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Life Gain
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $726.80
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Commander

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Oloro, Ageless Ascetic

At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 2 life. Whenever you gain life, you may pay {1}. If you do, draw a card and each opponent loses 1 life. At the beginning of your upkeep, if Oloro is in the command zone, you gain 2 life.

Creature
Oloro, Ageless Ascetic (j14) 9

Commander

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Land

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Ancient Tomb

{T}: Add {C}{C}. This land deals 2 damage to you.

Land
Ancient Tomb (uma) 236
Arcane Sanctum

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

Land
Arcane Sanctum (cm2) 234
Caves of Koilos

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {B}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Caves of Koilos (m15) 241
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (cmm) 659
Darkwater Catacombs

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

Land
Darkwater Catacombs (c19) 238
Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land
Exotic Orchard (mic) 173
Fabled Passage

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.

Land
Fabled Passage (eld) 244
Fetid Pools

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Fetid Pools (akh) 243
Glacial Fortress

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Glacial Fortress (m13) 225
Godless Shrine

({T}: Add {W} or {B}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Godless Shrine (rna) 248
Hallowed Fountain

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Hallowed Fountain (rtr) 241
Irrigated Farmland

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Irrigated Farmland (akh) 245
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (dft) 282
Marsh Flats

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Marsh Flats (mh2) 248
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (dft) 277
Port Town

As this land enters, you may reveal a Plains or Island card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Port Town (voc) 178
Prairie Stream

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Prairie Stream (voc) 179
Seachrome Coast

This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Seachrome Coast (som) 229
Shire Terrace

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Shire Terrace (ltr) 261
Sunken Hollow

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Sunken Hollow (clb) 918
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (dft) 285
Tainted Field

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {B}. Activate only if you control a Swamp.

Land
Tainted Field (onc) 167
Tainted Isle

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. Activate only if you control a Swamp.

Land
Tainted Isle (clb) 920
Watery Grave

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Watery Grave (grn) 259

Land

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Recursion

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Phyrexian Reclamation

{1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Enchantment
Phyrexian Reclamation (jmp) 267
Veinwitch Coven

Menace Whenever you gain life, you may pay {B}. If you do, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Veinwitch Coven (c21) 46
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 (jmp) 18

Recursion

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Counters

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Nykthos Paragon

Whenever you gain life, you may put that many +1/+1 counters on each creature you control. Do this only once each turn.

Creature Enchantment
Nykthos Paragon (mh2) 22

Counters

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Lifegain

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Aetherflux Reservoir

Whenever you cast a spell, you gain 1 life for each spell you've cast this turn. Pay 50 life: This artifact deals 50 damage to any target.

Artifact
Aetherflux Reservoir (plst) KLD-192
Archangel of Thune

Flying Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

Creature
Archangel of Thune (m14) 5
Auriok Champion

Protection from black and from red Whenever another creature enters, you may gain 1 life.

Creature
Auriok Champion (5dn) 3
Authority of the Consuls

Creatures your opponents control enter tapped. Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you gain 1 life.

Enchantment
Authority of the Consuls (pkld) 5p
Bloodthirsty Aerialist

Flying Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Bloodthirsty Aerialist (m20) 91
Cleric of Life's Bond

Whenever another Cleric you control enters, you gain 1 life. Whenever you gain life for the first time each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Cleric of Life's Bond (znr) 222
Creeping Bloodsucker

At the beginning of your upkeep, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.

Creature
Creeping Bloodsucker (j25) 415
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
Heliod, Sun-Crowned

Indestructible As long as your devotion to white is less than five, Heliod isn't a creature. Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or enchantment you control. {1}{W}: Another target creature gains lifelink until end of turn.

Creature Enchantment
Heliod, Sun-Crowned (thb) 259
Kambal, Consul of Allocation

Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, that player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Creature
Kambal, Consul of Allocation (kld) 183
Polluted Bonds

Whenever a land an opponent controls enters, that player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Enchantment
Polluted Bonds (wot) 75
Soul Warden

Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.

Creature
Soul Warden (m10) 34
Soul's Attendant

Whenever another creature enters, you may gain 1 life.

Creature
Soul's Attendant (plst) ROE-44
Sun Droplet

Whenever you're dealt damage, put that many charge counters on this artifact. At the beginning of each upkeep, you may remove a charge counter from this artifact. If you do, you gain 1 life.

Artifact
Sun Droplet (c21) 268
Sunscorch Regent

Flying Whenever an opponent casts a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Sunscorch Regent (dtk) 41
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 (nph) 25
Voice of the Blessed

Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. As long as this creature has four or more +1/+1 counters on it, it has flying and vigilance. As long as this creature has ten or more +1/+1 counters on it, it has indestructible.

Creature
Voice of the Blessed (vow) 44
Wall of Reverence

Defender, flying At the beginning of your end step, you may gain life equal to the power of target creature you control.

Creature
Wall of Reverence (uma) 41

Lifegain

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Removal

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Anguished Unmaking

Exile target nonland permanent. You lose 3 life.

Instant
Anguished Unmaking (soi) 242
Countersquall

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller loses 2 life.

Instant
Countersquall (uma) 198
Fumigate

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

Sorcery
Fumigate (kld) 15
Karlov of the Ghost Council

Whenever you gain life, put two +1/+1 counters on Karlov. {W}{B}, Remove six +1/+1 counters from Karlov: Exile target creature.

Creature
Karlov of the Ghost Council (c15) 46
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 (prna) 187s
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 (ss2) 3
Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (ema) 32
The Meathook Massacre

When The Meathook Massacre enters, each creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life. Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you gain 1 life.

Enchantment
The Meathook Massacre (mid) 112
Toxic Deluge

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life. All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.

Sorcery
Toxic Deluge (cc2) 6
Void Rend

This spell can't be countered. Destroy target nonland permanent.

Instant
Void Rend (snc) 338
Vona, Butcher of Magan

Vigilance, lifelink {T}, Pay 7 life: Destroy target nonland permanent. Activate only during your turn.

Creature
Vona, Butcher of Magan (xln) 231

Removal

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Drain

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Blood Artist

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

Creature
Blood Artist (ema) 81
Bloodchief Ascension

At the beginning of each end step, if an opponent lost 2 or more life this turn, you may put a quest counter on this enchantment. (Damage causes loss of life.) Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, if this enchantment has three or more quest counters on it, you may have that player lose 2 life. If you do, you gain 2 life.

Enchantment
Bloodchief Ascension (zen) 82
Cliffhaven Vampire

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

Creature
Cliffhaven Vampire (ogw) 153
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
Enduring Tenacity

Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life. When Enduring Tenacity dies, if it was a creature, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control. It's an enchantment. (It's not a creature.)

Creature Enchantment
Enduring Tenacity (dsk) 95
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 (znr) 112
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 (m21) 362

Drain

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Pingers

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Sanctum of Stone Fangs

At the beginning of your first main phase, each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the number of Shrines you control.

Enchantment
Sanctum of Stone Fangs (m21) 120

Pingers

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Stax

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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 (wot) 1

Stax

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Draw

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Alhammarret's Archive

If you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead. If you would draw a card except the first one you draw in each of your draw steps, draw two cards instead.

Artifact
Alhammarret's Archive (c21) 233
Ancestral Vision

Suspend 4—{U} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay {U} and exile it with four time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.) Target player draws three cards.

Sorcery
Ancestral Vision (dd2) 21
Darkstar Augur

Offspring {B} (You may pay an additional {B} as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.) Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value.

Creature
Darkstar Augur (blb) 311
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) 445
Greed

{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.

Enchantment
Greed (mh2) 274
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) 366
The Gaffer

At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, draw a card.

Creature
The Gaffer (ltc) 96
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 (lcc) 211

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Protection

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Revenge of Ravens

Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, that creature's controller loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Enchantment
Revenge of Ravens (eld) 104

Protection

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Tokens

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Angelic Accord

At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 4 or more life this turn, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying.

Enchantment
Angelic Accord (plst) M14-3
Crested Sunmare

Other Horses you control have indestructible. At the beginning of each end step, if you gained life this turn, create a 5/5 white Horse creature token.

Creature
Crested Sunmare (plst) HOU-6
Gwaihir, Greatest of the Eagles

Flying Whenever Gwaihir attacks, target attacking creature gains flying until end of turn. At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, create a 3/3 white Bird creature token with flying and "Whenever this token attacks, target attacking creature gains flying until end of turn."

Creature
Gwaihir, Greatest of the Eagles (ltc) 99
Resplendent Angel

Flying At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 5 or more life this turn, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying and vigilance. {3}{W}{W}{W}: Until end of turn, this creature gets +2/+2 and gains lifelink.

Creature
Resplendent Angel (lci) 334

Tokens

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Evasion

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MacCready, Lamplight Mayor

Whenever a creature you control with power 2 or less attacks, it gains skulk until end of turn. (It can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.) Whenever a creature with power 4 or greater attacks you, its controller loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Creature
MacCready, Lamplight Mayor (pip) 108

Evasion

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (plst) C21-234
Chromatic Lantern

Lands you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color." {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Chromatic Lantern (brr) 10
Fellwar Stone

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (ncc) 367
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (dmr) 232
Myr Convert

Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.) {T}, Pay 2 life: Add one mana of any color.

Creature Artifact
Myr Convert (one) 234
Pristine Talisman

{T}: Add {C}. You gain 1 life.

Artifact
Pristine Talisman (brr) 106
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (cmr) 700

Ramp

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Deck Info

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24 mana - 23 cards
3 pips - 3 cards
21 mana - 20 cards
40 pips - 33 cards
21 mana - 20 cards
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0 mana - 6 cards
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