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Death by a Thousand Cuts
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $181.28
Salt Sum: 27.83
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Commander

Quantity: 1Price: $0.35
Dina, Soul Steeper

Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life. {1}, Sacrifice another creature: Dina, Soul Steeper gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.

Creature
Dina, Soul Steeper (stx) 178
1

Artifact

Quantity: 7Price: $8.00
Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (cmm) 367
1
Golgari Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {B}{G}.

Artifact
Golgari Signet (onc) 131
1
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (cmm) 410
1
The Underworld Cookbook

{T}, Discard a card: Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.") {4}, {T}, Sacrifice The Underworld Cookbook: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Artifact
The Underworld Cookbook (mh2) 240
1
Treasure Chest

{4}, Sacrifice Treasure Chest: Roll a d20. 1 | Trapped! — You lose 3 life. 2—9 | Create five Treasure tokens. 10—19 | You gain 3 life and draw three cards. 20 | Search your library for a card. If it's an artifact card, you may put it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, put that card into your hand. Then shuffle.

Artifact
Treasure Chest (afr) 252
1
Whispersilk Cloak

Equipped creature can't be blocked and has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {2}

Artifact
Whispersilk Cloak (plst) M11-221
1
Witch's Oven

{T}, Sacrifice a creature: Create a Food token. If the sacrificed creature's toughness was 4 or greater, create two Food tokens instead. (They're artifacts with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.")

Artifact
Witch's Oven (plst) ELD-237
1

Creature

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Academy Manufactor

If you would create a Clue, Food, or Treasure token, instead create one of each.

Creature Artifact
Academy Manufactor (moc) 346
1
Beledros Witherbloom

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

Creature
Beledros Witherbloom (stx) 163
1
Butcher of Malakir

Flying Whenever Butcher of Malakir or another creature you control dies, each opponent sacrifices a creature.

Creature
Butcher of Malakir (plst) WWK-53
1
Chatterfang, Squirrel General

Forestwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.) If one or more tokens would be created under your control, those tokens plus that many 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens are created instead. {B}, Sacrifice X Squirrels: Target creature gets +X/-X until end of turn.

Creature
Chatterfang, Squirrel General (mh2) 151
1
Clackbridge Troll

Trample, haste When Clackbridge Troll enters the battlefield, target opponent creates three 0/1 white Goat creature tokens. At the beginning of combat on your turn, any opponent may sacrifice a creature. If a player does, tap Clackbridge Troll, you gain 3 life, and you draw a card.

Creature
Clackbridge Troll (eld) 84
1
Elanor Gardner

When Elanor Gardner enters the battlefield, create a Food token. At the beginning of your end step, if you sacrificed a Food this turn, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature
Elanor Gardner (ltr) 286
1
Essence Warden

Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life.

Creature
Essence Warden (plst) CMA-106
1
Falkenrath Noble

Flying Whenever Falkenrath Noble or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Falkenrath Noble (j22) 414
1
Feasting Troll King

Vigilance, trample When Feasting Troll King enters the battlefield, if you cast it from your hand, create three Food tokens. (They're artifacts with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.") Sacrifice three Foods: Return Feasting Troll King from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only during your turn.

Creature
Feasting Troll King (eld) 152
1
Gala Greeters

Alliance — Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, choose one that hasn't been chosen this turn — • Put a +1/+1 counter on Gala Greeters. • Create a tapped Treasure token. • You gain 2 life.

Creature
Gala Greeters (snc) 148
1
Gilded Goose

Flying When Gilded Goose enters the battlefield, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.") {1}{G}, {T}: Create a Food token. {T}, Sacrifice a Food: Add one mana of any color.

Creature
Gilded Goose (moc) 299
1
Gluttonous Troll

Trample When Gluttonous Troll enters the battlefield, create a number of Food tokens equal to the number of opponents you have. (Food tokens are artifacts with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.") {1}{G}, Sacrifice another nonland permanent: Gluttonous Troll gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Creature
Gluttonous Troll (c21) 218
1
Gyome, Master Chef

Trample At the beginning of your end step, create a number of Food tokens equal to the number of nontoken creatures you had enter the battlefield under your control this turn. {1}, Sacrifice a Food: Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it.

Creature
Gyome, Master Chef (c21) 5
1
Mirkwood Bats

Flying Whenever you create or sacrifice a token, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Mirkwood Bats (ltr) 421
1
Peregrin Took

If one or more tokens would be created under your control, those tokens plus an additional Food token are created instead. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.") Sacrifice three Foods: Draw a card.

Creature
Peregrin Took (ltr) 181
1
Prosperous Innkeeper

When Prosperous Innkeeper enters the battlefield, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.") Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, you gain 1 life.

Creature
Prosperous Innkeeper (afr) 200
1
Ravenous Squirrel

Whenever you sacrifice an artifact or creature, put a +1/+1 counter on Ravenous Squirrel. {1}{B}{G}, Sacrifice an artifact or creature: You gain 1 life and draw a card.

Creature
Ravenous Squirrel (mh2) 211
1
Sangromancer

Flying Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you may gain 3 life. Whenever an opponent discards a card, you may gain 3 life.

Creature
Sangromancer (scd) 103
1
Savra, Queen of the Golgari

Whenever you sacrifice a black creature, you may pay 2 life. If you do, each other player sacrifices a creature. Whenever you sacrifice a green creature, you may gain 2 life.

Creature
Savra, Queen of the Golgari (rav) 225
1
Savvy Hunter

Whenever Savvy Hunter attacks or blocks, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.") Sacrifice two Foods: Draw a card.

Creature
Savvy Hunter (eld) 200
1
Silversmote Ghoul

At the beginning of your end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, return Silversmote Ghoul from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. {1}{B}, Sacrifice Silversmote Ghoul: Draw a card.

Creature
Silversmote Ghoul (c21) 154
1
Teething Wurmlet

Teething Wurmlet has deathtouch as long as you control three or more artifacts. Whenever an artifact enters the battlefield under your control, you gain 1 life. If this is the first time this ability has resolved this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on Teething Wurmlet.

Creature
Teething Wurmlet (bro) 192
1
Tireless Provisioner

Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, create a Food token or a Treasure token. (Food is an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life." Treasure is an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Tireless Provisioner (plst) MH2-180
1
Vampire Nighthawk

Flying, deathtouch, lifelink

Creature
Vampire Nighthawk (scd) 115
1
Voracious Fell Beast

Flying When Voracious Fell Beast enters the battlefield, each opponent sacrifices a creature. Create a Food token for each creature sacrificed this way. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.")

Creature
Voracious Fell Beast (ltr) 113
1
Wicked Wolf

When Wicked Wolf enters the battlefield, it fights up to one target creature you don't control. Sacrifice a Food: Put a +1/+1 counter on Wicked Wolf. It gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it.

Creature
Wicked Wolf (j22) 134
1
Witch of the Moors

Deathtouch At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, each opponent sacrifices a creature and you return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Witch of the Moors (plst) JMP-18
1
Yavimaya Elder

When Yavimaya Elder dies, you may search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle. {2}, Sacrifice Yavimaya Elder: Draw a card.

Creature
Yavimaya Elder (mic) 147
1

Enchantment

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Binding the Old Gods

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Destroy target nonland permanent an opponent controls. II — Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. III — Creatures you control gain deathtouch until end of turn.

Enchantment
Binding the Old Gods (cmm) 917
1
Exquisite Blood

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

Enchantment
Exquisite Blood (plst) JMP-231
1
Moldervine Reclamation

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

Enchantment
Moldervine Reclamation (onc) 121
1
Oath of the Grey Host

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — You and target opponent each create a Food token. II — Each opponent loses 3 life. Create a Treasure token. III — Create three tapped 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying.

Enchantment
Oath of the Grey Host (ltr) 101
1
Trail of Crumbs

When Trail of Crumbs enters the battlefield, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.") Whenever you sacrifice a Food, you may pay {1}. If you do, look at the top two cards of your library. You may reveal a permanent card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Enchantment
Trail of Crumbs (eld) 179
1

Instant

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Bake into a Pie

Destroy target creature. Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.")

Instant
Bake into a Pie (jmp) 201
1
Dark Ritual

Add {B}{B}{B}.

Instant
Dark Ritual (plst) DDE-18
1
Entish Restoration

Sacrifice a land. Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, instead search your library for up to three basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Entish Restoration (ltr) 163
1
Mortality Spear

This spell costs {2} less to cast if you gained life this turn. Destroy target nonland permanent.

Instant
Mortality Spear (stx) 207
1
Putrefy

Destroy target artifact or creature. It can't be regenerated.

Instant
Putrefy (plst) KHC-91
1

Land

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Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (cmm) 420
1
Darkbore Pathway

Land
Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway (plst) KHM-254Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway (plst) KHM-254
1
Evolving Wilds

{T}, Sacrifice Evolving Wilds: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Evolving Wilds (plst) RIX-186
1
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (cmm) 993
1
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (woe) 266
12
Gilt-Leaf Palace

As Gilt-Leaf Palace enters the battlefield, you may reveal an Elf card from your hand. If you don't, Gilt-Leaf Palace enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Land
Gilt-Leaf Palace (plst) LRW-268
1
Gingerbread Cabin

({T}: Add {G}.) Gingerbread Cabin enters the battlefield tapped unless you control three or more other Forests. When Gingerbread Cabin enters the battlefield untapped, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.")

Land
Gingerbread Cabin (c21) 290
1
Golgari Rot Farm

Golgari Rot Farm enters the battlefield tapped. When Golgari Rot Farm enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {B}{G}.

Land
Golgari Rot Farm (cmm) 1001
1
Llanowar Wastes

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {G}. Llanowar Wastes deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Llanowar Wastes (bro) 264
1
Path of Ancestry

Path of Ancestry enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: 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 (cmm) 423
1
Riveteers Overlook

When Riveteers Overlook enters the battlefield, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Swamp, Mountain, or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.

Land
Riveteers Overlook (snc) 255
1
Sapseep Forest

({T}: Add {G}.) Sapseep Forest enters the battlefield tapped. {G}, {T}: You gain 1 life. Activate only if you control two or more green permanents.

Land
Sapseep Forest (c21) 313
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (woe) 264
11
Temple of Malady

Temple of Malady enters the battlefield tapped. When Temple of Malady enters the battlefield, scry 1. {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Land
Temple of Malady (cmm) 1043
1
Terramorphic Expanse

{T}, Sacrifice Terramorphic Expanse: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Terramorphic Expanse (cmm) 428
1
The Shire

The Shire enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a legendary creature. {T}: Add {G}. {1}{G}, {T}, Tap an untapped creature you control: Create a Food token.

Land
The Shire (ltr) 260
1
Undergrowth Stadium

Undergrowth Stadium enters the battlefield tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Land
Undergrowth Stadium (cmm) 435
1
Witherbloom Campus

Witherbloom Campus enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {B} or {G}. {4}, {T}: Scry 1.

Land
Witherbloom Campus (stx) 275
1
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Each land is a Forest in addition to its other land types.

Land
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth (mh2) 261
1

Sorcery

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Casualties of War

Choose one or more — • Destroy target artifact. • Destroy target creature. • Destroy target enchantment. • Destroy target land. • Destroy target planeswalker.

Sorcery
Casualties of War (khc) 83
1
Deadly Tempest

Destroy all creatures. Each player loses life equal to the number of creatures they controlled that were destroyed this way.

Sorcery
Deadly Tempest (scd) 75
1
Diabolic Tutor

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

Sorcery
Diabolic Tutor (cma) 54
1
Elven Farsight

Scry 3, then you may reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, draw a card.

Sorcery
Elven Farsight (ltr) 161
1
Foreboding Fruit

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life. Adamant — If at least three black mana was spent to cast this spell, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.")

Sorcery
Foreboding Fruit (eld) 88
1
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
Jarad's Orders (rtr) 175
1
Maelstrom Pulse

Destroy target nonland permanent and all other permanents with the same name as that permanent.

Sorcery
Maelstrom Pulse (2xm) 207
1
Many Partings

Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.")

Sorcery
Many Partings (ltr) 445
1
Profane Tutor

Suspend 2—{1}{B} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay {1}{B} and exile it with two time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.) Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Profane Tutor (mh2) 97
1
Revive the Shire

Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.")

Sorcery
Revive the Shire (ltr) 185
1
Search for Tomorrow

Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Suspend 2—{G} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {G} and exile it with two time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.)

Sorcery
Search for Tomorrow (dmc) 137
1
Sylvan Scrying

Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Sylvan Scrying (plst) BFZ-192
1
Taste of Death

Each player sacrifices three creatures. You create three Food tokens. (They're artifacts with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.")

Sorcery
Taste of Death (c21) 156
1
Urborg Repossession

Kicker {1}{G} (You may pay an additional {1}{G} as you cast this spell.) Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. You gain 2 life. If this spell was kicked, return another target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.

Sorcery
Urborg Repossession (dmu) 114
1

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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"Who needs Sanguine Bond when you have Dina? I first crafted this deck around food with slow opponent life loss, but it didn't have the oomph to hold out against faster decks. Now that LotR has provided some more food options and a nice Mirkwood Bats, I'm giving this a try again. If all else fails, go for the Exquisite Blood to combo out quickly. These needs one more upgrade with the addition of Fallout food goodness. Calculated commander deck power level: 8\n"}]}
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