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Best Manabase for

Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Legendary Creature — Elf Faerie Noble

· UBG

· #73 (18,289 decks)

Flying Whenever Maralen or another Elf or Faerie you control enters, exile the top two cards of target opponent's library. Once each turn, you may cast a spell with mana value less than or equal to the number of Elves and Faeries you control from among cards exiled with Maralen this turn without paying its mana cost.

Budget

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No tap-lands Fetchable only Snow basics

34 lands · total $99.87 budget: $100

Composition 15 Basics 5 Other Nonbasic 3 Check Lands 3 Shock Lands 2 Fetch Lands 2 Pain Lands 1 Battle Lands 1 Bond Lands 1 Slow Lands 1 Tri-lands

Top Lands · By Real-Deck Inclusion

$99.87 19

Basics

$1.00 15

Best Pricey Adds · Real-Deck Upgrades

Lands real expensive-variant Maralen, Fae Ascendant decks run that your current build doesn't include yet. Ranked by how often they appear in actual decks.

Bayou

97% of expensive decks

$441.98

Underground Sea

97% of expensive decks

$941.24

Tropical Island

97% of expensive decks

$566.78

Verdant Catacombs

91% of expensive decks

$31.00

Otawara, Soaring City

75% of expensive decks

$30.83

Mana Confluence

70% of expensive decks

$33.31

City of Brass

68% of expensive decks

$9.88

Flooded Strand

65% of expensive decks

$15.93

Windswept Heath

64% of expensive decks

$11.40

Gemstone Caverns

64% of expensive decks

$50.46

Bloodstained Mire

57% of expensive decks

$17.91

Scalding Tarn

57% of expensive decks

$38.34

About This Manabase

Maralen, Fae Ascendant is a UBG commander with a UBG color identity, so any land that produces only those colors is fair game. Our auto-built manabase above starts at the Optimized $100 tier and ranks every pick by how often real EDHREC decks actually run it — so shocks and fetches show up where the budget allows, dropping to scry lands, gain lands, and tap-duals as the cap tightens.

Pick a tier above to reshape the manabase. The Budget ($25) tier mirrors what budget-deck players actually run — mostly basics and the cheapest utility lands; Optimized ($100) shifts to the “default” EDHREC variant with shocks, fast lands, and a couple of fetches when the budget allows; Unlimited uses the expensive-variant data — originals, full fetch suites, and premium duals appear when in identity. Filter out tap-lands for faster decks, or pin yourself to fetchable lands for a fetch-heavy ramp shell.