Sentinel | Creature | 1 | $58.03 |
| 54 | Fierce Guardianship | Instant | 3 | $59.21 |
| 55 | Temple of the False God | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 56 | Chromatic Lantern | Artifact | 3 | $0.38 |
| 57 | Sunken Hollow | Land | 0 | $0.29 |
| 58 | Otawara, Soaring City | Land | 0 | $26.57 |
| 59 | Glacial Fortress | Land | 0 | $0.21 |
| 60 | Isolated Chapel | Land | 0 | $0.21 |
| 61 | Feed the Swarm | Sorcery | 2 | $0.19 |
| 62 | Talisman of Dominance | Artifact | 2 | $0.49 |
| 63 | City of Brass | Land | 0 | $9.17 |
| 64 | The One Ring | Artifact | 4 | $109.88 |
| 65 | Frantic Search | Instant | 3 | $0.82 |
| 66 | Mystic Remora | Enchantment | 1 | $10.97 |
| 67 | Prairie Stream | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 68 | Phyrexian Arena | Enchantment | 3 | $1.92 |
| 69 | Drowned Catacomb | Land | 0 | $0.50 |
| 70 | Deadly Rollick | Instant | 4 | $26.52 |
| 71 | Teferi's Protection | Instant | 3 | $34.90 |
| 72 | Cavern of Souls | Land | 0 | $47.72 |
| 73 | Propaganda | Enchantment | 3 | $1.84 |
| 74 | Vampiric Tutor | Instant | 1 | $48.13 |
| 75 | Mana Confluence | Land | 0 | $34.75 |
| 76 | Urza's Saga | Enchantment | 0 | $34.67 |
| 77 | Mana Drain | Instant | 2 | $50.65 |
| 78 | Lotus Petal | Artifact | 0 | $35.11 |
| 79 | Enlightened Tutor | Instant | 1 | $21.99 |
| 80 | Caves of Koilos | Land | 0 | $0.30 |
| 81 | Wayfarer's Bauble | Artifact | 1 | $0.31 |
| 82 | Black Market Connections | Enchantment | 3 | $10.78 |
| 83 | Victimize | Sorcery | 3 | $0.57 |
| 84 | Deadly Dispute | Instant | 2 | $0.29 |
| 85 | Roaming Throne | Creature | 4 | $47.06 |
| 86 | Ashnod's Altar | Artifact | 3 | $8.15 |
| 87 | Talisman of Hierarchy | Artifact | 2 | $0.45 |
| 88 | Talisman of Progress | Artifact | 2 | $0.25 |
| 89 | War Room | Land | 0 | $0.79 |
| 90 | Blood Artist | Creature | 2 | $2.78 |
| 91 | Underground River | Land | 0 | $0.51 |
| 92 | Adarkar Wastes | Land | 0 | $0.34 |
| 93 | Ponder | Sorcery | 1 | $1.82 |
| 94 | Morphic Pool | Land | 0 | $28.50 |
| 95 | Herald's Horn | Artifact | 3 | $2.88 |
| 96 | Mana Vault | Artifact | 1 | $91.59 |
| 97 | Anguished Unmaking | Instant | 3 | $1.58 |
| 98 | Pongify | Instant | 1 | $2.21 |
| 99 | Chrome Mox | Artifact | 0 | $51.19 |
| 100 | Dimir Signet | Artifact | 2 | $0.27 |
Curve of these staples
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Combos with Alela, Artful Provocateur
The 10 most popular of 39 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.
Alela, Artful Provocateur + Ashnod's Altar + Sensei's Divining Top + The Reality Chip
Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite colorless mana · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Near-infinite storm count · Near-infinite creature ETB · Near-infinite creature LTB · Near-infinite creature tokens
Alela, Artful Provocateur + Ashnod's Altar + Mystic Forge + Sensei's Divining Top
Infinite card draw · Near-infinite creature ETB · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite storm count · Near-infinite creature LTB · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Near-infinite colorless mana · Near-infinite creature tokens
Alela, Artful Provocateur + Phyrexian Altar + Sensei's Divining Top + The Reality Chip
Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Near-infinite storm count · Near-infinite creature ETB · Near-infinite creature LTB
Alela, Artful Provocateur + Mystic Forge + Phyrexian Altar + Sensei's Divining Top
Infinite card draw · Near-infinite creature ETB · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite storm count · Near-infinite creature LTB · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Alela, Artful Provocateur + Ashnod's Altar + Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass + Sensei's Divining Top
Infinite card draw · Near-infinite creature ETB · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite storm count · Near-infinite creature LTB · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Near-infinite colorless mana · Near-infinite creature tokens
Alela, Artful Provocateur + Cloudstone Curio + Memnite + Ornithopter
Infinite artifact ETB · Infinite artifact LTB · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite storm count
Alela, Artful Provocateur + Cloudstone Curio + Ornithopter + Phyrexian Walker
Infinite artifact ETB · Infinite artifact LTB · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite storm count
Alela, Artful Provocateur + Cloudstone Curio + Memnite + Phyrexian Walker
Infinite artifact ETB · Infinite artifact LTB · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite storm count
Alela, Artful Provocateur + Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass + Phyrexian Altar + Sensei's Divining Top
Infinite card draw · Near-infinite creature ETB · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite storm count · Near-infinite creature LTB · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Alela, Artful Provocateur + Cloudstone Curio + Ornithopter + Shield Sphere
Infinite artifact ETB · Infinite artifact LTB · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite storm count
Top finishes
One finish placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.
- 12th of 22 — Commander Casual - Magic Barcelona on Topdeck.ggJun 12, 2026 · 0–2–0 · by Maria Jurado Bravo
Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.