Alesha, Who Smiles at Death

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Alesha, Who Smiles at Death: Legendary Creature - Human Warrior, Dominaria United Commander. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{R}
Mana value
3
Type
Legendary Creature - Human Warrior
Colour identity
White, black and red (WBR)
Power / toughness
3/2
Rarity
Rare
Set
Dominaria United Commander (DMC)
Released
2022-09-09
Collector number
118
Artist
Anastasia Ovchinnikova
Commander rank
6,168 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
First strike
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Alesha, Who Smiles at Death

Alesha, Who Smiles at Death is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white, black and red legendary creature from Dominaria United Commander (DMC), a Commander product released in September 2022. It is collector number 118 in that set, with art by Anastasia Ovchinnikova. It costs {2}{R} (two generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 3/2 creature. Its colour identity is white, black and red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 10 sets, from Fate Reforged (2015) to Dominaria United Commander (2022). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.29 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).

Card text

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.

"Greet death with sword in hand."

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.29 (as of 2026-11-03).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Alesha, Who Smiles at Death by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Alesha, Who Smiles at Death

Alesha, Who Smiles at Death has been printed in 10 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Explorer Anthology 1 (EA1) #8Rare2022
Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #101Rare2022
Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #447Rare2022
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1007Rare2022
Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) #338Special2021
Commander 2020 (C20) #143Rare2020
The List (PLST) #FRF-90Rare2019
Commander 2016 (C16) #119Rare2016
Fate Reforged (FRF) #90Rare2015
Fate Reforged Promos (PFRF) #90sRare2015

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Alesha, Who Smiles at Death, newest first.

  • 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.
  • While resolving Alesha's triggered ability, you can't pay the cost multiple times to return more than one creature card.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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