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Astarion - Drain Game
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $435.18
Salt sum: 42.27
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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 (sld) 1797

Commander

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Protection

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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 (wot) 1
Ghostly Prison

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment
Ghostly Prison (khc) 26
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 (brr) 58

Protection

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Drain

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Blood Artist

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

Creature
Blood Artist (c17) 99
Bloodletter of Aclazotz

Flying If an opponent would lose life during your turn, they lose twice that much life instead. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Creature
Bloodletter of Aclazotz (lci) 92
Bloodthirsty Aerialist

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

Creature
Bloodthirsty Aerialist (j25) 409
Creeping Bloodsucker

At the beginning of your upkeep, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.

Creature
Creeping Bloodsucker (j25) 415
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
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) 95
Exquisite Blood

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

Enchantment
Exquisite Blood (sld) 1798
Exsanguinate

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

Sorcery
Exsanguinate (cmm) 638
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 (ths) 89
Indulging Patrician

Flying Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) At the beginning of your end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, each opponent loses 3 life.

Creature
Indulging Patrician (m21) 219
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) 237
Marauding Blight-Priest

Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Marauding Blight-Priest (fdn) 178
Painful Quandary

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player loses 5 life unless they discard a card.

Enchantment
Painful Quandary (fdn) 179
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) 327
Sanguine Bond

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

Enchantment
Sanguine Bond (sld) 1799
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
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life. {3}{B}{B}: Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.

Creature
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose (pm21) 127p
Warlock Class

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.) At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died this turn, each opponent loses 1 life. {1}{B}: Level 2 When this Class becomes level 2, look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. {6}{B}: Level 3 At the beginning of your end step, each opponent loses life equal to the life they lost this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Enchantment
Warlock Class (afr) 125

Drain

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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 (ltc) 273
Bontu's Monument

Black creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Whenever you cast a creature spell, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Artifact
Bontu's Monument (drc) 124
Burnished Hart

{3}, Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature Artifact
Burnished Hart (brr) 71
Charcoal Diamond

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

Artifact
Charcoal Diamond (clb) 442
Coldsteel Heart

This artifact enters tapped. As this artifact enters, choose a color. {T}: Add one mana of the chosen color.

Artifact
Coldsteel Heart (2x2) 301
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 (ltc) 276
Deep Gnome Terramancer

Flash Mold Earth — Whenever one or more lands enter under an opponent's control without being played, you may search your library for a Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Do this only once each turn.

Creature
Deep Gnome Terramancer (clb) 658
Gilded Lotus

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

Artifact
Gilded Lotus (fdn) 725
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
Land Tax

At the beginning of your upkeep, if an opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for up to three basic land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.

Enchantment
Land Tax (wot) 9
Mind Stone

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

Artifact
Mind Stone (dsc) 248
Orzhov Signet

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

Artifact
Orzhov Signet (c15) 262
Phial of Galadriel

If you would draw a card while you have no cards in hand, draw two cards instead. If you would gain life while you have 5 or less life, you gain twice that much life instead. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Phial of Galadriel (ltr) 248
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (afc) 215
Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Artifact
Thought Vessel (ltc) 287

Ramp

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Draw

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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 (plg21) 3
Diresight

Surveil 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (To surveil 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Sorcery
Diresight (blb) 91
Erebos, God of the Dead

Indestructible As long as your devotion to black is less than five, Erebos isn't a creature. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.) Your opponents can't gain life. {1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.

Creature Enchantment
Erebos, God of the Dead (ths) 85
Greed

{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.

Enchantment
Greed (mh2) 274
High-Society Hunter

Flying Whenever this creature attacks, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Whenever another nontoken creature dies, draw a card.

Creature
High-Society Hunter (fdn) 61
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
Markov Purifier

Lifelink At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, you may pay {2}. If you do, draw a card.

Creature
Markov Purifier (vow) 312
Necrodominance

Skip your draw step. At the beginning of your end step, you may pay any amount of life. If you do, draw that many cards. Your maximum hand size is five. If a card or token would be put into your graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.

Enchantment
Necrodominance (mh3) 102
Read the Bones

Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Sorcery
Read the Bones (ths) 101
Risky Shortcut

Draw two cards. Each player loses 2 life.

Sorcery
Risky Shortcut (dft) 103
Sign in Blood

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Sorcery
Sign in Blood (m10) 112
Wedding Ring

When this artifact enters, if it was cast, target opponent creates a token that's a copy of it. Whenever an opponent who controls an artifact named Wedding Ring draws a card during their turn, you draw a card. Whenever an opponent who controls an artifact named Wedding Ring gains life during their turn, you gain that much life.

Artifact
Wedding Ring (who) 213

Draw

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Recursion

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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 (war) 217
Veinwitch Coven

Menace Whenever you gain life, you may pay {B}. If you do, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Veinwitch Coven (c21) 46

Recursion

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Land

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Arid Archway

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. If another Desert was returned this way, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) {T}: Add {C}{C}.

Land
Arid Archway (otj) 252
Barren Moor

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}. Cycling {B} ({B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Barren Moor (cma) 242
Bleachbone Verge

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

Land
Bleachbone Verge (dft) 250
Bojuka Bog

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

Land
Bojuka Bog (wwk) 132
Caves of Koilos

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

Land
Caves of Koilos (m3c) 328
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (clb) 351
Forlorn Flats

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, it deals 1 damage to target opponent. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Forlorn Flats (otj) 258
Glasswing Grace

Enchantment
Glasswing Grace // Age-Graced Chapel (mh3) 254Glasswing Grace // Age-Graced Chapel (mh3) 254
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 (cma) 264
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (ltr) 262
Scoured Barrens

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

Land
Scoured Barrens (frf) 171
Shadowy Backstreet

({T}: Add {W} or {B}.) This land enters tapped. When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land
Shadowy Backstreet (mkm) 268
Shineshadow Snarl

As this land enters, you may reveal a Plains or Swamp card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Shineshadow Snarl (moc) 422
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (one) 274
Tainted Field

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

Land
Tainted Field (dsc) 302
Temple of Silence

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Temple of Silence (cmm) 1045

Land

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Removal

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Anguished Unmaking

Exile target nonland permanent. You lose 3 life.

Instant
Anguished Unmaking (sld) 1800
Despark

Exile target permanent with mana value 4 or greater.

Instant
Despark (war) 190
Mortify

Destroy target creature or enchantment.

Instant
Mortify (sld) 1801
Reprieve

Return target spell to its owner's hand. Draw a card.

Instant
Reprieve (ltr) 26
Sorin Markov

+2: Sorin Markov deals 2 damage to any target and you gain 2 life. −3: Target opponent's life total becomes 10. −7: You control target player during that player's next turn.

Planeswalker
Sorin Markov (sld) 1698
Split Up

Choose one — • Destroy all tapped creatures. • Destroy all untapped creatures.

Sorcery
Split Up (dsk) 32
Sudden Spoiling

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Until end of turn, creatures target player controls lose all abilities and have base power and toughness 0/2.

Instant
Sudden Spoiling (tsp) 135

Removal

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Lifegain

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Axis of Mortality

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may have two target players exchange life totals.

Enchantment
Axis of Mortality (xln) 3
Nighthawk Scavenger

Flying, deathtouch, lifelink Nighthawk Scavenger's power is equal to 1 plus the number of card types among cards in your opponents' graveyards.

Creature
Nighthawk Scavenger (otc) 144
Soul's Attendant

Whenever another creature enters, you may gain 1 life.

Creature
Soul's Attendant (plst) ROE-44
Vampire of the Dire Moon

Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

Creature
Vampire of the Dire Moon (j25) 504

Lifegain

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Tutor

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Dark Petition

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle. Spell mastery — If there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, add {B}{B}{B}.

Sorcery
Dark Petition (sch) 19

Tutor

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