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Gaining and draining
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $148.77
Salt sum: 39.95
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Commander

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Astarion, the Decadent

Deathtouch, lifelink At the beginning of your end step, choose one — • Feed — Target opponent loses life equal to the amount of life they lost this turn. • Friends — You gain life equal to the amount of life you gained this turn.

Creature
Astarion, the Decadent (clb) 265

Commander

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Land

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Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (dsc) 96
Esper Panorama

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice Esper Panorama: Search your library for a basic Plains, Island, or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Esper Panorama (ncc) 399
Evolving Wilds

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Evolving Wilds (j25) 765
Forge of Heroes

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Choose target commander that entered this turn. Put a +1/+1 counter on it if it's a creature and a loyalty counter on it if it's a planeswalker.

Land
Forge of Heroes (cmm) 995
Forsaken Sanctuary

Forsaken Sanctuary enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Forsaken Sanctuary (c18) 247
Myriad Landscape

Myriad Landscape enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice Myriad Landscape: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Myriad Landscape (dsc) 289
Opal Palace

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. If you spend this mana to cast your commander, it enters with a number of additional +1/+1 counters on it equal to the number of times it's been cast from the command zone this game.

Land
Opal Palace (m3c) 361
Orzhov Basilica

Orzhov Basilica enters tapped. When Orzhov Basilica enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {W}{B}.

Land
Orzhov Basilica (dsc) 292
Orzhov Guildgate

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Orzhov Guildgate (fdn) 692
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (fdn) 272
Scoured Barrens

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Scoured Barrens (fdn) 266
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (fdn) 276
Temple of Silence

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Temple of Silence (fdn) 704
Terminal Moraine

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice Terminal Moraine: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Terminal Moraine (pls) 142
Terramorphic Expanse

{T}, Sacrifice Terramorphic Expanse: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Terramorphic Expanse (j25) 156
Warped Landscape

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice Warped Landscape: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Warped Landscape (j22) 832

Land

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Artifact

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (dsc) 92
Commander's Sphere

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. Sacrifice Commander's Sphere: Draw a card.

Artifact
Commander's Sphere (dsc) 244
Cosmos Elixir

At the beginning of your end step, draw a card if your life total is greater than your starting life total. Otherwise, you gain 2 life.

Artifact
Cosmos Elixir (khm) 237
Jet Medallion

Black spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Artifact
Jet Medallion (mh3) 292
Orzhov Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {W}{B}.

Artifact
Orzhov Signet (dsc) 249
Pearl Medallion

White spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Artifact
Pearl Medallion (mh3) 294
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (dsc) 94
Tainted Sigil

{T}, Sacrifice Tainted Sigil: You gain life equal to the total life lost by all players this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Artifact
Tainted Sigil (arb) 83

Artifact

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Sorcery

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Austere Command

Choose two — • Destroy all artifacts. • Destroy all enchantments. • Destroy all creatures with mana value 3 or less. • Destroy all creatures with mana value 4 or greater.

Sorcery
Austere Command (pip) 156
Blood Tribute

Kicker—Tap an untapped Vampire you control. (You may tap a Vampire you control in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell.) Target opponent loses half their life, rounded up. If this spell was kicked, you gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Sorcery
Blood Tribute (c17) 100
Debt to the Deathless

Each opponent loses two times X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Sorcery
Debt to the Deathless (rvr) 176
Emerge from the Cocoon

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. You gain 3 life.

Sorcery
Emerge from the Cocoon (dsk) 5
Exsanguinate

Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Sorcery
Exsanguinate (j25) 437
Fraying Omnipotence

Each player loses half their life, then discards half the cards in their hand, then sacrifices half the creatures they control of their choice. Round up each time.

Sorcery
Fraying Omnipotence (m19) 97
Fumigate

Destroy all creatures. You gain 1 life for each creature destroyed this way.

Sorcery
Fumigate (mkc) 66
Kaya's Wrath

Destroy all creatures. You gain life equal to the number of creatures you controlled that were destroyed this way.

Sorcery
Kaya's Wrath (dmc) 155
Read the Bones

Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Sorcery
Read the Bones (j25) 479
Rush of Dread

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.) + {1} — Target opponent sacrifices half the creatures they control of their choice, rounded up. + {2} — Target opponent discards half the cards in their hand, rounded up. + {2} — Target opponent loses half their life, rounded up.

Sorcery
Rush of Dread (otj) 104
Sign in Blood

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Sorcery
Sign in Blood (dsc) 156
Vindicate

Destroy target permanent.

Sorcery
Vindicate (brc) 131

Sorcery

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Creature

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Amalia Benavides Aguirre

Ward—Pay 3 life. Whenever you gain life, Amalia Benavides Aguirre explores. Then destroy all other creatures if its power is exactly 20. (To have this creature explore, reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Amalia Benavides Aguirre (lci) 221
Basilica Screecher

Flying Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)

Creature
Basilica Screecher (clu) 105
Blood Artist

Whenever Blood Artist or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Blood Artist (inr) 97
Bloodthirsty Aerialist

Flying Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Bloodthirsty Aerialist.

Creature
Bloodthirsty Aerialist (j25) 409
Children of Korlis

Sacrifice Children of Korlis: You gain life equal to the life you've lost this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Creature
Children of Korlis (tsr) 14
Cliffhaven Vampire

Flying Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Cliffhaven Vampire (ogw) 153
Cruel Celebrant

Whenever Cruel Celebrant or another creature or planeswalker you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Cruel Celebrant (lcc) 267
Drana's Emissary

Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Drana's Emissary (plst) BFZ-210
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim

Deathtouch Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life. Whenever another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim (dmu) 198
Elenda's Hierophant

Flying Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Elenda's Hierophant. When Elenda's Hierophant dies, create X 1/1 white Vampire creature tokens with lifelink, where X is its power.

Creature
Elenda's Hierophant (lcc) 71
Essence Channeler

As long as you've lost life this turn, Essence Channeler has flying and vigilance. Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Essence Channeler. When Essence Channeler dies, put its counters on target creature you control.

Creature
Essence Channeler (blb) 12
Exemplar of Light

Flying Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Whenever you put one or more +1/+1 counters on this creature, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Creature
Exemplar of Light (fdn) 11
Felidar Sovereign

Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.) Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have 40 or more life, you win the game.

Creature
Felidar Sovereign (j25) 198
Gray Merchant of Asphodel

When Gray Merchant of Asphodel enters, each opponent loses X life, where X is your devotion to black. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

Creature
Gray Merchant of Asphodel (dsc) 142
Indulging Patrician

Flying Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) At the beginning of your end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, each opponent loses 3 life.

Creature
Indulging Patrician (m21) 219
Marauding Blight-Priest

Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Marauding Blight-Priest (j22) 439
Rhox Faithmender

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) If you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead.

Creature
Rhox Faithmender (j25) 245
Scourge of the Skyclaves

Kicker {4}{B} When you cast this spell, if it was kicked, each player loses half their life, rounded up. Scourge of the Skyclaves's power and toughness are each equal to 20 minus the highest life total among players.

Creature
Scourge of the Skyclaves (znr) 122
Soul Warden

Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.

Creature
Soul Warden (plst) MM3-24
Starscape Cleric

Offspring {2}{B} (You may pay an additional {2}{B} as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.) Flying This creature can't block. Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Starscape Cleric (blb) 116
Suture Priest

Whenever another creature you control enters, you may gain 1 life. Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you may have that player lose 1 life.

Creature
Suture Priest (moc) 210
Thrull Parasite

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.) {T}, Pay 2 life: Remove a counter from target nonland permanent.

Creature
Thrull Parasite (plst) GTC-81
Twilight Prophet

Flying Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.) At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have the city's blessing, reveal the top card of your library and put it into your hand. Each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is that card's mana value.

Creature
Twilight Prophet (mkc) 143
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life. {3}{B}{B}: Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.

Creature
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose (j25) 71
Vizkopa Guildmage

{1}{W}{B}: Target creature gains lifelink until end of turn. {1}{W}{B}: Whenever you gain life this turn, each opponent loses that much life.

Creature
Vizkopa Guildmage (ima) 211
Witch of the Moors

Deathtouch At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice and you return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Witch of the Moors (otc) 152

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Enchantment

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Blind Obedience

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.) Artifacts and creatures your opponents control enter tapped.

Enchantment
Blind Obedience (rvr) 9
Boon Reflection

If you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead.

Enchantment
Boon Reflection (2xm) 10
Grievous Wound

Enchant player Enchanted player can't gain life. Whenever enchanted player is dealt damage, they lose half their life, rounded up.

Enchantment
Grievous Wound (dsk) 102
Lunar Convocation

At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, each opponent loses 1 life. At the beginning of your end step, if you gained and lost life this turn, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying. {1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.

Enchantment
Lunar Convocation (blb) 223
Painful Quandary

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player loses 5 life unless they discard a card.

Enchantment
Painful Quandary (fdn) 179
Phyrexian Arena

At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Enchantment
Phyrexian Arena (fdn) 180
Sanguine Bond

Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.

Enchantment
Sanguine Bond (ltc) 208
Wound Reflection

At the beginning of each end step, each opponent loses life equal to the life they lost this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Enchantment
Wound Reflection (who) 223

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Instant

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Beacon of Immortality

Double target player's life total. Shuffle Beacon of Immortality into its owner's library.

Instant
Beacon of Immortality (plst) E02-1
Fracture

Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or planeswalker.

Instant
Fracture (stx) 188
Inkshield

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to you this turn. For each 1 damage prevented this way, create a 2/1 white and black Inkling creature token with flying.

Instant
Inkshield (dsc) 221
Mortify

Destroy target creature or enchantment.

Instant
Mortify (acr) 96
Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Path to Exile (mb2) 15
Revitalize

You gain 3 life. Draw a card.

Instant
Revitalize (j25) 244
Stroke of Midnight

Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Human creature token.

Instant
Stroke of Midnight (woe) 33
Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (dsc) 106
Village Rites

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Draw two cards.

Instant
Village Rites (j25) 508

Instant

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Deck Info

Deck stats

40 pips - 34 cards
21 mana - 21 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 4 cards
54 pips - 39 cards
21 mana - 21 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 4 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 4 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
8 mana - 7 cards
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