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Child of Alara

Child of Alara{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}

by idcforagoodname 100 cards ≈ $816.70 7 Updated
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Decklist · 100 cards · 98 unique

Commander 1

Creatures 16

Instants 14

Sorceries 13

Artifacts 11

Enchantments 9

Lands 36

Strategy notes

Child of Alara is a 5-color lands/control Commander deck built around ramp, extra land drops, recursion, and land-based value, with a strong land destruction subtheme.

It aims to accelerate mana with cards like Exploration, Azusa, Oracle of Mul Daya, Lotus Cobra, and the many fetchable lands/triomes, then generate value and board presence through Field of the Dead, Scute Swarm, Felidar Retreat, Tireless Tracker/Provisioner, and the Omnaths. Big landfall payoffs like Avenger of Zendikar, Omnath, Locus of Rage, Aesi, and Ancient Greenwarden help close games.

A key synergy is breaking parity on mass land destruction: cards like Armageddon, Ruination, and Fall of the Thran hurt opponents far more when backed by Crucible of Worlds, Ramunap Excavator, Splendid Reclamation, Scapeshift, Terra Eternal, and Child of Alara as a reset button. Overall, it wins by **out-valuing the table with recurring lands and landfall triggers, then overwhelming opponents with tokens, elemental

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