Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate — Battlefield Provoker
Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate is a compact but impactful legendary creature for aggressive decks that prize efficient threats and graveyard recursion. Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate arrives as a 2 2 human warrior with first strike, and her attack trigger builds herself into a larger threat while beating into opposing blocks. Players familiar with Foundations will appreciate how Alesha’s tempo profile supports early pressure and then leverages the graveyard for midgame value.
Raid plays cleanly with your attack steps. If you attacked this turn Alesha’s raid ability returns a creature card with mana value less than or equal to her current power from your graveyard to the battlefield at your end step. In practice this makes Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate an engine for recurring one mana or two mana utility creatures and keeps the board state favorable without requiring elaborate setup. Add Alesha to an aggressive or midrange red black shell when you want efficient first strike, incremental growth, and repeatable recursion.
Card Details:
- Mana Cost – {1}{B}{R}
- Card Type – Legendary Creature
- Subtypes – Human Warrior
- Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – First strike. Whenever Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it. Raid: At the beginning of your end step, if you attacked this turn, return target creature card with mana value less than or equal to Alesha’s power from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- Power / Toughness – 2/2