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Commander

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Liesa, Shroud of Dusk

Rather than pay {2} for each previous time you've cast this spell from the command zone this game, pay 2 life that many times. Flying, lifelink Whenever a player casts a spell, they lose 2 life.

Creature
Liesa, Shroud of Dusk (cmr) 606

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Land

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Bojuka Bog

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Land
Bojuka Bog (ltc) 388
Caves of Koilos

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {B}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Caves of Koilos (dmu) 378
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (mb2) 256
Isolated Chapel

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Isolated Chapel (sld) 739
Neglected Manor

This land enters tapped unless a player has 13 or less life. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Neglected Manor (dsk) 264
Orzhov Basilica

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {W}{B}.

Land
Orzhov Basilica (2x2) 409
Orzhov Guildgate

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

Land
Orzhov Guildgate (c15) 299
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (pgru) 1
Scoured Barrens

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Scoured Barrens (40k) 293★
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (pgru) 3
Tainted Field

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {B}. Activate only if you control a Swamp.

Land
Tainted Field (pip) 826
War Room

{T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}, Pay life equal to the number of colors in your commanders' color identity: Draw a card.

Land
War Room (mkc) 310

Land

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (sld) 1492★
Commander's Sphere

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Commander's Sphere (drc) 125
Life Insurance

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.) Whenever a nontoken creature dies, you lose 1 life and create a Treasure token.

Enchantment
Life Insurance (ncc) 174
Orzhov Keyrune

{T}: Add {W} or {B}. {W}{B}: This artifact becomes a 1/4 white and black Thrull artifact creature with lifelink until end of turn.

Artifact
Orzhov Keyrune (gtc) 233
Orzhov Signet

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

Artifact
Orzhov Signet (sld) 294
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (tdc) 106

Ramp

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Untap

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Famished Paladin

This creature doesn't untap during your untap step. Whenever you gain life, untap this creature.

Creature
Famished Paladin (plst) RIX-8

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Drain

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Cliffhaven Vampire

Flying Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Cliffhaven Vampire (ogw) 153
Enduring Tenacity

Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life. When Enduring Tenacity dies, if it was a creature, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control. It's an enchantment. (It's not a creature.)

Creature Enchantment
Enduring Tenacity (dsk) 400
Fear of Lost Teeth

When this creature dies, it deals 1 damage to any target and you gain 1 life.

Creature Enchantment
Fear of Lost Teeth (dsk) 97
Gollum, Obsessed Stalker

Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.) At the beginning of your end step, each opponent dealt combat damage this game by a creature named Gollum, Obsessed Stalker loses life equal to the amount of life you gained this turn.

Creature
Gollum, Obsessed Stalker (ltc) 26
Vizkopa Guildmage

{1}{W}{B}: Target creature gains lifelink until end of turn. {1}{W}{B}: Whenever you gain life this turn, each opponent loses that much life.

Creature
Vizkopa Guildmage (ima) 211
Zulaport Cutthroat

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

Creature
Zulaport Cutthroat (sld) 156

Drain

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Lifegain

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Angel's Feather

Whenever a player casts a white spell, you may gain 1 life.

Artifact
Angel's Feather (9ed) 287★
Boon Reflection

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

Enchantment
Boon Reflection (2xm) 10
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
Demon's Horn

Whenever a player casts a black spell, you may gain 1 life.

Artifact
Demon's Horn (9ed) 294★
Divinity of Pride

Flying, lifelink This creature gets +4/+4 as long as you have 25 or more life.

Creature
Divinity of Pride (c13) 228
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
Felidar Sovereign (sld) 1182
Kambal, Consul of Allocation

Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, that player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Creature
Kambal, Consul of Allocation (2x2) 513
Resplendent Mentor

White creatures you control have "{T}: You gain 1 life."

Creature
Resplendent Mentor (shm) 19
Rhox Faithmender

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) If you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead.

Creature
Rhox Faithmender (m13) 29
Shard of the Nightbringer

Flying Drain Life — When this creature enters, if you cast it, target opponent loses half their life, rounded up. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Creature
Shard of the Nightbringer (40k) 55★
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Deathtouch Whenever you draw a card, you gain 2 life. Whenever an opponent draws a card, they lose 2 life.

Creature
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse (dmu) 436
Staff of the Death Magus

Whenever you cast a black spell or a Swamp you control enters, you gain 1 life.

Artifact
Staff of the Death Magus (m15) 232
Staff of the Sun Magus

Whenever you cast a white spell or a Plains you control enters, you gain 1 life.

Artifact
Staff of the Sun Magus (m14) 222

Lifegain

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Recursion

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Kinzu of the Bleak Coven

Flying Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, you may pay 2 life and exile it. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it's 1/1 and has toxic 1. (Players dealt combat damage by it also get a poison counter.)

Creature
Kinzu of the Bleak Coven (one) 411
Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord

During your turn, creatures and planeswalkers you control have lifelink. +2: Sorin deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker. −X: Return target creature card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature is a Vampire in addition to its other types.

Planeswalker
Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord (prm) 72277

Recursion

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etb

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Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim

Deathtouch Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life. Whenever another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim (dmu) 338
Soul Warden

Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.

Creature
Soul Warden (wc98) bh21
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
Suture Priest (moc) 210

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Draw

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Cosmos Elixir

At the beginning of your end step, draw a card if your life total is greater than your starting life total. Otherwise, you gain 2 life.

Artifact
Cosmos Elixir (khm) 368
Kaya, Intangible Slayer

Hexproof +2: Each opponent loses 3 life and you gain 3 life. 0: You draw two cards. Then each opponent may scry 1. −3: Exile target creature or enchantment. If it wasn't an Aura, create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 1/1 white Spirit creature with flying in addition to its other types.

Planeswalker
Kaya, Intangible Slayer (one) 464
Lich's Mastery

Hexproof You can't lose the game. Whenever you gain life, draw that many cards. Whenever you lose life, for each 1 life you lost, exile a permanent you control or a card from your hand or graveyard. When Lich's Mastery leaves the battlefield, you lose the game.

Enchantment
Lich's Mastery (pdom) 98s
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. {1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.

Enchantment
Lunar Convocation (pblb) 223p
Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion

Ninjutsu {3}{B} ({3}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Whenever Nashi deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of each player's library. Until end of turn, you may play one of those cards. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than paying its mana cost.

Creature
Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion (slc) 2022
Phyrexian Arena

At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Enchantment
Phyrexian Arena (wc01) tvdl47sb
Twilight Prophet

Flying Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.) At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have the city's blessing, reveal the top card of your library and put it into your hand. Each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is that card's mana value.

Creature
Twilight Prophet (cmm) 524
Well of Lost Dreams

Whenever you gain life, you may pay {X}, where X is less than or equal to the amount of life you gained. If you do, draw X cards.

Artifact
Well of Lost Dreams (brr) 125z

Draw

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Proliferate

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Staff of Compleation

{T}, Pay 1 life: Destroy target permanent you own. {T}, Pay 2 life: Add one mana of any color. {T}, Pay 3 life: Proliferate. {T}, Pay 4 life: Draw a card. {5}: Untap this artifact.

Artifact
Staff of Compleation (one) 358

Proliferate

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Removal

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Ajani, Strength of the Pride

+1: You gain life equal to the number of creatures you control plus the number of planeswalkers you control. −2: Create a 2/2 white Cat Soldier creature token named Ajani's Pridemate with "Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this token." 0: If you have at least 15 life more than your starting life total, exile Ajani and each artifact and creature your opponents control.

Planeswalker
Ajani, Strength of the Pride (pm20) 2s
Feed the Swarm

Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.

Sorcery
Feed the Swarm (who) 812
Fumigate

Destroy all creatures. You gain 1 life for each creature destroyed this way.

Sorcery
Fumigate (pkld) 15s
Heliod's Intervention

Choose one — • Destroy X target artifacts and/or enchantments. • Target player gains twice X life.

Instant
Heliod's Intervention (thb) 300
Vona, Butcher of Magan

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

Creature
Vona, Butcher of Magan (sld) 1413★
Withering Boon

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay 3 life. Counter target creature spell.

Instant
Withering Boon (mir) 152

Removal

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life instead of mana

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Bolas's Citadel

You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost. {T}, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.

Artifact
Bolas's Citadel (prm) 99975
Cramped Vents

Enchantment
Cramped Vents // Access Maze (dsc) 17
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.) Lifelink For each {B} in a cost, you may pay 2 life rather than pay that mana. Whenever you cast a black spell, put a +1/+1 counter on K'rrik.

Creature
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth (mh3) 365
Marshland Bloodcaster

Flying {1}{B}, {T}: Rather than pay the mana cost of the next spell you cast this turn, you may pay life equal to that spell's mana value.

Creature
Marshland Bloodcaster (c21) 370

life instead of mana

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Finisher

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Exsanguinate

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

Sorcery
Exsanguinate (cmm) 638
Rite of Consumption

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Rite of Consumption deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to target player or planeswalker. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.

Sorcery
Rite of Consumption (shm) 76

Finisher

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Protection

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Comeuppance

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you and planeswalkers you control this turn by sources you don't control. If damage from a creature source is prevented this way, Comeuppance deals that much damage to that creature. If damage from a noncreature source is prevented this way, Comeuppance deals that much damage to the source's controller.

Instant
Comeuppance (c14) 4
Sword of War and Peace

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from red and from white. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, this Equipment deals damage to that player equal to the number of cards in their hand and you gain 1 life for each card in your hand. Equip {2}

Artifact
Sword of War and Peace (mps) 51

Protection

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Tokens

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Griffin Aerie

At the beginning of your end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, create a 2/2 white Griffin creature token with flying.

Enchantment
Griffin Aerie (wot) 5
Tivash, Gloom Summoner

Lifelink At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, you may pay X life, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn. If you do, create an X/X black Demon creature token with flying.

Creature
Tivash, Gloom Summoner (c21) 372

Tokens

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stacking

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Ajani's Pridemate

Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Ajani's Pridemate (fdn) 293
Elenda, the Dusk Rose

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

Creature
Elenda, the Dusk Rose (2x2) 377
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
Essence Channeler (blb) 356
Exemplar of Light

Flying Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Whenever you put one or more +1/+1 counters on this creature, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Creature
Exemplar of Light (fdn) 366
Fiendish Panda

Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. When this creature dies, return another target non-Bear creature card with mana value less than or equal to this creature's power from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Fiendish Panda (fdn) 120
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 (sld) 214
Sunbond

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

Enchantment
Sunbond (bng) 28

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Maybeboard

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Ajani Goldmane

+1: You gain 2 life. −1: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. Those creatures gain vigilance until end of turn. −6: Create a white Avatar creature token. It has "This token's power and toughness are each equal to your life total."

Planeswalker
Ajani Goldmane (sld) 745
Brainstealer Dragon

Flying At the beginning of your end step, exile the top card of each opponent's library. You may play those cards for as long as they remain exiled. If you cast a spell this way, you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it. Whenever a nonland permanent an opponent owns enters the battlefield under your control, they lose life equal to its mana value.

Creature
Brainstealer Dragon (clb) 621
Lich's Mastery

Hexproof You can't lose the game. Whenever you gain life, draw that many cards. Whenever you lose life, for each 1 life you lost, exile a permanent you control or a card from your hand or graveyard. When Lich's Mastery leaves the battlefield, you lose the game.

Enchantment
Lich's Mastery (pdom) 98s
Revival

Sorcery
Revival // Revenge (rvr) 241
Sorin the Mirthless

+1: Look at the top card of your library. You may reveal that card and put it into your hand. If you do, you lose life equal to its mana value. −2: Create a 2/3 black Vampire creature token with flying and lifelink. −7: Sorin deals 13 damage to any target. You gain 13 life.

Planeswalker
Sorin the Mirthless (vow) 337

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Tokens & Extras

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Bat

Flying

Creature Token
Bat (tgvl) 11
Copy

(This token can be used to represent a token that's a copy of a permanent.)

Token
Copy (tcmr) 13
Demon

Flying

Creature Token
Demon (p03) 6
Griffin

Flying

Creature Token
Griffin (tddh) 1
Treasure

{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact Token
Treasure (hho) 21★
Vampire

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

Creature Token
Vampire (txln) 1

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Deck Info

Deck stats

42 pips - 31 cards
24 mana - 24 cards
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0 mana - 4 cards
54 pips - 33 cards
29 mana - 29 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 4 cards
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0 mana - 4 cards
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5 mana - 4 cards
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