Life Gain/Drain ($315) • (Golgari Commander deck) • Archidekt

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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

$4.49 $3.58 $1.27

Commander

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Gray Merchant of Asphodel

When this creature enters, each opponent loses X life, where X is your devotion to black. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. (Each

in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

Creature - Zombie

$1.49 $1.06 $0.52

Sanguine Bond

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

Enchantment

$7.49 $6.17 $5.15

Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

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

: Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.

Legendary Creature - Vampire Cleric

$18.99 $16.51 $14.61

Zulaport Cutthroat

Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature - Human Rogue Ally

$2.79 $2.94 $1.04

Drain

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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.

Legendary Artifact

$15.99 $10.85 $10.51

Ayara, First of Locthwain

Whenever Ayara or another black creature you control enters, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

, Sacrifice another black creature: Draw a card.

Legendary Creature - Elf Noble

$8.49 $5.42 $3.86

Blood Price

Look at the top four cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. You lose 2 life.

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.08 $0.15

Greed

, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.

Enchantment

$0.39 $0.57 $0.29

Moldervine Reclamation

Whenever a creature you control dies, you gain 1 life and draw a card.

Enchantment

$0.59 $0.38 $0.22

Night's Whisper

You draw two cards and lose 2 life.

Sorcery

$0.99 $0.64 $0.20

Priest of Forgotten Gods

, Sacrifice two other creatures: Any number of target players each lose 2 life and sacrifice a creature of their choice. You add

and draw a card. (Activate only as an instant.)

Creature - Human Cleric

$5.49 $5.29 $4.16

Read the Bones

Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Sorcery

$0.49 $0.36 $0.26

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Sorcery

$5.99 $3.30 $1.81

Silversmote Ghoul

At the beginning of your end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

, Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card.

Creature - Vampire Zombie

$0.35 $0.36 $0.15

Skullclamp

Equipped creature gets +1/-1.
Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards.
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$7.99 $5.95 $5.69

Draw

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Ghalta, Primal Hunger

This spell costs

less to cast, where X is the total power of creatures you control.
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

Legendary Creature - Elder Dinosaur

$1.99 $1.34 $1.04

Evasion

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Command Tower

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

Land

$0.59 $0.40 $0.22

Exotic Orchard

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

Land

$0.49 $0.28 $0.15

Forest

(

: Add

Basic Land - Forest

$0.49 $0.12 $0.15

Forest

(

: Add

Basic Land - Forest

$0.49 $0.15 $0.15

Golgari Rot Farm

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.

: Add

Land

$0.49 $0.36 $0.20

High Market

: Add

, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life.

Land

$1.49 $2.35 $0.34

Jungle Hollow

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.

: Add

Land

$0.35 $0.25 $0.15

Llanowar Wastes

: Add

. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land

$1.99 $1.05 $0.78

Rogue's Passage

: Add

: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land

$0.99 $0.48 $0.40

Sapseep Forest

(

: Add

.)
This land enters tapped.

: You gain 1 life. Activate only if you control two or more green permanents.

Land - Forest

$0.59 $0.61 $0.19

Swamp

(

: Add

Basic Land - Swamp

$1.99 $1.41 $0.52

Swamp

(

: Add

Basic Land - Swamp

$0.49 $0.21 $0.15

Swamp

(

: Add

Basic Land - Swamp

$0.49 $0.13 $0.15

Tainted Wood

: Add

. Activate only if you control a Swamp.

Land

$0.69 $0.51 $0.39

Temple of Malady

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

Land

$0.49 $0.29 $0.15

Witch's Clinic

: Add

: Target commander gains lifelink until end of turn.

Land

$15.99 $12.37 $6.31

Land

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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

$32.99 $22.00 $19.53

Essence Warden

Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.

Creature - Elf Shaman

$11.99 $8.66 $5.82

Exquisite Blood

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

Enchantment

$47.99 $43.14 $39.35

Venser's Journal

You have no maximum hand size.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 1 life for each card in your hand.

Artifact - Book

$10.99 $8.32 $5.47

Lifegain

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Altar of the Brood

Whenever another permanent you control enters, each opponent mills a card.

Artifact

$13.99 $10.57 $6.77

Mill

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Malakir Rebirth

Choose target creature. You lose 2 life. Until end of turn, that creature gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control."

Instant

Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire (znr) 111

$18.99 $11.11 $11.37

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

$3.49 $2.59 $2.04

Protection

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Animist's Awakening

Reveal the top X cards of your library. Put all land cards from among them onto the battlefield tapped and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Spell mastery — If there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, untap those lands.

Sorcery

$0.59 $1.49 $0.36

Awakening Zone

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add

Enchantment

$0.79 $1.39 $0.40

Biowaste Blob

Oozes you control get +1/+1.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control a commander, create a token that's a copy of this creature.

Creature - Ooze

$1.29 $0.39 $0.20

Blood Artist

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

Creature - Vampire

$4.49 $4.10 $2.70

Dreadhorde Invasion

At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life and amass Zombies 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also a Zombie. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.)
Whenever a Zombie token you control with power 6 or greater attacks, it gains lifelink until end of turn.

Enchantment

$0.49 $1.24 $0.39

Exsanguinate

Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Sorcery

$1.29 $0.94 $0.45

Horizon Stone

If you would lose unspent mana, that mana becomes colorless instead.

Artifact

$1.99 $1.12 $1.07

Into the Wilds

At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card, you may put it onto the battlefield.

Enchantment

$0.49 $0.40 $0.15

Keen Duelist

At the beginning of your upkeep, you and target opponent each reveal the top card of your library. You each lose life equal to the mana value of the card revealed by the other player. You each put the card you revealed into your hand.

Creature - Human Wizard

$0.79 $1.53 $0.15

Kodama's Reach

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 - Arcane

$3.49 $2.38 $1.61

Mirri's Guile

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

Enchantment

$32.99 $28.99 $18.99

Ophiomancer

At the beginning of each upkeep, if you control no Snakes, create a 1/1 black Snake creature token with deathtouch.

Creature - Human Shaman

$2.29 $4.03 $1.53

Perilous Forays

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

Enchantment

$1.29 $2.52 $0.82

Prosperous Innkeeper

When this creature enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "

, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.

Creature - Citizen Halfling

$0.69 $0.24 $0.15

Sadistic Hypnotist

Sacrifice a creature: Target player discards two cards. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature - Human Minion

$0.99 $1.08 $0.42

Second Harvest

For each token you control, create a token that's a copy of that permanent.

Instant

$5.99 $4.23 $3.21

Seedborn Muse

Untap all permanents you control during each other player's untap step.

Creature - Spirit

$23.99 $19.81 $20.61

Soul Conduit

: Two target players exchange life totals.

Artifact

$1.29 $0.56 $0.31

Tendershoot Dryad

Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
At the beginning of each upkeep, create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
Saprolings you control get +2/+2 as long as you have the city's blessing.

Creature - Dryad

$3.49 $1.66 $1.21

Three Visits

Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery

$7.49 $6.51 $5.72

Torment of Hailfire

Repeat the following process X times. Each opponent loses 3 life unless that player sacrifices a nonland permanent of their choice or discards a card.

Sorcery

$37.99 $29.25 $28.13

Verdant Embrace

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has "At the beginning of each upkeep, create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token."

Enchantment - Aura

$0.59 $0.40 $0.22

Verdant Force

At the beginning of each upkeep, create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.

Creature - Elemental

$0.69 $0.23 $0.15

Viscera Seer

Sacrifice a creature: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Creature - Wizard Vampire

$1.29 $1.29 $0.44

Wolverine Riders

At the beginning of each upkeep, create a 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature token.
Whenever another Elf you control enters, you gain life equal to its toughness.

Creature - Warrior Elf

$18.99 $13.45 $12.08

Proxy's

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact

$0.99 $0.61 $0.41

Ashnod's Altar

Sacrifice a creature: Add

Artifact

$19.99 $15.47 $12.50

Court of Bounty

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you're the monarch, instead you may put a creature or land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Enchantment

$0.59 $0.68 $0.15

Jaheira, Friend of the Forest

Tokens you control have "

: Add

."
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Legendary Creature - Human Elf Druid

$11.99 $9.53 $6.46

Omnath, Locus of Mana

You don't lose unspent green mana as steps and phases end.
Omnath gets +1/+1 for each unspent green mana you have.

Legendary Creature - Elemental

$6.49 $5.64 $3.83

Rampant Growth

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

Sorcery

$0.79 $0.58 $0.40

Sol Ring

: Add

Artifact

$2.99 $2.03 $1.58

Ramp

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Healing Technique

Demonstrate (When you cast this spell, you may copy it. If you do, choose an opponent to also copy it. Players may choose new targets for their copies.)
Return target card from your graveyard to your hand. You gain life equal to that card's mana value. Exile Healing Technique.

Sorcery

$0.49 $0.40 $0.15

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

$0.59 $0.63 $0.15

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

$1.29 $0.92 $0.15

Recursion

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Gaze of Granite

Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value X or less.

Sorcery

$0.49 $0.21 $0.15

Mortality Spear

This spell costs

less to cast if you gained life this turn.
Destroy target nonland permanent.

Instant

$0.35 $0.27 $0.15

Nature's Claim

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Its controller gains 4 life.

Instant

$1.29 $1.28 $0.51

Plaguecrafter

When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice. Each player who can't discards a card.

Creature - Human Shaman

$1.29 $0.38 $0.15

Reckless Spite

Destroy two target nonblack creatures. You lose 5 life.

Instant

$0.35 $0.26 $0.15

Reclamation Sage

When this creature enters, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Creature - Elf Shaman

$0.35 $0.21 $0.15

Removal

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Altar of Dementia

Sacrifice a creature: Target player mills cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

Artifact

$29.99 $23.75 $18.86

Woe Strider

When this creature enters, create a 0/1 white Goat creature token.
Sacrifice another creature: Scry 1.
Escape—

, Exile four other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)
This creature escapes with two +1/+1 counters on it.

Creature - Horror

$0.79 $0.42 $0.15

Sac Outlet

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Creakwood Liege

Other black creatures you control get +1/+1.
Other green creatures you control get +1/+1.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may create a 1/1 black and green Worm creature token.

Creature - Horror

$0.79 $1.23 $0.17

Valentin, Dean of the Vein

Menace, lifelink
If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead. When you do, you may pay

. If you do, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."

Legendary Creature - Vampire Warlock

Valentin, Dean of the Vein // Lisette, Dean of the Root (stx) 161

$1.29 $0.79 $0.21

Tokens

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Diabolic Tutor

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery

$1.79 $1.68 $0.84

Jarad's Orders

Search your library for up to two creature cards and reveal them. Put one into your hand and the other into your graveyard. Then shuffle.

Sorcery

$1.99 $0.71 $0.62

Tutor

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Deck Info

Deck size: 100Est cost: $346.21

Color Cost & Production

Avg Mana Value: 3.38Total Mana Value: 240.00

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Commander

Drain

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Finisher

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Protection

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Removal

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49 pips - 35 cards

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44 pips - 31 cards

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10 mana - 8 cards

Avg Mana Value: 3.38Total Mana Value: 240.00

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