Overview

Fae Dominion is a tribal deck built around faeries: small, evasive flash creatures that dominate the instant-speed game. Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor is himself a flying deathtouch body who gives every other Faerie you control +1/+1, making each faerie incrementally more threatening. Crucially, whenever another Faerie you control dies, you draw a card and lose 1 life. This death trigger turns a resource you would normally lose — faeries dying in combat or to removal — into a stream of card advantage.

The deck plays at flash speed wherever possible. Faeries like Glen Elendra Archmage can counter noncreature spells, and holding creatures in hand until your opponent's turn keeps mana open for counterspells and interaction. Alela, Cunning Conqueror rewards casting spells on the opponents' turns by creating a 1/1 flying Faerie Rogue for the first one each turn, and each Faerie that dies will draw a card under Tegwyll.

Key Cards

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Oona, Queen of the Fae
Faerie Maker · Finisher
A 5/5 flyer. For {X} and one blue or black mana, choose a colour and target opponent exiles the top X cards of their library; for each card of the chosen colour exiled this way, create a 1/1 blue and black Faerie Rogue token with flying. It is a mana sink that turns spare mana into a Faerie army that Tegwyll then buffs.
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Alela, Cunning Conqueror
Token Maker · Flash Payoff
A 2/4 flyer. Whenever you cast your first spell during each opponent's turn, create a 1/1 black Faerie Rogue creature token with flying, and whenever one or more Faeries you control deal combat damage to a player, goad target creature that player controls. Perfect for a deck full of flash and instants.
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Glen Elendra Archmage
Counterspell · Persist
A 2/2 flyer for four. For {U} and sacrificing it, counter target noncreature spell, and it has persist, so it can do so twice. Every time it dies as a Faerie, Tegwyll draws you a card.
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Sower of Temptation
Control Magic · Flyer
A 2/2 flyer that, when it enters, gains control of target creature for as long as Sower of Temptation remains on the battlefield. A threat-stealing Faerie that trades into value if it dies.

Playing the Deck

The ideal early game involves deploying cheap Faeries like Cloud of Faeries and Mocking Sprite and landing Tegwyll as early as turn three. Once he is in play, your other Faeries get +1/+1 and every Faerie that dies draws you a card, at the cost of 1 life. Early interaction should be held for threats that specifically disrupt this loop; a well-timed removal spell on Tegwyll removes the death draw trigger, so protecting him with counterspells is valuable.

The mid game is about leveraging flash speed to stay ahead. Playing Faeries on opponents' turns keeps mana open for Glen Elendra Archmage and means the deck never fully taps out. Oona, Queen of the Fae gives you a mana sink that turns spare mana into more flying Faerie Rogues, and Sower of Temptation steals the best creature the opponents have.

Closing games comes through chip damage from a wide board of flying Faeries, with Oona, Queen of the Fae turning spare mana into more flyers and Alela, Cunning Conqueror goading creatures whenever your Faeries connect. The combination of evasion, card advantage, and counterspell interaction makes it very difficult for opponents to push through a fully established Faerie board.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths: Fae Dominion has outstanding card advantage built into the command zone. Tegwyll's death draw means the deck does not rely on specific enchantments or spells to generate cards; the mere act of trading Faeries in combat refills the hand. The flash-speed play style gives the deck a reactive posture that makes it genuinely dangerous to play against.

Weaknesses: The deck's life total is a real concern: Tegwyll's draw costs life, and the deck has limited lifegain. Against aggressive strategies the cumulative life loss can become problematic before the card advantage translates into wins. The deck is also slow to close games and can run into problems against opponents who can answer the board at instant speed in their own right.

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Verdict
Fae Dominion is a strong precon in Wilds of Eldraine Commander. Tegwyll's death trigger is a genuinely novel design that rewards the Faerie tribe's natural attrition play style, and cards like Oona, Alela and Glen Elendra Archmage give the deck a legitimate competitive core. The precon rewards pilots who are comfortable playing at instant speed and managing the balance between life expenditure and card advantage. It upgrades naturally into one of the more consistent tribal strategies in Dimir.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What cards are in the Fae Dominion decklist?
The Fae Dominion precon is a 100-card Commander deck led by Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor. The full Fae Dominion decklist, with every card, current prices and a button to copy the list into your deck builder, is on this page.

Who is the commander of Fae Dominion?
Fae Dominion is led by Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor, a blue and black commander.

Which set is Fae Dominion from?
Fae Dominion was released in 2023 as part of Wilds of Eldraine Commander.

How can I upgrade Fae Dominion?
We have a step-by-step upgrade guide for Fae Dominion that lists specific cards to cut and add, with the reason for each swap.

Full Decklist

All 100 cards from the out-of-the-box Fae Dominion precon, enriched with current prices. Click any card to expand it.

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