84 views14 days ago
Commander
Size: 100Salt sum: 34.25
 avatar

2dubz

84 views14 days ago
Commander
Size: 100Salt sum: 34.25

Choose your preferred layout. You can mix and match options using the View as & Group by drop-downs above.

{"ops":[{"insert":"\"In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except Undeath & Taxes\" - Athreos, probably. \n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Athreos, God of Passage"}},{"insert":" is the banner creature and commander in this deck that likes to sit back, kick its' feet up, and tax life away from its' opponents. Behind the stax-y components like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Norn's Annex"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blind Obedience"}},{"insert":", sit a cadre of vampires ranging from cheap life link vamps like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Child of Night"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Vampire Nighthawk"}},{"insert":" (the latter I feel is rather underrated) to the more impactful "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cliffhaven Vampire"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ascendant Evincar"}},{"insert":". Additional life gain and steal come from a variety of cards with extort and life link, including the bigger spells "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Exsanguinate"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Debt to the Deathless"}},{"insert":".\n\nBut what to do with all that life? Aside from being able to take a couple hits, that extra life can be used for utility, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sign in Blood"}},{"insert":", to trigger abilities to make opponents lose life, to dispense some hate "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim"}},{"insert":", or to keep the battlefield and hand stocked "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Angelic Accord"}},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Phyrexian Reclamation"}},{"insert":". \n\nI had two concerns as this deck was coming together, which are win conditions and getting the more powerful cards out of the deck with enough lands to play them. The win conditions for this deck are on the narrow side: Sucking life away, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Felidar Sovereign"}},{"insert":", and "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"maybe "},{"insert":"tacking the last few life away with a relatively larger flying creature. Both of which I tried to tackle via card draw and ramp. As it goes with black ramp, see "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Heartless Summoning"}},{"insert":", the deck might kill some of its' own creatures- Particularly the nonblack ones if the Evincar is around. However, the deck gets a hand from it's commander- hopefully turning low toughness creatures into 3 life pings. \n"}]}

Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $14.99
Athreos, God of Passage
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to white and black is less than seven, Athreos isn't a creature.
Whenever another creature you own dies, return it to your hand unless target opponent pays 3 life.
Legendary Creature Enchantment - God
Athreos, God of Passage (plst) JOU-146

Commander

(CTRL to add secondary)

Anthem

Qty: 1 Price: $2.29
Ascendant Evincar
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Other black creatures get +1/+1.
Nonblack creatures get -1/-1.
Legendary Creature - Vampire Noble Phyrexian
Ascendant Evincar (hop) 17

Anthem

(CTRL to add secondary)

Burn

Qty: 1 Price: $21.99
Temporal Extortion
When you cast this spell, any player may pay half their life, rounded up. If a player does, counter Temporal Extortion.
Take an extra turn after this one.
Sorcery
Temporal Extortion (plc) 81

Burn

(CTRL to add secondary)

Counters

Qty: 2 Price: $0.84
Sengir Vampire
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Whenever a creature dealt damage by this creature this turn dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Vampire
Sengir Vampire (plst) W17-19
Vitality Hunter
Lifelink
: Monstrosity X. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put X +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)
When this creature becomes monstrous, put a lifelink counter on each of up to X target creatures.
Creature - Nightmare
Vitality Hunter (c20) 30

Counters

(CTRL to add secondary)

Drain

Qty: 4 Price: $10.32
Cliffhaven Vampire
Flying
Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.
Creature - Vampire Warrior Ally
Cliffhaven Vampire (ogw) 153
Falkenrath Noble
Flying
Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Creature - Vampire Noble
Falkenrath Noble (j25) 441
Tainted Remedy
If an opponent would gain life, that player loses that much life instead.
Enchantment
Tainted Remedy (ori) 120
Vizkopa Guildmage
: Target creature gains lifelink until end of turn.
: Whenever you gain life this turn, each opponent loses that much life.
Creature - Human Wizard
Vizkopa Guildmage (ima) 211

Drain

(CTRL to add secondary)

Draw

Qty: 7 Price: $7.41
Altar's Reap
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw two cards.
Instant
Altar's Reap (plst) DDR-37
Disciple of Bolas
When this creature enters, sacrifice another creature. You gain X life and draw X cards, where X is that creature's power.
Creature - Human Wizard
Disciple of Bolas (tdc) 178
Grim Haruspex
Morph
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, draw a card.
Creature - Human Wizard
Grim Haruspex (clb) 754
Painful Lesson
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
Sorcery
Painful Lesson (plst) AKH-102
Sign in Blood
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
Sorcery
Sign in Blood (dsc) 156
Succumb to Temptation
You draw two cards and you lose 2 life.
Instant
Succumb to Temptation (emn) 107
Vampiric Rites
, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life and draw a card.
Enchantment
Vampiric Rites (fdn) 615

Draw

(CTRL to add secondary)

Finisher

Qty: 1 Price: $0.79
Exsanguinate
Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Sorcery
Exsanguinate (fic) 276

Finisher

(CTRL to add secondary)

Land

Qty: 33 Price: $80.57
Evolving Wilds
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Evolving Wilds (msc) 240
Forsaken Sanctuary
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land
Forsaken Sanctuary (c18) 247
Memorial to Glory
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Create two 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens.
Land
Memorial to Glory (j25) 772
Mortuary Mire
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you may put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.
: Add
.
Land
Mortuary Mire (pip) 272
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (trk) 317
Scoured Barrens
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
: Add
or
.
Land
Scoured Barrens (tdm) 267
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (trk) 321
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 (soc) 415
Terramorphic Expanse
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Terramorphic Expanse (msc) 273
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.
Legendary Land
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (tsr) 287

Land

(CTRL to add secondary)

Lifegain

Qty: 14 Price: $16.06
Bishop's Soldier
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Creature - Vampire Soldier
Bishop's Soldier (j25) 174
Bloodbond Vampire
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Vampire Shaman Ally
Bloodbond Vampire (j22) 380
Chancellor of the Dross
You may reveal this card from your opening hand. If you do, at the beginning of the first upkeep, each opponent loses 3 life, then you gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Flying, lifelink
Creature - Vampire Phyrexian
Chancellor of the Dross (nph) 54
Child of Night
Lifelink
Creature - Vampire
Child of Night (plst) IMA-85
Cradle of Vitality
Whenever you gain life, you may pay
. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature for each 1 life you gained.
Enchantment
Cradle of Vitality (jmp) 98
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
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
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 - Beast Cat
Felidar Sovereign (j25) 198
Soulmender
: You gain 1 life.
Creature - Human Cleric
Soulmender (plst) M15-35
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 - Cleric Phyrexian
Suture Priest (moc) 210
Tablet of the Guilds
As this artifact enters, choose two colors.
Whenever you cast a spell, if it's at least one of the chosen colors, you gain 1 life for each of the chosen colors it is.
Artifact
Tablet of the Guilds (rtr) 235
Thrull Parasite
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
, Pay 2 life: Remove a counter from target nonland permanent.
Creature - Thrull
Thrull Parasite (plst) GTC-81
Vampire Nighthawk
Flying
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Creature - Vampire Shaman
Vampire Nighthawk (fdn) 186
War Report
You gain life equal to the number of creatures on the battlefield plus the number of artifacts on the battlefield.
Instant
War Report (nph) 26

Lifegain

(CTRL to add secondary)

Protection

Qty: 5 Price: $9.07
Angelsong
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Instant
Angelsong (plst) DDC-15
Baird, Steward of Argive
Vigilance
Creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless their controller pays
for each of those creatures.
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
Baird, Steward of Argive (blc) 135
Channel Harm
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you and permanents you control this turn by sources you don't control. If damage is prevented this way, you may have Channel Harm deal that much damage to target creature.
Instant
Channel Harm (frf) 7
Norn's Annex
(
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless their controller pays
for each of those creatures.
Artifact
Norn's Annex (cmm) 829
Rootborn Defenses
Populate. Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. (To populate, create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)
Instant
Rootborn Defenses (clu) 71

Protection

(CTRL to add secondary)

Ramp

Qty: 9 Price: $36.23
Bonder's Ornament
: Add one mana of any color.
,
: Each player who controls a permanent named Bonder's Ornament draws a card.
Artifact
Bonder's Ornament (cmm) 370
Bontu's Monument
Black creature spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Whenever you cast a creature spell, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Legendary Artifact
Bontu's Monument (drc) 124
Crypt Ghast
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Whenever you tap a Swamp for mana, add an additional
.
Creature - Spirit
Crypt Ghast (rvr) 322
Gold Myr
: Add
.
Creature Artifact - Myr
Gold Myr (nec) 153
Heartless Summoning
Creature spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Creatures you control get -1/-1.
Enchantment
Heartless Summoning (inr) 117
Hierophant's Chalice
When this artifact enters, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
: Add
.
Artifact
Hierophant's Chalice (xln) 240
Leaden Myr
: Add
.
Creature Artifact - Myr
Leaden Myr (som) 170
Liliana's Shade
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a Swamp card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Creature - Shade
Liliana's Shade (m13) 98
Pawn of Ulamog
Whenever this creature or another nontoken creature you control dies, you may create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add
."
Creature - Vampire Shaman
Pawn of Ulamog (soc) 223

Ramp

(CTRL to add secondary)

Recursion

Qty: 6 Price: $9.80
Bishop of Rebirth
Vigilance
Whenever this creature attacks, you may return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Creature - Vampire Cleric
Bishop of Rebirth (xln) 5
Macabre Waltz
Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand, then discard a card.
Sorcery
Macabre Waltz (fdn) 177
Open the Vaults
Return all artifact and enchantment cards from all graveyards to the battlefield under their owners' control. (Auras with nothing to enchant remain in graveyards.)
Sorcery
Open the Vaults (pip) 168
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
Phyrexian Reclamation
, Pay 2 life: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Enchantment
Phyrexian Reclamation (tdc) 194
Primevals' Glorious Rebirth
(You may cast a legendary sorcery only if you control a legendary creature or planeswalker.)
Return all legendary permanent cards from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Legendary Sorcery
Primevals' Glorious Rebirth (dmc) 165

Recursion

(CTRL to add secondary)

Removal

Qty: 8 Price: $3.92
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.
Legendary Creature - Cleric Kor
Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim (fdn) 652
Enslave
Enchant creature
You control enchanted creature.
At the beginning of your upkeep, enchanted creature deals 1 damage to its owner.
Enchantment - Aura
Enslave (tsr) 113
Fumigate
Destroy all creatures. You gain 1 life for each creature destroyed this way.
Sorcery
Fumigate (eoc) 65
Ghostly Possession
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has flying.
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by enchanted creature.
Enchantment - Aura
Ghostly Possession (cn2) 85
Glimpse the Sun God
Tap X target creatures. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Instant
Glimpse the Sun God (bng) 13
Harsh Sustenance
Harsh Sustenance deals X damage to any target and you gain X life, where X is the number of creatures you control.
Instant
Harsh Sustenance (frf) 154
Unmake
Exile target creature.
Instant
Unmake (plst) EVE-96
Yawgmoth's Vile Offering
(You may cast a legendary sorcery only if you control a legendary creature or planeswalker.)
Put up to one target creature or planeswalker card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. Destroy up to one target creature or planeswalker. Exile Yawgmoth's Vile Offering.
Legendary Sorcery
Yawgmoth's Vile Offering (moc) 271

Removal

(CTRL to add secondary)

Sac Outlet

Qty: 1 Price: $0.59
Indulgent Aristocrat
Lifelink
, Sacrifice a creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on each Vampire you control.
Creature - Vampire Noble
Indulgent Aristocrat (inr) 118

Sac Outlet

(CTRL to add secondary)

Stax

Qty: 4 Price: $13.46
Angelic Arbiter
Flying
Each opponent who cast a spell this turn can't attack with creatures.
Each opponent who attacked with a creature this turn can't cast spells.
Creature - Angel
Angelic Arbiter (jmp) 86
Blind Obedience
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. 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) 303
Imposing Sovereign
Creatures your opponents control enter tapped.
Creature - Human Noble
Imposing Sovereign (m14) 22
Thalia, Heretic Cathar
First strike
Creatures and nonbasic lands your opponents control enter tapped.
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
Thalia, Heretic Cathar (inr) 351

Stax

(CTRL to add secondary)

Tokens

Qty: 2 Price: $4.08
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
Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
+1: Create a 1/1 black Vampire creature token with lifelink.
−2: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control get +1/+0."
−6: Destroy up to three target creatures and/or other planeswalkers. Return each card put into a graveyard this way to the battlefield under your control.
Legendary Planeswalker - Sorin
Sorin, Lord of Innistrad (lcc) 289

Tokens

(CTRL to add secondary)

Tutor

Qty: 1 Price: $84.99
Demonic Tutor
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Demonic Tutor (cmm) 150

Tutor

(CTRL to add secondary)

Deck Info

Deck stats

42 pips - 32 cards
19 mana - 19 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 1 card
58 pips - 39 cards
19 mana - 19 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 1 card
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 1 card
0 pips - 0 cards
2 mana - 2 cards
CategoriesQtyOdds
Click charts to focus on cards
Deck extras (0)

Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"\"In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except Undeath & Taxes\" - Athreos, probably. \n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Athreos, God of Passage"}},{"insert":" is the banner creature and commander in this deck that likes to sit back, kick its' feet up, and tax life away from its' opponents. Behind the stax-y components like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Norn's Annex"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blind Obedience"}},{"insert":", sit a cadre of vampires ranging from cheap life link vamps like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Child of Night"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Vampire Nighthawk"}},{"insert":" (the latter I feel is rather underrated) to the more impactful "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cliffhaven Vampire"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ascendant Evincar"}},{"insert":". Additional life gain and steal come from a variety of cards with extort and life link, including the bigger spells "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Exsanguinate"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Debt to the Deathless"}},{"insert":".\n\nBut what to do with all that life? Aside from being able to take a couple hits, that extra life can be used for utility, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sign in Blood"}},{"insert":", to trigger abilities to make opponents lose life, to dispense some hate "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim"}},{"insert":", or to keep the battlefield and hand stocked "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Angelic Accord"}},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Phyrexian Reclamation"}},{"insert":". \n\nI had two concerns as this deck was coming together, which are win conditions and getting the more powerful cards out of the deck with enough lands to play them. The win conditions for this deck are on the narrow side: Sucking life away, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Felidar Sovereign"}},{"insert":", and "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"maybe "},{"insert":"tacking the last few life away with a relatively larger flying creature. Both of which I tried to tackle via card draw and ramp. As it goes with black ramp, see "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Heartless Summoning"}},{"insert":", the deck might kill some of its' own creatures- Particularly the nonblack ones if the Evincar is around. However, the deck gets a hand from it's commander- hopefully turning low toughness creatures into 3 life pings. \n"}]}
Support us on Patreon to remove ads
AutoNew CategoryMaybeboardSideboardPinned Cards