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Astarion Lifegain
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Est deck cost: $118.18
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Commander

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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

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Creature

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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
Echo of Dusk

Descend 4 — As long as there are four or more permanent cards in your graveyard, this creature gets +1/+1 and has lifelink.

Creature
Echo of Dusk (lci) 104
Outlaw Medic

Lifelink When this creature dies, draw a card.

Creature
Outlaw Medic (otj) 23
Rattleback Apothecary

Deathtouch Whenever you commit a crime, target creature you control gains your choice of menace or lifelink until end of turn. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)

Creature
Rattleback Apothecary (otj) 100
Resplendent Angel

Flying At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 5 or more life this turn, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying and vigilance. {3}{W}{W}{W}: Until end of turn, this creature gets +2/+2 and gains lifelink.

Creature
Resplendent Angel (lci) 32

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Damage

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Caustic Bronco

Whenever this creature attacks, reveal the top card of your library and put it into your hand. You lose life equal to that card's mana value if this creature isn't saddled. Otherwise, each opponent loses that much life. Saddle 3 (Tap any number of other creatures you control with total power 3 or more: This Mount becomes saddled until end of turn. Saddle only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Caustic Bronco (otj) 82
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 {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

Creature
Gray Merchant of Asphodel (scd) 80
Sanguine Bond

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

Enchantment
Sanguine Bond (c21) 153
Vicious Battlerager

When this creature enters, you take the initiative. Spiked Retribution — Whenever this creature becomes blocked by a creature, that creature's controller loses 5 life.

Creature
Vicious Battlerager (clb) 155
Vraan, Executioner Thane

Whenever one or more other creatures you control die, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Creature
Vraan, Executioner Thane (one) 114

Damage

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Gain Life

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Angel of Renewal

Flying When this creature enters, you gain 1 life for each creature you control.

Creature
Angel of Renewal (plst) BFZ-18
Angel of Vitality

Flying If you would gain life, you gain that much life plus 1 instead. This creature gets +2/+2 as long as you have 25 or more life.

Creature
Angel of Vitality (clu) 53
Archivist of Oghma

Flash Whenever an opponent searches their library, you gain 1 life and draw a card.

Creature
Archivist of Oghma (clb) 4
Drana's Emissary

Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Drana's Emissary (plst) BFZ-210
Fountain of Renewal

At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 1 life. {3}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Fountain of Renewal (plst) M19-235
Healer's Hawk

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

Creature
Healer's Hawk (plst) GRN-14
Holy Cow

Flash Flying When this creature enters, you gain 2 life and scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Creature
Holy Cow (otj) 16
Knight of Dawn's Light

First strike If you would gain life, you gain that much life plus 1 instead. {1}{W}: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Creature
Knight of Dawn's Light (dmu) 23
Kutzil's Flanker

Flash When this creature enters, choose one — • Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature for each creature that left the battlefield under your control this turn. • You gain 2 life and scry 2. • Exile target player's graveyard.

Creature
Kutzil's Flanker (lci) 20
Metropolis Reformer

Flying, vigilance You have hexproof. Whenever this creature is dealt damage, you gain that much life.

Creature
Metropolis Reformer (mat) 4
Sheoldred's Restoration

Kicker {2}{W} (You may pay an additional {2}{W} as you cast this spell.) Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. If this spell was kicked, you gain life equal to that card's mana value. Otherwise, you lose that much life. Exile Sheoldred's Restoration.

Sorcery
Sheoldred's Restoration (dmu) 108
Soul Warden

Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.

Creature
Soul Warden (plst) MM3-24
Soulmender

{T}: You gain 1 life.

Creature
Soulmender (plst) M15-35
Tinker's Tote

When this artifact enters, create two 1/1 colorless Gnome artifact creature tokens. {W}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.

Artifact
Tinker's Tote (lci) 40

Gain Life

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Get Him Back

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Campfire

{1}, {T}: You gain 2 life. {2}, {T}, Exile this artifact: Put all commanders you own from the command zone and from your graveyard into your hand. Then shuffle your graveyard into your library.

Artifact
Campfire (cmm) 374
Netherborn Altar

{T}, Put a soul counter on this artifact: Put your commander into your hand from the command zone. Then you lose 3 life for each soul counter on this artifact.

Artifact
Netherborn Altar (plst) C20-45

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Land

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Black Dragon Gate

This land enters tapped. As this land 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

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

Land
Citadel Gate (clb) 349
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (otc) 280
Goldmire Bridge

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

Artifact Land
Goldmire Bridge (moc) 407
Hidden Courtyard

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}. {4}{W}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Discover 4. Activate only as a sorcery. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with mana value 4 or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)

Land
Hidden Courtyard (lci) 274
Hidden Necropolis

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}. {4}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Discover 4. Activate only as a sorcery. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with mana value 4 or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)

Land
Hidden Necropolis (lci) 275
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (otj) 278
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (otj) 282

Land

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Make Him Beefy

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Astarion's Thirst

Exile target creature. Put X +1/+1 counters on a commander creature you control, where X is the power of the creature exiled this way.

Instant
Astarion's Thirst (clb) 114
Bounding Felidar

Whenever this creature attacks while saddled, put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control. You gain 1 life for each of those creatures. Saddle 2 (Tap any number of other creatures you control with total power 2 or more: This Mount becomes saddled until end of turn. Saddle only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Bounding Felidar (otj) 5
Marshal's Anthem

Multikicker {1}{W} (You may pay an additional {1}{W} any number of times as you cast this spell.) Creatures you control get +1/+1. When this enchantment enters, return up to X target creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield, where X is the number of times this enchantment was kicked.

Enchantment
Marshal's Anthem (otc) 82
Virtue of Loyalty

Enchantment
Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty (woe) 38

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Protecc Him

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Blossoming Calm

You gain hexproof until your next turn. You gain 2 life. Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)

Instant
Blossoming Calm (mh2) 7
Champion's Helm

Equipped creature gets +2/+2. As long as equipped creature is legendary, it has hexproof. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) Equip {1}

Artifact
Champion's Helm (cmm) 375
Family Reunion

Choose one — • Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. • Creatures you control gain hexproof until end of turn. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Instant
Family Reunion (lci) 13
Gods Willing

Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. (It can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything of that color.) Scry 1.

Instant
Gods Willing (clu) 63
Healing Grace

Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn by a source of your choice. You gain 3 life.

Instant
Healing Grace (plst) DOM-20
Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {0}

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (otc) 260
Loran's Escape

Target artifact or creature gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. Scry 1.

Instant
Loran's Escape (bro) 14
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 {T} no matter when it came under your control.) Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (otc) 268
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 (otj) 34

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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 (otc) 252
Charcoal Diamond

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

Artifact
Charcoal Diamond (clb) 305
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (mkc) 232
Ornithopter of Paradise

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature Artifact
Ornithopter of Paradise (cmm) 966
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (otc) 267
Talisman of Hierarchy

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

Artifact
Talisman of Hierarchy (lcc) 315

Ramp

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Removal

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Bitter Triumph

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card or pay 3 life. Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Instant
Bitter Triumph (lci) 91
Bone Shards

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or discard a card. Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Sorcery
Bone Shards (mh2) 76
Bovine Intervention

Destroy target artifact or creature. Its controller creates a 2/2 white Ox creature token.

Instant
Bovine Intervention (otj) 6
Break Ties

Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Destroy target enchantment. • Exile target card from a graveyard. Reinforce 1—{W} ({W}, Discard this card: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.)

Instant
Break Ties (mh2) 8
Dawnbringer Cleric

When this creature enters, choose one — • Cure Wounds — You gain 2 life. • Dispel Magic — Destroy target enchantment. • Gentle Repose — Exile target card from a graveyard.

Creature
Dawnbringer Cleric (clb) 15
Go for the Throat

Destroy target nonartifact creature.

Instant
Go for the Throat (moc) 250
Gumdrop Poisoner

Creature
Gumdrop Poisoner // Tempt with Treats (woe) 93
Join the Dead

Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn. Descend 4 — That creature gets -10/-10 until end of turn instead if there are four or more permanent cards in your graveyard.

Instant
Join the Dead (lci) 110
Makeshift Binding

When this enchantment enters, exile target creature an opponent controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield. You gain 2 life.

Enchantment
Makeshift Binding (mkm) 23
Prayer of Binding

Flash When this enchantment enters, exile up to one target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield. You gain 2 life.

Enchantment
Prayer of Binding (dmu) 28
Slice from the Shadows

This spell can't be countered. (This includes by the ward ability.) Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.

Instant
Slice from the Shadows (mkm) 103
Stroke of Midnight

Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Human creature token.

Instant
Stroke of Midnight (woe) 33
Tithing Blade

Artifact
Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher (lci) 128Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher (lci) 128
Undercity's Embrace

Target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, you gain 4 life.

Instant
Undercity's Embrace (rvr) 96

Removal

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Win Con

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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
Aetherflux Reservoir (plst) KLD-192
Rush of Dread

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.) + {1} — Target opponent sacrifices half the creatures they control of their choice, rounded up. + {2} — Target opponent discards half the cards in their hand, rounded up. + {2} — Target opponent loses half their life, rounded up.

Sorcery
Rush of Dread (otj) 104

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Deck Info

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35 pips - 31 cards
24 mana - 24 cards
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0 mana - 3 cards
27 pips - 22 cards
23 mana - 23 cards
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0 mana - 3 cards
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0 mana - 3 cards
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4 mana - 3 cards
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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"An Astarion Deck built for a friend with cards I had laying around. Look at him go!\n\nHeavily commander focused so there is a lot of protection. Bleed out your opponent with sanguine bond, and finish out with rush of dread or aetherflux reservoir!\n"}]}
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