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Alesha, Who Smiles at Death

Legendary Creature — Human Warrior

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.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{R}
Color identity
BRW
Rarity
rare
Set
Double Masters 2022
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#5884
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Alesha, Who Smiles at Death card art
Alesha, Who Smiles at Death reanimates any creature with power 2 or less from your graveyard every time she attacks — for free, at instant speed, tapped and attacking — and the ceiling on that ability is absurd when you're recurring something like Master of Cruelties, which can knock a player to 1 life the moment it connects. The color identity (Mardu) and the fact that Silvar, Devourer of the Free // Trynn, Champion of Freedom runs Alesha in nearly half of all builds tells you everything: she's the most efficient recursive threat in her color combination.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Silvar, Devourer of the FreeTrynn, Champion of Freedom

Silvar, Devourer of the Free // Trynn, Champion of Freedom

44.9% of decks · synergy 0.41

Silvar, Devourer of the Free // Trynn, Champion of Freedom is a Human tribal engine that generates a steady stream of tokens and rewards sacrificing them for indestructibility, and Alesha, Who Smiles at Death fits perfectly as both a recursive threat and a Human body that plugs into that loop.

02
Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge

Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge

18.5% of decks · synergy 0.15

Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge rewards every legendary spell with a card draw, and Alesha, Who Smiles at Death is legendary — so she replaces herself on cast and provides a reanimation outlet that keeps legendary creatures cycling back into the action.

03
Dihada, Binder of Wills

Dihada, Binder of Wills

16.6% of decks · synergy 0.13

Dihada, Binder of Wills is a legendary-matters commander that can protect and recur permanents, and Alesha, Who Smiles at Death adds a second reanimation axis that keeps the legendary creature count high enough to fuel Dihada's loyalty abilities every turn.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Alesha, Who Smiles at Death does her best work — the 99-card singleton format is packed with small-power creatures that have massive triggered or combat abilities, and Alesha turns every attack step into a reanimation trigger that most tables struggle to answer consistently. In Legacy and Vintage she's legal but rarely sees play; the formats move too fast for a three-mana 3/2 with a conditional reanimation clause to compete with the raw speed of the available threats and interaction. Pioneer is the most interesting non-Commander context — the format has a wide enough creature pool that a dedicated Alesha shell could theoretically function, though she hasn't broken through competitively there. Oathbreaker is a natural home for her as a signature spell vehicle, especially since the smaller starting hand size and faster games reward immediate board presence.

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Price Context

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Current pricing data for Alesha, Who Smiles at Death isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. Given her inclusion across Commander, Oathbreaker, and occasional competitive builds, she tends to hold a modest price floor — she's been reprinted enough that copies aren't scarce, but demand from her high EDHREC adoption keeps her from bottoming out.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.