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Commander

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Shanna, Purifying Blade

Lifelink At the beginning of your end step, you may pay {X}. If you do, draw X cards. X can't be greater than the amount of life you gained this turn.

Creature
Shanna, Purifying Blade (dmu) 218

Commander

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Protection

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Alseid of Life's Bounty

Lifelink {1}, Sacrifice this creature: Target creature or enchantment you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Creature Enchantment
Alseid of Life's Bounty (j22) 143
Fae Flight

Flash Enchant creature When this Aura enters, enchanted creature gains hexproof until end of turn. Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 and has flying.

Enchantment
Fae Flight (mkm) 56
Hisoka's Guard

You may choose not to untap this creature during your untap step. {1}{U}, {T}: Target creature you control other than this creature has shroud for as long as this creature remains tapped. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Creature
Hisoka's Guard (chk) 68
Plumecreed Escort

Flash Flying When this creature enters, target creature you control gains hexproof until end of turn.

Creature
Plumecreed Escort (blb) 65
Saiba Cryptomancer

Flash Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following ability until end of turn.) Hexproof

Creature
Saiba Cryptomancer (mom) 76
Shepherd of the Flock

Creature
Shepherd of the Flock // Usher to Safety (plst) ELD-28
Take Up the Shield

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It gains lifelink and indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Instant
Take Up the Shield (j25) 270
Twining Twins

Creature
Twining Twins // Swift Spiral (woe) 240

Protection

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Counters

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Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn

Lifelink At the beginning of each end step, if you gained life this turn, distribute up to that many +1/+1 counters among any number of other target creatures.

Creature
Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn (cmr) 285
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
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 (mh2) 22
Oneirophage

Flying Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Oneirophage (j22) 331
Sunbond

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

Enchantment
Sunbond (bng) 28
Treebeard, Gracious Host

Trample, ward {2} When Treebeard enters, create two Food tokens. Whenever you gain life, put that many +1/+1 counters on target Halfling or Treefolk.

Creature
Treebeard, Gracious Host (ltc) 483

Counters

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Ramp

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Argothian Opportunist

When this creature enters, create a tapped Powerstone token. (It's an artifact with "{T}: Add {C}. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.")

Creature
Argothian Opportunist (bro) 167
Azorius Signet

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

Artifact
Azorius Signet (dsc) 240
Fallaji Excavation

Create three tapped Powerstone tokens. You gain 3 life. (The tokens are artifacts with "{T}: Add {C}. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.")

Sorcery
Fallaji Excavation (bro) 178
Fertilid

This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it. {1}{G}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Target player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffles.

Creature
Fertilid (moc) 296
Llanowar Scout

{T}: You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Creature
Llanowar Scout (dom) 170
Marble Diamond

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}.

Artifact
Marble Diamond (clb) 320
Moss Diamond

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {G}.

Artifact
Moss Diamond (clb) 327
Navigator's Compass

When this artifact enters, you gain 3 life. {T}: Until end of turn, target land you control becomes the basic land type of your choice in addition to its other types.

Artifact
Navigator's Compass (dom) 225
Oasis Gardener

When this creature enters, you gain 2 life. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature Artifact
Oasis Gardener (otj) 246
Powerstone Engineer

When this creature dies, create a tapped Powerstone token. (It's an artifact with "{T}: Add {C}. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.")

Creature
Powerstone Engineer (bro) 20
Scaled Herbalist

{T}: You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Creature
Scaled Herbalist (afr) 204
Selesnya Signet

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

Artifact
Selesnya Signet (clu) 227
Selvala, Explorer Returned

Parley — {T}: Each player reveals the top card of their library. For each nonland card revealed this way, add {G} and you gain 1 life. Then each player draws a card.

Creature
Selvala, Explorer Returned (blc) 259
Simic Signet

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

Artifact
Simic Signet (dsc) 252
Sky Diamond

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}.

Artifact
Sky Diamond (scd) 273
Stone Retrieval Unit

When this creature enters, create a tapped Powerstone token. (It's an artifact with "{T}: Add {C}. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.")

Creature Artifact
Stone Retrieval Unit (bro) 248

Ramp

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Evasion

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Amphin Pathmage

{2}{U}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Creature
Amphin Pathmage (plst) M15-45
Archetype of Imagination

Creatures you control have flying. Creatures your opponents control lose flying and can't have or gain flying.

Creature Enchantment
Archetype of Imagination (dsc) 111
Behemoth Sledge

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has trample and lifelink. Equip {3}

Artifact
Behemoth Sledge (afc) 180
Gingerbrute

Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.) {1}: This creature can't be blocked this turn except by creatures with haste. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: You gain 3 life.

Creature Artifact
Gingerbrute (woe) 246
Passwall Adept

{2}{U}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Creature
Passwall Adept (clu) 91
Sigardian Paladin

As long as you've put one or more +1/+1 counters on a creature this turn, this creature has trample and lifelink. {1}{G}{W}: Target creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it gains trample and lifelink until end of turn.

Creature
Sigardian Paladin (vow) 247

Evasion

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Recursion

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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
Cosmic Rebirth

Choose target permanent card in your graveyard. If it has mana value 3 or less, you may put it onto the battlefield. If you don't put it onto the battlefield, put it into your hand. You gain 3 life.

Instant
Cosmic Rebirth (mat) 28

Recursion

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Land

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Blighted Steppe

{T}: Add {C}. {3}{W}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: You gain 2 life for each creature you control.

Land
Blighted Steppe (bfz) 232
Crystal Grotto

When this land enters, scry 1. {T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Crystal Grotto (woe) 254
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (dsk) 285
Gavony Township

{T}: Add {C}. {2}{G}{W}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

Land
Gavony Township (moc) 406
Gingerbread Cabin

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

Land
Gingerbread Cabin (c21) 290
Idyllic Beachfront

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) This land enters tapped.

Land
Idyllic Beachfront (dmu) 249
Idyllic Grange

({T}: Add {W}.) This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Plains. When this land enters untapped, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Land
Idyllic Grange (eld) 246
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (dsk) 280
Kabira Crossroads

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 2 life. {T}: Add {W}.

Land
Kabira Crossroads (c17) 259
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (fdn) 273
Radiant Fountain

When this land enters, you gain 2 life. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Radiant Fountain (c21) 310
Radiant Grove

({T}: Add {G} or {W}.) This land enters tapped.

Land
Radiant Grove (dmu) 253
Rogue's Passage

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Rogue's Passage (otc) 313
Sejiri Refuge

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

Land
Sejiri Refuge (scd) 317
Tangled Islet

({T}: Add {G} or {U}.) This land enters tapped.

Land
Tangled Islet (dsc) 306
Thornwood Falls

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

Land
Thornwood Falls (dsc) 314
Tranquil Cove

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

Land
Tranquil Cove (mom) 275

Land

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Removal

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Bridgeworks Battle

Sorcery
Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks (mh3) 249Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks (mh3) 249
Broken Bond

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Sorcery
Broken Bond (j22) 636
Bumbleflower's Sharepot

When this artifact enters, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.") {5}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Destroy target nonland permanent. Activate only as a sorcery.

Artifact
Bumbleflower's Sharepot (blb) 244
Eriette's Lullaby

Destroy target tapped creature. You gain 2 life.

Sorcery
Eriette's Lullaby (otj) 10
Invoke the Divine

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. You gain 4 life.

Instant
Invoke the Divine (khm) 16
Knight of Autumn

When this creature enters, choose one — • Put two +1/+1 counters on this creature. • Destroy target artifact or enchantment. • You gain 4 life.

Creature
Knight of Autumn (afc) 187
Natural End

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. You gain 3 life.

Instant
Natural End (m20) 183
Silverback Elder

Whenever you cast a creature spell, choose one — • Destroy target artifact or enchantment. • Look at the top five cards of your library. You may put a land card from among them onto the battlefield tapped. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. • You gain 4 life.

Creature
Silverback Elder (dmu) 177
Solemn Offering

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. You gain 4 life.

Sorcery
Solemn Offering (bbd) 107
Static Net

When this enchantment enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield. When this enchantment enters, you gain 2 life and create a tapped Powerstone token. (It's an artifact with "{T}: Add {C}. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.")

Enchantment
Static Net (bro) 27
Time to Feed

Choose target creature an opponent controls. When that creature dies this turn, you gain 3 life. Target creature you control fights that creature. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

Sorcery
Time to Feed (plst) DDO-50
Unauthorized Exit

Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Instant
Unauthorized Exit (mkm) 74
Witch Enchanter

Creature
Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow (mh3) 239Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow (mh3) 239

Removal

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Lifegain

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Ajani, the Greathearted

Creatures you control have vigilance. +1: You gain 3 life. −2: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control and a loyalty counter on each other planeswalker you control.

Planeswalker
Ajani, the Greathearted (plst) WAR-184
Bramble Wurm

Reach, trample When this creature enters, you gain 5 life. {2}{G}, Exile this card from your graveyard: You gain 5 life.

Creature
Bramble Wurm (vow) 189
Distinguished Conjurer

Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life. {4}{W}, {T}: Exile another target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Creature
Distinguished Conjurer (mh3) 264
Drogskol Reaver

Flying Double strike (This creature deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.) Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) Whenever you gain life, draw a card.

Creature
Drogskol Reaver (2x2) 205
Grazing Gladehart

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may gain 2 life.

Creature
Grazing Gladehart (plst) DDP-14
Horizon Chimera

Flash Flying, trample Whenever you draw a card, you gain 1 life.

Creature
Horizon Chimera (c16) 204
Lifecreed Duo

Flying Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.

Creature
Lifecreed Duo (blb) 20
Light of Hope

Choose one — • You gain 4 life. • Destroy target enchantment. • Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Instant
Light of Hope (j25) 217
Nyx-Fleece Ram

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

Creature Enchantment
Nyx-Fleece Ram (plst) A25-26
Ongoing Investigation

Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") {1}{G}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Investigate. You gain 2 life.

Enchantment
Ongoing Investigation (mkc) 114
Oracle of Nectars

{X}, {T}: You gain X life.

Creature
Oracle of Nectars (plst) SHM-233
Samwise Gamgee

Whenever another nontoken creature you control enters, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.") Sacrifice three Foods: Return target historic card from your graveyard to your hand. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Creature
Samwise Gamgee (ltr) 327
Skyclave Cleric

Creature
Skyclave Cleric // Skyclave Basilica (znr) 40Skyclave Cleric // Skyclave Basilica (znr) 40

Lifegain

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Deck Info

Deck stats

33 pips - 31 cards
23 mana - 23 cards
16 pips - 14 cards
13 mana - 13 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 2 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 2 cards
27 pips - 24 cards
19 mana - 19 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
10 mana - 10 cards
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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"Ride out the first 5-7 turns on top of your lifegain while controlling the necessary threats until you draw a payoff (counters) and evasion, then proceed to hit people very hard. Shanna's draw ability is some of the only draw in the deck, so use it prodigiously; powerstones are big sleepers to this effect. The recursion package is limited, and Celestine is quite expensive (I happened to have her lying around), but it is nice to have some recourse as both the evasion and payoff cards present obvious threats and invite a lot of removal. If I were to remove the recursion, I would bolster either the protection slot or the evasion slot.\n"}]}
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