Card
Alesha, Who Smiles at Death
Mana cost {2}{R}
Legendary Creature — Human Warrior 3/2
First strike Whenever Alesha attacks, you may pay {W/B}{W/B}. If you do, return target creature card with power 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped and attacking.
Part of 123 known combos, one of them two-card. 5 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · FRF · #90
- Cheapest printing
- €0.16
- EDHREC salt
- 0.35
- Color identity
- Black, Red, White
- Keywords
- First strike
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: Master of Cruelties
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: Master of Cruelties
- B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partner: Master of Cruelties
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Master of Cruelties (early with Master of Cruelties)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
123 known combos, one of them two-card.
- Alesha, Who Smiles at Death + Master of Cruelties
Produces: Target opponent loses the game
View on Commander Spellbook - Medomai the Ageless + Alesha, Who Smiles at Death + Spark Double + Altar of Dementia
Produces: Infinite turns, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook - Medomai the Ageless + Alesha, Who Smiles at Death + Bloodthrone Vampire + Auton Soldier
Produces: Infinite turns, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast
Although the returned creature is an attacking creature, it was never declared as an attacking creature. This means that abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks won't trigger when it enters the battlefield attacking. - 2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast
While resolving Alesha's triggered ability, you can't pay the cost multiple times to return more than one creature card. - 2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast
Alesha's triggered ability checks the card's power only in your graveyard. The creature will still be tapped and attacking if its power is greater than 2 after it's on the battlefield. - 2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast
Any effects that say that the returned creature can't attack (such as that of Propaganda, or if the creature has defender) affect only the declaration of attackers. They won't stop the returned creature from entering the battlefield attacking. - 2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast
You choose which player or planeswalker the returned creature is attacking. It doesn't have to be attacking the same player or planeswalker Alesha is attacking.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast