Better Life • (Abzan Commander deck) • Archidekt

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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $8.49

Betor, Ancestor's Voice

Flying, lifelink
At the beginning of your end step, put a number of +1/+1 counters on up to one other target creature you control equal to the amount of life you gained this turn. Return up to one target creature card with mana value less than or equal to the amount of life you lost this turn from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Legendary Creature - Dragon Spirit

$8.49 $3.40 $2.85

Commander

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Artifact

Qty: 10 Price: $122.00

Arcane Signet

: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact

$0.99 $0.86 $0.45

Bolas's Citadel

You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.

, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.

Legendary Artifact

$9.99 $8.85 $9.19

Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$7.49 $4.76 $4.11

Sol Ring

: Add

Artifact

$2.79 $2.34 $1.58

Staff of Compleation

, Pay 1 life: Destroy target permanent you own.

, Pay 2 life: Add one mana of any color.

, Pay 3 life: Proliferate.

, Pay 4 life: Draw a card.

: Untap this artifact.

Artifact

$6.99 $4.15 $3.01

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.)

Artifact - Equipment

$4.49 $3.10 $2.43

Talisman of Hierarchy

: Add

. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact

$0.99 $0.48 $0.29

Talisman of Resilience

: Add

. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact

$0.79 $0.52 $0.29

Talisman of Unity

: Add

. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact

$2.49 $3.60 $1.19

The Great Henge

This spell costs

less to cast, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.

: Add

. You gain 2 life.
Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it and draw a card.

Legendary Artifact

$84.99 $65.53 $64.46

Artifact

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Creature

Qty: 32 Price: $331.99

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 - Angel

$54.99 $48.51 $46.67

Beledros Witherbloom

Flying
At the beginning of each upkeep, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
Pay 10 life: Untap all lands you control. Activate only once each turn.

Legendary Creature - Elder Dragon

$2.79 $2.46 $0.90

Birds of Paradise

Flying

: Add one mana of any color.

Creature - Bird

$15.99 $15.25 $12.77

Bloodthirsty Conqueror

Flying, deathtouch
Whenever an opponent loses life, you gain that much life. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Creature - Knight Vampire

$47.99 $34.80 $33.34

Celestine, the Living Saint

Flying, lifelink
Healing Tears — At the beginning of your end step, return target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.

Legendary Creature - Human Warrior

$34.99 $25.01 $24.54

Children of Korlis

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

Creature - Human Cleric Rebel

$0.69 $0.30 $0.15

Dark Confidant

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 - Human Wizard

$5.99 $4.23 $4.13

Darkstar Augur

Offspring

(You may pay an additional

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 - Bat Warlock

$0.99 $0.72 $0.20

Disciple of Freyalise

When this creature enters, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, you gain X life and draw X cards, where X is that creature's power.

Creature - Elf Druid

Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise (mh3) 250

$8.49 $4.74 $3.82

Doom Whisperer

Flying, trample
Pay 2 life: Surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Creature - Demon Nightmare

$8.49 $6.56 $4.91

Dragonlord Dromoka

This spell can't be countered.
Flying, lifelink
Your opponents can't cast spells during your turn.

Legendary Creature - Elder Dragon

$2.49 $1.87 $1.04

Elenda's Hierophant

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

Creature - Vampire Cleric

$5.99 $5.06 $4.37

Elves of Deep Shadow

: Add

. This creature deals 1 damage to you.

Creature - Elf Druid

$5.49 $5.66 $4.50

Envoy of the Ancestors

Outlast

(

: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Outlast only as a sorcery.)
Modified creatures you control have lifelink. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)

Creature - Human Cleric

$0.79 $0.34 $0.15

Essence Warden

Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.

Creature - Elf Shaman

$10.99 $10.77 $8.23

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 - Angel

$3.99 $2.73 $1.69

Haywire Mite

When this creature dies, you gain 2 life.

, Sacrifice this creature: Exile target noncreature artifact or noncreature enchantment.

Creature Artifact - Insect

$0.99 $1.17 $0.45

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.

: Another target creature gains lifelink until end of turn.

Legendary Creature Enchantment - God

$24.99 $22.36 $19.15

K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

(

can be paid with either

or 2 life.)
Lifelink
For each

in a cost, you may pay 2 life rather than pay that mana.
Whenever you cast a black spell, put a +1/+1 counter on K'rrik.

Legendary Creature - Horror Minion Phyrexian

$1.79 $1.06 $0.77

Kami of Whispered Hopes

If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a permanent you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on that permanent instead.

: Add X mana of any one color, where X is this creature's power.

Creature - Spirit

$5.49 $4.72 $3.34

Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar

Your opponents can't cast spells during your turn.
Whenever one or more creatures you control each with power greater than its base power deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Legendary Creature - Warrior Cat

$2.99 $2.87 $2.18

Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn

Lifelink
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained life this turn, distribute up to that many +1/+1 counters among any number of other target creatures.

Legendary Creature - Unicorn

$1.79 $0.84 $0.35

Priest of Fell Rites

, Pay 3 life, Sacrifice this creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.
Unearth

(

: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

Creature - Human Warlock

$0.59 $0.35 $0.15

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 - Monk Rhino

$3.49 $1.83 $1.44

Rodolf Duskbringer

Flying, deathtouch, lifelink
Whenever you gain life, Rodolf Duskbringer gains indestructible until end of turn.
At the beginning of your end step, you may pay

. When you do, return target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.

Legendary Creature - Vampire Angel

$4.99 $3.70 $3.66

Sakura-Tribe Elder

Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature - Shaman Snake

$0.79 $0.41 $0.28

Serra Ascendant

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
As long as you have 30 or more life, this creature gets +5/+5 and has flying.

Creature - Human Monk

$32.99 $28.73 $27.58

Soul Warden

Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.

Creature - Human Cleric

$5.49 $3.59 $3.10

Soul's Attendant

Whenever another creature enters, you may gain 1 life.

Creature - Human Cleric

$8.99 $5.56 $7.28

Vilis, Broker of Blood

Flying

, Pay 2 life: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Whenever you lose life, draw that many cards. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Legendary Creature - Demon

$15.99 $9.78 $9.36

Willowdusk, Essence Seer

: Choose another target creature. Put a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the amount of life you gained this turn or the amount of life you lost this turn, whichever is greater. Activate only as a sorcery.

Legendary Creature - Druid Dryad

$---- $---- $----

Witch Enchanter

When this creature enters, destroy target artifact or enchantment an opponent controls.

Creature - Human Warlock

Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow (mh3) 239

$9.49 $5.37 $5.19

Creature

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Enchantment

Qty: 8 Price: $93.92

Authority of the Consuls

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

Enchantment

$6.49 $5.30 $4.16

Black Market Connections

At the beginning of your first main phase, choose one or more —
• Sell Contraband — Create a Treasure token. You lose 1 life.
• Buy Information — Draw a card. You lose 2 life.
• Hire a Mercenary — Create a 3/2 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. You lose 3 life. (It is every creature type.)

Enchantment

$19.99 $13.81 $14.26

Greed

, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.

Enchantment

$0.69 $0.39 $0.15

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.

, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.

Enchantment

$1.79 $1.19 $0.19

Phyrexian Arena

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

Enchantment

$5.99 $4.69 $2.94

Ripples of Undeath

At the beginning of your first main phase, mill three cards. Then you may pay

and 3 life. If you do, put a card from among those cards into your hand.

Enchantment

$11.99 $7.96 $5.79

Sylvan Library

At the beginning of your draw step, you may draw two additional cards. If you do, choose two cards in your hand drawn this turn. For each of those cards, pay 4 life or put the card on top of your library.

Enchantment

$34.99 $29.00 $27.06

Whip of Erebos

Creatures you control have lifelink.

: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step. If it would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else. Activate only as a sorcery.

Legendary Artifact Enchantment

$11.99 $9.25 $7.87

Enchantment

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Instant

Qty: 8 Price: $38.38

Anguished Unmaking

Exile target nonland permanent. You lose 3 life.

Instant

$3.49 $1.48 $1.49

Assassin's Trophy

Destroy target permanent an opponent controls. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Instant

$2.29 $1.29 $0.98

Bitter Triumph

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card or pay 3 life.
Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Instant

$0.35 $0.33 $0.15

Fell the Profane

Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Instant

$7.99 $5.62 $4.67

Heroic Intervention

Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

Instant

$16.99 $14.72 $13.87

Infernal Grasp

Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.

Instant

$0.79 $0.34 $0.20

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

$2.99 $1.50 $1.05

Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant

$3.49 $1.82 $1.25

Instant

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Land

Qty: 35 (38 w/ MDFC)Price: $230.55

Bojuka Bog

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.

: Add

Land

$2.99 $2.08 $1.63

Bountiful Promenade

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.

: Add

Land

$12.99 $9.10 $8.53

Brushland

: Add

. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land

$2.29 $1.67 $0.78

Canopy Vista

(

: Add

.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land - Plains Forest

$0.59 $0.29 $0.16

Caves of Koilos

: Add

. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land

$1.49 $0.81 $0.69

Command Tower

: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land

$0.69 $0.30 $0.15

Exotic Orchard

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

Land

$0.69 $0.32 $0.15

Forest

(

: Add

Basic Land - Forest

$0.49 $0.21 $0.15

Godless Shrine

(

: Add

.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land - Plains Swamp

$12.99 $8.03 $7.29

Horizon Canopy

, Pay 1 life: Add

, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.

Land

$3.99 $3.61 $3.31

Indatha Triome

(

: Add

, or

.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling

(

, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land - Plains Swamp Forest

$21.99 $17.67 $13.78

Isolated Chapel

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp.

: Add

Land

$0.79 $0.38 $0.23

Llanowar Wastes

: Add

. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land

$1.99 $1.10 $0.72

Marsh Flats

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

Land

$37.99 $32.11 $31.24

Overgrown Farmland

This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.

: Add

Land

$5.99 $4.23 $3.77

Overgrown Tomb

(

: Add

.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land - Swamp Forest

$12.99 $10.55 $9.72

Plains

(

: Add

Basic Land - Plains

$0.49 $0.17 $0.15

Sandsteppe Citadel

This land enters tapped.

: Add

, or

Land

$0.49 $0.30 $0.15

Sunpetal Grove

This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or a Plains.

: Add

Land

$0.99 $0.56 $0.32

Swamp

(

: Add

Basic Land - Swamp

$0.49 $0.21 $0.15

Temple Garden

(

: Add

.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land - Plains Forest

$11.99 $8.74 $8.86

Undergrowth Stadium

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.

: Add

Land

$11.99 $7.03 $6.63

Vault of Champions

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.

: Add

Land

$19.99 $16.84 $15.31

Vault of the Archangel

: Add

: Creatures you control gain deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.

Land

$2.49 $1.14 $1.29

Verdant Catacombs

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

Land

$37.99 $29.55 $27.09

Windswept Heath

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

Land

$16.99 $12.11 $9.02

Woodland Cemetery

This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Forest.

: Add

Land

$1.79 $0.98 $0.77

Land

(CTRL to add secondary)

Sorcery

Qty: 8 Price: $30.22

Cultivate

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery