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Mana curve? Nah Mana Spike
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $104.94
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Commander

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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

Commander

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Lifegain

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Auriok Champion

Protection from black and from red Whenever another creature enters, you may gain 1 life.

Creature
Auriok Champion (plst) IMA-9
Authority of the Consuls

Creatures your opponents control enter tapped. Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you gain 1 life.

Enchantment
Authority of the Consuls (fdn) 137
Basilica Screecher

Flying 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.)

Creature
Basilica Screecher (clu) 105
Blind Obedience

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.) Artifacts and creatures your opponents control enter tapped.

Enchantment
Blind Obedience (c16) 59
Blood Artist

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

Creature
Blood Artist (c17) 99
Daxos, Blessed by the Sun

Daxos's toughness is equal to your devotion to white. (Each {W} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to white.) Whenever another creature you control enters or dies, you gain 1 life.

Creature Enchantment
Daxos, Blessed by the Sun (mul) 2
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
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) 297
Guide of Souls

Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life and get {E} (an energy counter). Whenever you attack, you may pay {E}{E}{E}. When you do, put two +1/+1 counters and a flying counter on target attacking creature. It becomes an Angel in addition to its other types.

Creature
Guide of Souls (mh3) 29
Healer's Hawk

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

Creature
Healer's Hawk (fdn) 142
Hinterland Sanctifier

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

Creature
Hinterland Sanctifier (j25) 5
Impassioned Orator

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

Creature
Impassioned Orator (pip) 162
Leech Gauntlet

Lifelink Equipped creature has lifelink. Reconfigure {4} ({4}: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)

Creature Artifact
Leech Gauntlet (neo) 106
Lifecreed Duo

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

Creature
Lifecreed Duo (blb) 20
Ruin-Lurker Bat

Flying, lifelink At the beginning of your end step, if you descended this turn, scry 1. (You descended if a permanent card was put into your graveyard from anywhere.)

Creature
Ruin-Lurker Bat (lci) 33
Soul Warden

Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.

Creature
Soul Warden (spg) 65
Spectrum Sentinel

Protection from multicolored (This creature can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything multicolored.) Whenever a nonbasic land an opponent controls enters, you gain 1 life.

Creature Artifact
Spectrum Sentinel (bro) 244
Throne of Bone

Whenever a player casts a black spell, you may pay {1}. If you do, you gain 1 life.

Artifact
Throne of Bone (3ed) 279
Tithe Drinker

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

Creature
Tithe Drinker (plst) C17-200
Zulaport Cutthroat

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

Creature
Zulaport Cutthroat (a25) 117

Lifegain

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Removal

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Abolish

You may discard a Plains card rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Instant
Abolish (plst) PCY-1
Accursed Marauder

When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice.

Creature
Accursed Marauder (mh3) 80
Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim

Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) {1}, Sacrifice another creature: You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness. {1}{W}{B}, Sacrifice another creature: Exile target nonland permanent. Activate only if you have at least 10 life more than your starting life total.

Creature
Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim (plst) OGW-151
Breathe Your Last

Destroy target creature or planeswalker. You gain 1 life for each of its colors.

Instant
Breathe Your Last (mh3) 82
Deadly Cover-Up

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may collect evidence 6. Destroy all creatures. If evidence was collected, exile a card from an opponent's graveyard. Then search its owner's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with that name and exile them. That player shuffles, then draws a card for each card exiled from their hand this way.

Sorcery
Deadly Cover-Up (mkm) 83
Deep-Cavern Bat

Flying, lifelink When this creature enters, look at target opponent's hand. You may exile a nonland card from it until this creature leaves the battlefield.

Creature
Deep-Cavern Bat (lci) 102
Disenchant

Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Instant
Disenchant (3ed) 17
Flare of Malice

You may sacrifice a nontoken black creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker with the greatest mana value among creatures and planeswalkers they control.

Instant
Flare of Malice (mh3) 95
Shoot the Sheriff

Destroy target non-outlaw creature. (Assassins, Mercenaries, Pirates, Rogues, and Warlocks are outlaws. Everyone else is fair game.)

Instant
Shoot the Sheriff (otj) 106
Tithing Blade

Artifact
Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher (lci) 128Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher (lci) 128
Toxic Deluge

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life. All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.

Sorcery
Toxic Deluge (pz1) 48
Unwanted Remake

Destroy target creature. Its controller manifests dread. (That player looks at the top two cards of their library, then puts one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into their graveyard. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)

Instant
Unwanted Remake (dsk) 306

Removal

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Draw

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Altar's Reap

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Draw two cards.

Instant
Altar's Reap (plst) DDR-37
Corrupted Conviction

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Draw two cards.

Instant
Corrupted Conviction (otj) 84
Dawn of Hope

Whenever you gain life, you may pay {2}. If you do, draw a card. {3}{W}: Create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token with lifelink.

Enchantment
Dawn of Hope (wot) 2
Eviscerator's Insight

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Draw two cards. Flashback {4}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost and any additional costs. Then exile it.)

Instant
Eviscerator's Insight (mh3) 93
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 (blb) 223
Market Gnome

When this creature dies, you gain 1 life and draw a card. When this creature is exiled from the battlefield while you're activating a craft ability, you gain 1 life and draw a card.

Creature Artifact
Market Gnome (lci) 22
Scorn-Blade Berserker

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.) {1}, Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card.

Creature
Scorn-Blade Berserker (mom) 124
Skulltap

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Draw two cards.

Sorcery
Skulltap (scg) 73
Vampiric Rites

{1}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life and draw a card.

Enchantment
Vampiric Rites (wot) 37

Draw

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Protection

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Angelic Intervention

Target creature or planeswalker you control gains protection from colorless or from the color of your choice until end of turn. If it's a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on it. (It can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything with that quality.)

Instant
Angelic Intervention (mom) 5
Benevolent Bodyguard

Sacrifice this creature: Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Creature
Benevolent Bodyguard (plst) JUD-5
Dauntless Bodyguard

As this creature enters, choose another creature you control. Sacrifice this creature: The chosen creature gains indestructible until end of turn.

Creature
Dauntless Bodyguard (plst) DOM-14
Dog Umbra

Flash Enchant creature As long as another player controls enchanted creature, it can't attack or block. Otherwise, this Aura has umbra armor. (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Enchantment
Dog Umbra (mh3) 22
Ollenbock Escort

Vigilance Sacrifice this creature: Target creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it gains lifelink and indestructible until end of turn.

Creature
Ollenbock Escort (vow) 27
Prismatic Strands

Prevent all damage that sources of the color of your choice would deal this turn. Flashback—Tap an untapped white creature you control. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Instant
Prismatic Strands (plst) JUD-18
Reverse Damage

The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.

Instant
Reverse Damage (5ed) 55
Selfless Samurai

Whenever a Samurai or Warrior you control attacks alone, it gains lifelink until end of turn. Sacrifice this creature: Another target creature you control gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Creature
Selfless Samurai (neo) 35
Selfless Spirit

Flying Sacrifice this creature: Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.

Creature
Selfless Spirit (prcq) 2

Protection

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Evasion

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Angelic Gift

Enchant creature When this Aura enters, draw a card. Enchanted creature has flying.

Enchantment
Angelic Gift (bfz) 19
Basilica Skullbomb

{1}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card. {2}{W}, Sacrifice this artifact: Target creature you control gets +2/+2 and gains flying until end of turn. Draw a card. Activate only as a sorcery.

Artifact
Basilica Skullbomb (one) 224
Fear

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.) Enchanted creature has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Enchantment
Fear (3ed) 111
Suspicious Bookcase

Defender {3}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Creature Artifact
Suspicious Bookcase (dsc) 95
Trailblazer's Boots

Equipped creature has nonbasic landwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a nonbasic land.) Equip {2}

Artifact
Trailblazer's Boots (otc) 269

Evasion

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Ramp

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Charitable Levy

Noncreature spells cost {1} more to cast. Whenever a player casts a noncreature spell, put a collection counter on this enchantment. Then if there are three or more collection counters on it, sacrifice it. If you do, draw a card, then you may search your library for a Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Enchantment
Charitable Levy (mh3) 21
Orzhov Signet

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

Artifact
Orzhov Signet (dsc) 249

Ramp

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Land

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Blast Zone

This land enters with a charge counter on it. {T}: Add {C}. {X}{X}, {T}: Put X charge counters on this land. {3}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on this land.

Land
Blast Zone (cmm) 987
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (dsc) 96
Concealed Courtyard

This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Concealed Courtyard (potj) 268p
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (dft) 278
Radiant Fountain

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

Land
Radiant Fountain (c21) 310
Scoured Barrens

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

Land
Scoured Barrens (ltc) 329
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (dft) 283

Land

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Recursion

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Call a Surprise Witness

Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Put a flying counter on it. It's a Spirit in addition to its other types.

Sorcery
Call a Surprise Witness (mkm) 6
Dewdrop Cure

Gift a card (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they draw a card before its other effects.) Return up to two target creature cards each with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. If the gift was promised, instead return up to three target creature cards each with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Sorcery
Dewdrop Cure (blb) 10
Helping Hand

Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Sorcery
Helping Hand (lci) 17
Immortal Servitude

Return each creature card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Sorcery
Immortal Servitude (gtc) 220
Revoke Demise

This spell costs {2} less to cast if it targets a creature card with mana value 3 or less. Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. You gain 2 life.

Sorcery
Revoke Demise (j25) 10
Sevinne's Reclamation

Return target permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. If this spell was cast from a graveyard, you may copy this spell and may choose a new target for the copy. Flashback {4}{W} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Sevinne's Reclamation (dmr) 273

Recursion

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Sideboard

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Lurrus of the Dream-Den

Companion — Each permanent card in your starting deck has mana value 2 or less. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may put it into your hand from outside the game for {3} as a sorcery.) Lifelink Once during each of your turns, you may cast a permanent spell with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard.

Creature
Lurrus of the Dream-Den (mul) 51

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Maybeboard

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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
Ascend from Avernus

Return all creature and planeswalker cards with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Exile Ascend from Avernus.

Sorcery
Ascend from Avernus (clb) 5
Lunarch Veteran

Creature
Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom (mid) 27Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom (mid) 27
Selfless Savior

Sacrifice this creature: Another target creature you control gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Creature
Selfless Savior (m21) 36
Soul's Attendant

Whenever another creature enters, you may gain 1 life.

Creature
Soul's Attendant (plst) ROE-44

Maybeboard

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Deck Info

Deck stats

44 pips - 38 cards
20 mana - 20 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 1 card
32 pips - 26 cards
19 mana - 19 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 1 card
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 1 card
0 pips - 0 cards
2 mana - 2 cards
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{"ops":[{"insert":"gain life to grow amalia and set up the grave to either use amalias wipe to swing for voltron or mass reanimate aristocrats to burn people out\n"}]}
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