Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate Commander Deck Tech

Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate by Ekaterina Burmak
Fate Shuffles the Cards, and We Play
Right now, fate has dealt Trans people a rough hand. Their existence is being politicized, their rights are under attack, their representation is being hidden, and the VML, which promotes and protects Magic players of marginalized genders, has had its official Wizards support cut.
There are Trans people and allies at Wizards, and the community features wonderful Trans membership and leadership. Characters that provide positive representation in Magic's IP include gender-neutral characters, like Xantcha, Ashiok, and Yahenni, as well as Trans characters, like Yuma and the subject of today's article, Alesha.
Repeatable Attack Triggers
Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
Hellrider
Raid Bombardment
Dragonrage
Evasive Attackers
The core synergy of the deck is the combination of attack triggers and cheap, evasive attackers. Shivan Devastator
Signal Pest
Tormented Soul
Blight Keeper
Card Draw/Advantage
Since we are playing with low-quality, limited-impact cards that need to work together to be powerful, we need sources of repeated card draw. Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
Another way that we can get repeated draw from our attacking is to use the monarch mechanic. The monarch rewards connecting with creatures, which we can do easily with our small, evasive bodies. Having to wait until end of turn to draw is a bit of a disadvantage, but it can also get opponents to attack each other, drawing some of the fire away from our suspect defenses.
Removal
As always, Commander decks need to be able to deal with the shenanigans that other decks can do. With this deck, we have plenty of spare bodies, so we can pretty easily use edict effects to keep the board quiet. These are particularly effective when opponents have few creatures, such as against Voltron strategies.
Archfiend of Depravity
The general plan is to attack with small, evasive creatures, triggering any of a few different effects. We can draw cards to find the attack triggers and use our removal to disrupt opponents' boards, all the while leaving behind bodies to continue applying pressure.
Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate Commander Deck Tech
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Creatures (44)
- 1 Accursed Marauder
- 1 Archfiend of Depravity
- 1 Assassin Initiate
- 1 Battlefly Swarm
- 1 Blight Keeper
- 1 Caustic Bronco
- 1 Chain Devil
- 1 Changeling Outcast
- 1 Demon's Disciple
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Eye Collector
- 1 Faerie Dreamthief
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Fleshbag Marauder
- 1 Gingerbrute
- 1 Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
- 1 Gravelighter
- 1 Grim Haruspex
- 1 Gutless Plunderer
- 1 Hellrider
- 1 Hope of Ghirapur
- 1 Infestation Sage
- 1 Karlach, Fury of Avernus
- 1 Lokhust Heavy Destroyer
- 1 Magus of the Wheel
- 1 Merciless Executioner
- 1 Mishra, Claimed by Gix
- 1 Morbid Opportunist
- 1 Perforating Artist
- 1 Phoenix Chick
- 1 Plaguecrafter
- 1 Putrid Imp
- 1 Reckless Pyrosurfer
- 1 Rottenmouth Viper
- 1 Sanguine Syphoner
- 1 Searslicer Goblin
- 1 Shivan Devastator
- 1 Signal Pest
- 1 Snarling Gorehound
- 1 Stirge
- 1 Stonecoil Serpent
- 1 Tormented Soul
- 1 Vampire Cutthroat
- 1 Will-o'-the-Wisp