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{"ops":[{"insert":"Game Plan"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Slow down opponents while draining life and swinging with big beaters. More turns = more value from life gain triggers.\n\nMulligan Strategy"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Start with a source of card draw (use categories - multiple to view all of them) or a way to tutor for one. Should be enough lands to reliably cast said draw source on curve, but I've been tempted to add one or two more.\n\nBudget Considerations"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Mana Confluence, Erebos (currently sideboarded), and the shocks are the biggest things to avoid getting if you're not proxying or don't already own them. I just happened to crack the first two from packs back in the day.\n\nSeveral expensive cards may be included because they were in the original precon. It would be advised to find alternatives that fulfill the same purpose.\n\nPossible Future Subthemes"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"I've been somewhat considering shrine synergies with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Northern Air Temple"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Spirit Oasis"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Honden of Seeing Winds"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Honden of Night's Reach"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sanctum of Calm Waters"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Go-Shintai of Shared Purpose"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Go-Shintai of Hidden Cruelty"}},{"insert":", and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Aang's Journey"}},{"insert":". Biggest problem is really that most of them are kinda meh with only them on board.\n\nThere was originally a plan to up the vampire synergies, mostly in the form of getting tokens, but the two vampire payoffs I had didn't pull their weight.\n\nApparently I didn't hit the word count.\n"}]}
Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 2 life.
Whenever you gain life, you may pay
. 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.
Legendary Creature - Soldier Giant
Oloro, Ageless Ascetic (plst) C13-203

Commander

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Aerith Gainsborough
Lifelink
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Aerith Gainsborough.
When Aerith Gainsborough dies, put X +1/+1 counters on each legendary creature you control, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on Aerith Gainsborough.
Legendary Creature - Human Cleric
Aerith Gainsborough (fin) 4
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.)
Legendary Creature - Vampire Scout
Amalia Benavides Aguirre (lci) 299
Bloodthirsty Aerialist
Flying
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Vampire Rogue
Bloodthirsty Aerialist (j25) 409
Essence Channeler
As long as you've lost life this turn, this creature has flying and vigilance.
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature dies, put its counters on target creature you control.
Creature - Cleric Bat
Essence Channeler (blb) 12
Leonardo, Cutting Edge
Sneak
(You may cast this spell for
if you also return an unblocked attacker you control to hand during the declare blockers step. He enters tapped and attacking.)
Lifelink
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Leonardo.
Legendary Creature - Mutant Ninja Turtle
Leonardo, Cutting Edge (tmt) 15
MJ, Rising Star
Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on MJ.
Legendary Creature - Human Performer
MJ, Rising Star (msc) 773
Tragedy Feaster
Trample
Ward—Discard a card.
Infusion — At the beginning of your end step, sacrifice a permanent unless you gained life this turn.
Creature - Demon
Tragedy Feaster (sos) 102

Beatdown (Strider Style)

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An Offer You Can't Refuse
Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (fic) 267
Counterspell
Counter target spell.
Instant
Counterspell (dsc) 114
Countersquall
Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller loses 2 life.
Instant
Countersquall (plst) DDH-59
Dovin's Veto
This spell can't be countered.
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Dovin's Veto (war) 193
Drown in the Loch
Choose one —
• Counter target spell with mana value less than or equal to the number of cards in its controller's graveyard.
• Destroy target creature with mana value less than or equal to the number of cards in its controller's graveyard.
Instant
Drown in the Loch (clb) 842
Strix Serenade
Counter target artifact, creature, or planeswalker spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.
Instant
Strix Serenade (mh3) 71

Counterspells

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Baleful Strix
Flying, deathtouch
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature Artifact - Bird
Baleful Strix (fic) 318
Elvish Doomsayer
When this creature dies, each opponent discards a card.
Creature - Elf Shaman
Elvish Doomsayer (cmr) 120
Ghostly Prison
Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays
for each creature they control that's attacking you.
Enchantment
Ghostly Prison (tdc) 116
Nyx-Fleece Ram
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 1 life.
Creature Enchantment - Sheep
Nyx-Fleece Ram (tdc) 126
Propaganda
Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays
for each creature they control that's attacking you.
Enchantment
Propaganda (fic) 268
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

Defence

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Court of Ambition
When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch.
At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 3 life unless they discard a card. If you're the monarch, instead each opponent loses 6 life unless they discard two cards.
Enchantment
Court of Ambition (cmr) 114
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 - Vampire
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 - Vampire Cleric Ally
Drana's Emissary (plst) BFZ-210
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 - Vampire Noble
Indulging Patrician (tdc) 292
Kambal, Consul of Allocation
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, that player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Legendary Creature - Human Advisor
Kambal, Consul of Allocation (2x2) 237
Leech Collector
Whenever you gain life for the first time each turn, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
Creature - Human Warlock
Leech Collector // Bloodletting (sos) 88
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
Lunar Convocation (blb) 223
Palace Siege
As this enchantment enters, choose Khans or Dragons.
• Khans — At the beginning of your upkeep, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
• Dragons — At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Enchantment
Palace Siege (c17) 119
Retreat to Hagra
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, choose one —
• Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains deathtouch until end of turn.
• Each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Enchantment
Retreat to Hagra (c18) 116
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.
Legendary Enchantment - Shrine
Sanctum of Stone Fangs (m21) 120
Starscape Cleric
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
This creature can't block.
Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.
Creature - Cleric Bat
Starscape Cleric (blb) 116
Vile Consumption
All creatures have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay 1 life."
Enchantment
Vile Consumption (inv) 285

Drain

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Dark Tutelage
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.
Enchantment
Dark Tutelage (m11) 90
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
Darkstar Augur (blb) 90
Defacing Duskmage
Deathtouch
Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
Creature - Warlock Dog
Defacing Duskmage // Vandal's Edit (soc) 45
Likeness Looter
Flying
: Draw a card, then discard a card.
: This creature becomes a copy of target creature card in your graveyard with mana value X, except it has flying and this ability. Activate only as a sorcery.
Creature - Faerie Shapeshifter
Likeness Looter (woe) 208
Merfolk Looter
: Draw a card, then discard a card.
Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Merfolk Looter (afc) 86
Monastery Siege
As this enchantment enters, choose Khans or Dragons.
• Khans — At the beginning of your draw step, draw an additional card, then discard a card.
• Dragons — Spells your opponents cast that target you or a permanent you control cost
more to cast.
Enchantment
Monastery Siege (c17) 88
Phyrexian Arena
At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and lose 1 life.
Enchantment
Phyrexian Arena (fdn) 180

Draw

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Arcane Sanctum
This land enters tapped.
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Arcane Sanctum (fic) 373
Caves of Koilos
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Caves of Koilos (tdc) 348
Choked Estuary
As this land enters, you may reveal an Island or Swamp card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land
Choked Estuary (fic) 379
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (ecc) 60
Concealed Courtyard
This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Concealed Courtyard (otj) 268
Darkwater Catacombs
,
: Add
.
Land
Darkwater Catacombs (fic) 384
Desolate Mire
,
: Add
.
Land
Desolate Mire (fic) 386
Drowned Catacomb
This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp.
: Add
or
.
Land
Drowned Catacomb (fic) 388
Fetid Heath
: Add
.
,
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Fetid Heath (fic) 391
Fetid Pools
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land - Island Swamp
Fetid Pools (tdc) 363
Glacial Fortress
This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island.
: Add
or
.
Land
Glacial Fortress (eoc) 160
Godless Shrine
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Plains Swamp
Godless Shrine (eoe) 254
Hallowed Fountain
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Plains Island
Hallowed Fountain (ecl) 265
Irrigated Farmland
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land - Plains Island
Irrigated Farmland (eoc) 162
Mana Confluence
, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.
Land
Mana Confluence (jou) 163
Misty Palms Oasis
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.
Land
Misty Palms Oasis (tla) 273
North Pole Gates
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.
Land
North Pole Gates (tla) 274
Path of Ancestry
This land enters tapped.
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Land
Path of Ancestry (ecc) 158
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (ecl) 269
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.
: Add
or
.
Land
Port Town (fic) 412
Prairie Stream
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Plains Island
Prairie Stream (fic) 413
Seachrome Coast
This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Seachrome Coast (blc) 328
Serpent's Pass
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.
Land
Serpent's Pass (tla) 279
Shineshadow Snarl
As this land enters, you may reveal a Plains or Swamp card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land
Shineshadow Snarl (fic) 422
Skybridge Towers
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.
Land
Skybridge Towers (snc) 256
Skycloud Expanse
,
: Add
.
Land
Skycloud Expanse (eoc) 181
Sunken Hollow
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Island Swamp
Sunken Hollow (fic) 429
Sunken Ruins
: Add
.
,
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Sunken Ruins (fic) 430
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (ecl) 271
Temple of Deceit
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.)
: Add
or
.
Land
Temple of Deceit (drc) 176
Temple of Enlightenment
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.)
: Add
or
.
Land
Temple of Enlightenment (eoc) 186
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.)
: Add
or
.
Land
Temple of Silence (tdc) 406
Umbral Expanse
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land - Plains Swamp
Umbral Expanse (soc) 60
Waterfront District
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.
Land
Waterfront District (snc) 259
Watery Grave
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Island Swamp
Watery Grave (eoe) 261

Land

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Fix What's Broken
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
Return each artifact and creature card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Sorcery
Fix What's Broken (sos) 188
Phyrexian Reclamation
, Pay 2 life: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Enchantment
Phyrexian Reclamation (tdc) 194
Veinwitch Coven
Menace
Whenever you gain life, you may pay
. If you do, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Vampire Warlock
Veinwitch Coven (otc) 151
Zoraline, Cosmos Caller
Flying, vigilance
Whenever a Bat you control attacks, you gain 1 life.
Whenever Zoraline enters or attacks, you may pay
and 2 life. When you do, return target nonland permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it.
Legendary Creature - Cleric Bat
Zoraline, Cosmos Caller (blb) 242

Recursion

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Accursed Marauder
When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice.
Creature - Warrior Zombie
Accursed Marauder (mh3) 405
Ashes to Ashes
Exile two target nonartifact creatures. Ashes to Ashes deals 5 damage to you.
Sorcery
Ashes to Ashes (5ed) 141
Aura of Silence
Artifact and enchantment spells your opponents cast cost
more to cast.
Sacrifice this enchantment: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Enchantment
Aura of Silence (plst) C15-60
Despark
Exile target permanent with mana value 4 or greater.
Instant
Despark (tdc) 284
Dismantling Wave
For each opponent, destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment that player controls.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, destroy all artifacts and enchantments.
Sorcery
Dismantling Wave (tdc) 112
Energy Flux
All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay
."
Enchantment
Energy Flux (mb2) 161
Kataki, War's Wage
All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay
."
Legendary Creature - Spirit
Kataki, War's Wage (mb2) 148
Slaughter the Strong
Each player chooses any number of creatures they control with total power 4 or less, then sacrifices all other creatures they control.
Sorcery
Slaughter the Strong (tdc) 131
Soul Shatter
Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker with the greatest mana value among creatures and planeswalkers they control.
Instant
Soul Shatter (scd) 108
Supreme Verdict
This spell can't be countered.
Destroy all creatures.
Sorcery
Supreme Verdict (clu) 211
Swords to Plowshares
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
Instant
Swords to Plowshares (eoc) 45
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 (mh3) 277
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 - Human Warlock
Witch of the Moors (otc) 152
Withering Curse
All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.
Infusion — If you gained life this turn, destroy all creatures instead.
Sorcery
Withering Curse (sos) 105

Removal

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Drift of Phantasms
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Flying
Transmute
(
, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)
Creature - Spirit
Drift of Phantasms (rvr) 314
Lim-Dûl's Vault
Look at the top five cards of your library. As many times as you choose, you may pay 1 life, put those cards on the bottom of your library in any order, then look at the top five cards of your library. Then shuffle and put the last cards you looked at this way on top in any order.
Instant
Lim-Dûl's Vault (mb2) 87
Perplex
Counter target spell unless its controller discards their hand.
Transmute
(
, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)
Instant
Perplex (rav) 217

Tutor

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Deck Info

Deck stats

27 pips - 23 cards
27 mana - 25 cards
19 pips - 18 cards
27 mana - 25 cards
48 pips - 38 cards
34 mana - 30 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 4 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 4 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
3 mana - 3 cards
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