Skadisson
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Draw
Preacher of the Schism
Deathtouch
Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, create a 1/1 white Vampire creature token with lifelink.
Whenever this creature attacks while you have the most life or are tied for most life, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, create a 1/1 white Vampire creature token with lifelink.
Whenever this creature attacks while you have the most life or are tied for most life, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Creature - Vampire Cleric
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
Whenever Sephiroth enters or attacks, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, draw a card.
Whenever another creature dies, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. If this is the fourth time this ability has resolved this turn, transform Sephiroth.
Whenever another creature dies, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. If this is the fourth time this ability has resolved this turn, transform Sephiroth.
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier Avatar
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Finisher
Elenda, Saint of Dusk
Lifelink, hexproof from instants
As long as your life total is greater than your starting life total, Elenda gets +1/+1 and has menace. Elenda gets an additional +5/+5 as long as your life total is at least 10 greater than your starting life total.
As long as your life total is greater than your starting life total, Elenda gets +1/+1 and has menace. Elenda gets an additional +5/+5 as long as your life total is at least 10 greater than your starting life total.
Legendary Creature - Knight Vampire
Finisher
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Land
Adagia, Windswept Bastion
This land enters tapped.
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Station (Tap another creature you control: Put charge counters equal to its power on this Planet. Station only as a sorcery.)
12+ | , : Create a token that's a copy of target artifact or enchantment you control, except it's legendary. Activate only as a sorcery.
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Station (Tap another creature you control: Put charge counters equal to its power on this Planet. Station only as a sorcery.)
12+ | , : Create a token that's a copy of target artifact or enchantment you control, except it's legendary. Activate only as a sorcery.
Land - Planet
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
This land enters tapped.
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Station (Tap another creature you control: Put charge counters equal to its power on this Planet. Station only as a sorcery.)
12+ | , , Pay 2 life, Sacrifice a creature: Draw cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power. Activate only as a sorcery.
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Station (Tap another creature you control: Put charge counters equal to its power on this Planet. Station only as a sorcery.)
12+ | , , Pay 2 life, Sacrifice a creature: Draw cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power. Activate only as a sorcery.
Land - Planet
Land
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Lifegain
Leyline of Hope
If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
If you would gain life, you gain that much life plus 1 instead.
As long as you have at least 7 life more than your starting life total, creatures you control get +2/+2.
If you would gain life, you gain that much life plus 1 instead.
As long as you have at least 7 life more than your starting life total, creatures you control get +2/+2.
Enchantment
Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
Vigilance, menace
Whenever another creature you control dies or is put into exile, put a +1/+1 counter on Syr Vondam and you gain 1 life.
When Syr Vondam dies or is put into exile while its power is 4 or greater, destroy up to one target nonland permanent.
Whenever another creature you control dies or is put into exile, put a +1/+1 counter on Syr Vondam and you gain 1 life.
When Syr Vondam dies or is put into exile while its power is 4 or greater, destroy up to one target nonland permanent.
Legendary Creature - Human Knight
Lifegain
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Politics
Politics
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Protection
Swiftfoot Boots
Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Protection
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Ramp
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.)
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.)
Legendary Creature - Vampire Scout
The Darkness Crystal
Black spells you cast cost less to cast.
If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, instead exile it and you gain 2 life.
, : Put target creature card exiled with The Darkness Crystal onto the battlefield tapped under your control with two additional +1/+1 counters on it.
If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, instead exile it and you gain 2 life.
, : Put target creature card exiled with The Darkness Crystal onto the battlefield tapped under your control with two additional +1/+1 counters on it.
Legendary Artifact
Ramp
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Recursion
Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to white and black is less than seven, Athreos isn't a creature.
At the beginning of your end step, put a coin counter on another target creature.
Whenever a creature with a coin counter on it dies or is put into exile, return that card to the battlefield under your control.
As long as your devotion to white and black is less than seven, Athreos isn't a creature.
At the beginning of your end step, put a coin counter on another target creature.
Whenever a creature with a coin counter on it dies or is put into exile, return that card to the battlefield under your control.
Legendary Creature Enchantment - God
Goryo's Vengeance
Return target legendary creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.
Splice onto Arcane (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)
Splice onto Arcane (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)
Instant - Arcane
Sword of Light and Shadow
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from white and from black.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you gain 3 life and you may return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Equip
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you gain 3 life and you may return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Recursion
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Removal
Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
, Sacrifice another creature: You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness.
, Sacrifice another creature: Exile target nonland permanent. Activate only if you have at least 10 life more than your starting life total.
, Sacrifice another creature: You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness.
, Sacrifice another creature: Exile target nonland permanent. Activate only if you have at least 10 life more than your starting life total.
Legendary Creature - Cleric Kor
Removal
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Sac Outlet
The Masamune
As long as equipped creature is attacking, it has first strike and must be blocked if able.
Equipped creature has "If a creature dying causes a triggered ability of this creature or an emblem you own to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time."
Equip
Equipped creature has "If a creature dying causes a triggered ability of this creature or an emblem you own to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time."
Equip
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Sac Outlet
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Stax
Drana and Linvala
Flying, vigilance
Activated abilities of creatures your opponents control can't be activated.
Drana and Linvala has all activated abilities of all creatures your opponents control. You may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to activate those abilities.
Activated abilities of creatures your opponents control can't be activated.
Drana and Linvala has all activated abilities of all creatures your opponents control. You may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to activate those abilities.
Legendary Creature - Vampire Angel
Stax
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Tokens
Teysa, Opulent Oligarch
Deathtouch
At the beginning of your end step, investigate for each opponent who lost life this turn.
Whenever a Clue you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying. This ability triggers only once each turn.
At the beginning of your end step, investigate for each opponent who lost life this turn.
Whenever a Clue you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Legendary Creature - Human Advisor
Tokens
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Sideboard
Celestial Armor
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control. That creature gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has flying.
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control. That creature gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has flying.
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Sphere of Annihilation
This artifact enters with X void counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile this artifact, all creatures and planeswalkers with mana value less than or equal to the number of void counters on it, and all creature and planeswalker cards in graveyards with mana value less than or equal to the number of void counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile this artifact, all creatures and planeswalkers with mana value less than or equal to the number of void counters on it, and all creature and planeswalker cards in graveyards with mana value less than or equal to the number of void counters on it.
Artifact
Sideboard
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Suggestions (cards in other decks or not owned)
Archpriest of Shadows
Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following abilities until end of turn.)
Deathtouch
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player or battle, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Deathtouch
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player or battle, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Creature - Human Warlock
Vito, Fanatic of Aclazotz
Flying
Whenever you sacrifice another permanent, you gain 2 life if this is the first time this ability has resolved this turn. If it's the second time, each opponent loses 2 life. If it's the third time, create a 4/3 white and black Vampire Demon creature token with flying.
Whenever you sacrifice another permanent, you gain 2 life if this is the first time this ability has resolved this turn. If it's the second time, each opponent loses 2 life. If it's the third time, create a 4/3 white and black Vampire Demon creature token with flying.
Legendary Creature - Vampire Demon
Vona's Hunger
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. If you have the city's blessing, instead each opponent sacrifices half the creatures they control of their choice, rounded up.
Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. If you have the city's blessing, instead each opponent sacrifices half the creatures they control of their choice, rounded up.
Instant
Suggestions (cards in other decks or not owned)
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Description
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With a ton of Tokens you can also Bord Wipe (or when another player Bord Wipes) and Warp in "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Susurian Voidborn"}},{"insert":" as it happens to straight up go lethal on one player while you gain a ton of life, again.\n\nA very good lore video on Elenda and the Legion of Dusk: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SUIZzHjcts"},"insert":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SUIZzHjcts"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bloodghast"}},{"insert":" is great sacrifice fodder, since he reanimates every time you play a Land.\nIf you get Vampiric Rites and Bloodghast early you can already start the Lifegain climb for other Cards based on your current Lifepoints.\n\nUse the "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blazing Torch"}},{"insert":" as Sideboard, when you know you'll be facing another Vampire Deck or a Zombie Deck swap it in.\n\nThere is one very specific Comeback-Combo between "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Enduring Angel // Angelic Enforcer"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose"}},{"insert":":\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://commanderspellbook.com/combo/314-1162"},"insert":"https://commanderspellbook.com/combo/314-1162"},{"insert":"\nToo specific and situational to have this have an effect on the Bracket, in my opinion.\n\nStyle Suggestion: Get some small, super shiny, gold toy coins to represent Asteroth's Coin Counters, looks really nice and fits the Deck's overall White, Black and Gold Style. \n\nUpdate 01/27/2025: Removed Kaervek for another deck and replaced him with J25's Sangromancer.\nUpdate 01/29/2025: Replaced Archpriest of Shadows with Heliod's Intervention.\nUpdate 01/30/2025: Replaced Terror of Towashi with Liesa, Forgotten Archangel.\nUpdate 02/03/2025: Replaced Seraph of New Capenna with Enduring Angel.\nUpdate 02/04/2025: Replaced Essence Reliquiary with Chalice of Life // Chalice of Death.\nUpdate 02/13/2025: Replaced Myojin of Night's Reach with Angel of Despair\nUpdate 02/13/2025: Replaced Whispdrinker Vampire with Teysa Karlov\nUpdate 02/13/2025: Replaced Scorn-Blade Beserker with Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim\nUpdate 02/13/2025: Replaced Sinister Monolith with Lothlórien Blade\nUpdate 02/13/2025: Replaced Stormkirk Bloodthief with Daxos, Blessed by the Sun\nUpdate 02/19/2025: Replaced Exemplar of Light with Goldnight Redeemer\nUpdate 02/19/2025: Replaced Crystal Barricade with Sphere of Safety\nUpdate 02/21/2025: Replaced Valgavoth's Faithful with The Meathook Massacre\nUpdate 02/21/2025: Replaced Intangible Virtue with Dusk Legion Duelist\nUpdate 02/21/2025: Replaced Twinblade Blessing with Mikaeus, the Lunarch from J25\nUpdate 02/21/2025: Replaced Mind Stone with Light of the Legion\nUpdate 02/21/2025: Replaced Cultivator's Caravan with Blazing Torch\nUpdate 02/22/2025: Replaced Terminus with Ichor Explosion\nUpdate 02/22/2025: Replaced Vampire Gourmant with Bloodghast\nUpdate 02/22/2025: Replaced Live or Die with Marshland Bloodcaster\nUpdate 02/22/2025: Replaced Daxos, Blessed by the Sun with Bulwark Ox\nUpdate 02/22/2025: Replaced Orzhov Guildgate with Scoured Barrens\nUpdate 02/22/2025: Replaced Caves of Koilos with Tainted Field\nUpdate 02/25/2025: Replaced Lothlórien Blade with Lich-Knights' Conquest (idea courtesy of the Prof's latest video on the Tolarian Community College titled \"The New Rules For Commander Deck Building And Upgrading\" v=hnq2bX3EYxM where he uses my favorite kind of Deck: Orzhov Aristocrat as an example for Bracket appropriate decks. 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