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.
Flood the board with Elves and Faeries to repeatedly exile chunks of opponents' libraries, then steal and cast their best spells for free each turn. You snowball card advantage and tempo by playing your opponents' deck against them while milling them toward decking out, all while building a wide tribal board.
Generates relentless card advantage by casting opponents' free spells every turn
Wide tribal synergies make each creature trigger valuable
Can mill opponents toward losing via decking
Flexible BGU access to ramp, interaction, and recursion
Free casts capped by your Elf/Faerie count, so a wrath cripples the engine
Five-mana commander that does little the turn it lands
Relies on opponents having good spells to steal
Vulnerable to graveyard/exile hate and library shuffling effects
Legendary Creature — Elf Faerie Noble
