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Life is Exploration
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Est deck cost: $359.06
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Commander

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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.)

Creature
Amalia Benavides Aguirre (lci) 221

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Drain

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Bastion of Remembrance

When Bastion of Remembrance enters, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token. Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Enchantment
Bastion of Remembrance (cmm) 138
Campaign of Vengeance

Whenever a creature you control attacks, defending player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Enchantment
Campaign of Vengeance (plst) EMN-182
Sanguine Bond

Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.

Enchantment
Sanguine Bond (c21) 153
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 (j22) 487

Drain

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Lifegain

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Ajani's Mantra

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may gain 1 life.

Enchantment
Ajani's Mantra (ddh) 22
Ajani's Sunstriker

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

Creature
Ajani's Sunstriker (cns) 66
Ajani's Welcome

Whenever a creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.

Enchantment
Ajani's Welcome (m19) 6
Angelic Chorus

Whenever a creature you control enters, you gain life equal to its toughness.

Enchantment
Angelic Chorus (bbd) 87
Angelic Skirmisher

Flying At the beginning of each combat, choose first strike, vigilance, or lifelink. Creatures you control gain that ability until end of turn.

Creature
Angelic Skirmisher (gtc) 3
Answered Prayers

Whenever a creature you control enters, you gain 1 life. If Answered Prayers isn't a creature, it becomes a 3/3 Angel creature with flying in addition to its other types until end of turn.

Enchantment
Answered Prayers (mh1) 2
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 (2xm) 5
Astarion, the Decadent

Deathtouch, lifelink At the beginning of your end step, choose one — • Feed — Target opponent loses life equal to the amount of life they lost this turn. • Friends — You gain life equal to the amount of life you gained this turn.

Creature
Astarion, the Decadent (clb) 265
Beloved Princess

Lifelink Beloved Princess can't be blocked by creatures with power 3 or greater.

Creature
Beloved Princess (eld) 7
Bishop's Soldier

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

Creature
Bishop's Soldier (xln) 6
Blood Baron of Vizkopa

Lifelink, protection from white and from black As long as you have 30 or more life and an opponent has 10 or less life, Blood Baron of Vizkopa gets +6/+6 and has flying.

Creature
Blood Baron of Vizkopa (ima) 195
Boon Reflection

If you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead.

Enchantment
Boon Reflection (2xm) 10
Child of Night

Lifelink

Creature
Child of Night (jmp) 218
Cleric Class

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.) If you would gain life, you gain that much life plus 1 instead. {3}{W}: Level 2 Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. {4}{W}: Level 3 When this Class becomes level 3, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness.

Enchantment
Cleric Class (afr) 6
Cradle of Vitality

Whenever you gain life, you may pay {1}{W}. 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
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 (cmm) 29
Light of Promise

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has "Whenever you gain life, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature."

Enchantment
Light of Promise (m21) 25
Path of Bravery

As long as your life total is greater than or equal to your starting life total, creatures you control get +1/+1. Whenever one or more creatures you control attack, you gain life equal to the number of attacking creatures.

Enchantment
Path of Bravery (jmp) 126
Shadowspear

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has trample and lifelink. {1}: Permanents your opponents control lose hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. Equip {2}

Artifact
Shadowspear (plst) THB-236
Sunbond

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has "Whenever you gain life, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature."

Enchantment
Sunbond (bng) 28

Lifegain

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Stax

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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.

Creature
Drana and Linvala (mom) 222

Stax

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Anthem

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Arvad the Cursed

Deathtouch, lifelink Other legendary creatures you control get +2/+2.

Creature
Arvad the Cursed (moc) 317
Intangible Virtue

Creature tokens you control get +1/+1 and have vigilance.

Enchantment
Intangible Virtue (cmm) 31

Anthem

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Draw

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Altar's Reap

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Draw two cards.

Instant
Altar's Reap (plst) DDR-37
Ambition's Cost

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

Sorcery
Ambition's Cost (moc) 246
Ancient Craving

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

Sorcery
Ancient Craving (j22) 376
Azor's Gateway

Artifact
Azor's Gateway // Sanctum of the Sun (plst) RIX-176Azor's Gateway // Sanctum of the Sun (plst) RIX-176
Bankrupt in Blood

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice two creatures. Draw three cards.

Sorcery
Bankrupt in Blood (rna) 62
Chivalric Alliance

Whenever you attack with two or more creatures, draw a card. {2}, Discard a card: Create a 2/2 white and blue Knight creature token with vigilance.

Enchantment
Chivalric Alliance (moc) 11
Cut a Deal

Each opponent draws a card, then you draw a card for each opponent who drew a card this way.

Sorcery
Cut a Deal (onc) 63
Dawn of Hope

Whenever you gain life, you may pay {2}. If you do, draw a card. {3}{W}: Create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token with lifelink.

Enchantment
Dawn of Hope (plst) GRN-8
Henrika Domnathi

Creature
Henrika Domnathi // Henrika, Infernal Seer (vow) 119Henrika Domnathi // Henrika, Infernal Seer (vow) 119

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Pump

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Dragon Throne of Tarkir

Equipped creature has defender and "{2}, {T}: Other creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is this creature's power." Equip {3}

Artifact
Dragon Throne of Tarkir (plst) KTK-219

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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
Anointed Procession

If an effect would create one or more tokens under your control, it creates twice that many of those tokens instead.

Enchantment
Anointed Procession (plst) AKH-2
Call to the Feast

Create three 1/1 white Vampire creature tokens with lifelink.

Sorcery
Call to the Feast (2x2) 190
Edgar, Charmed Groom

Creature
Edgar, Charmed Groom // Edgar Markov's Coffin (vow) 236Edgar, Charmed Groom // Edgar Markov's Coffin (vow) 236
Elenda, the Dusk Rose

Lifelink Whenever another creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Elenda, the Dusk Rose. When Elenda dies, create X 1/1 white Vampire creature tokens with lifelink, where X is Elenda's power.

Creature
Elenda, the Dusk Rose (lcc) 268
Legion Loyalty

Creatures you control have myriad. (Whenever a creature with myriad attacks, for each opponent other than defending player, you may create a token copy that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Exile the tokens at end of combat.)

Enchantment
Legion Loyalty (clb) 31
Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle

Whenever one or more nontoken Vampires you control attack, create a 1/1 white Vampire creature token with lifelink.

Creature
Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle (lcc) 133

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Artifact

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Brawler's Plate

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has trample. (It can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) Equip {4} ({4}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Brawler's Plate (ori) 224

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Evasion

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Hero's Heirloom

Equipped creature gets +2/+1. As long as equipped creature is legendary, it has trample and haste. Equip {2}

Artifact
Hero's Heirloom (dmu) 231

Evasion

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Ramp

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Danitha Capashen, Paragon

First strike, vigilance, lifelink Aura and Equipment spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature
Danitha Capashen, Paragon (woc) 64
Legion's Landing

Enchantment
Legion's Landing // Adanto, the First Fort (plst) XLN-22Legion's Landing // Adanto, the First Fort (plst) XLN-22

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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 (plst) MH2-22
Sengir, the Dark Baron

Flying Whenever another creature dies, put two +1/+1 counters on Sengir, the Dark Baron. Whenever another player loses the game, you gain life equal to that player's life total as the turn began. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Sengir, the Dark Baron (cmr) 149

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Finisher

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Colossus of Akros

Defender, indestructible {10}: Monstrosity 10. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put ten +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.) As long as Colossus of Akros is monstrous, it has trample and can attack as though it didn't have defender.

Creature Artifact
Colossus of Akros (ths) 214
Darksteel Colossus

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) Indestructible (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy this creature.) If Darksteel Colossus would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, reveal Darksteel Colossus and shuffle it into its owner's library instead.

Creature Artifact
Darksteel Colossus (m10) 208

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Recursion

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Abiding Grace

At the beginning of your end step, choose one — • You gain 1 life. • Return target creature card with mana value 1 from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Enchantment
Abiding Grace (mh2) 1
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.

Creature
Celestine, the Living Saint (40k) 10
Isareth the Awakener

Deathtouch Whenever Isareth the Awakener attacks, you may pay {X}. When you do, return target creature card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield with a corpse counter on it. If that creature would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else.

Creature
Isareth the Awakener (cmm) 168
Ravos, Soultender

Flying Other creatures you control get +1/+1. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Ravos, Soultender (c16) 39
Reya Dawnbringer

Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Reya Dawnbringer (uma) 32
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 {1}{W/B}. 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.

Creature
Rodolf Duskbringer (j22) 25
Timothar, Baron of Bats

Ward—Discard a card. Whenever another nontoken Vampire you control dies, you may pay {1} and exile it. If you do, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying. It gains "When this creature deals combat damage to a player, sacrifice it and return the exiled card to the battlefield tapped."

Creature
Timothar, Baron of Bats (lcc) 210

Recursion

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Alabaster Host Sanctifier

Lifelink

Creature
Alabaster Host Sanctifier (mom) 4
Blood Burglar

During your turn, Blood Burglar has lifelink.(Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

Creature
Blood Burglar (m20) 88
Blood-Cursed Knight

As long as you control an enchantment, Blood-Cursed Knight gets +1/+1 and has lifelink. (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

Creature
Blood-Cursed Knight (ori) 211
Charismatic Conqueror

Vigilance Whenever an artifact or creature an opponent controls enters untapped, they may tap that permanent. If they don't, you create a 1/1 white Vampire creature token with lifelink.

Creature
Charismatic Conqueror (lcc) 70
Charity Extractor

Lifelink

Creature
Charity Extractor (war) 81

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Land

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Baldur's Gate

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Add X mana of any one color, where X is the number of other Gates you control.

Land
Baldur's Gate (clb) 345
Basilisk Gate

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of Gates you control. Activate only as a sorcery.

Land
Basilisk Gate (clb) 346
Black Dragon Gate

Black Dragon Gate enters tapped. As Black Dragon Gate enters, choose a color other than black. {T}: Add {B} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Black Dragon Gate (clb) 347
Citadel Gate

Citadel Gate enters tapped. As Citadel Gate enters, choose a color other than white. {T}: Add {W} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Citadel Gate (clb) 349
Gateway Plaza

Gateway Plaza enters tapped. When Gateway Plaza enters, sacrifice it unless you pay {1}. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Gateway Plaza (plst) GRN-247
Gond Gate

Gates you control enter untapped. {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color that a Gate you control could produce.

Land
Gond Gate (clb) 353
Kabira Crossroads

Kabira Crossroads enters tapped. When Kabira Crossroads enters, you gain 2 life. {T}: Add {W}.

Land
Kabira Crossroads (c17) 259
Orzhov Guildgate

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

Land
Orzhov Guildgate (rvr) 282
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (mkm) 278
Plaza of Harmony

When Plaza of Harmony enters, if you control two or more Gates, you gain 3 life. {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any type that a Gate you control could produce.

Land
Plaza of Harmony (rna) 254
Radiant Fountain

When Radiant Fountain enters, you gain 2 life. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Radiant Fountain (c21) 310
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (mkm) 281
The Black Gate

As The Black Gate enters, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}. {1}{B}, {T}: Choose a player with the most life or tied for most life. Target creature can't be blocked by creatures that player controls this turn.

Land
The Black Gate (ltc) 490
Voldaren Estate

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a Vampire spell. {5}, {T}: Create a Blood token. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each Vampire you control. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Discard a card, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Land
Voldaren Estate (lcc) 369

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Removal

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Bright Reprisal

Destroy target attacking creature. Draw a card.

Instant
Bright Reprisal (xln) 7
Vona, Butcher of Magan

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

Creature
Vona, Butcher of Magan (lcc) 293

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Deck Info

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57 pips - 46 cards
20 mana - 20 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 6 cards
34 pips - 28 cards
19 mana - 19 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 6 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 6 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
6 mana - 6 cards
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