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Commander

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Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 2 life.
Whenever you gain life, you may pay
. If you do, draw a card and each opponent loses 1 life.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if Oloro is in the command zone, you gain 2 life.
Legendary Creature - Soldier Giant
Oloro, Ageless Ascetic (plst) C13-203

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Drain

Qty: 5 Price: $35.45
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 - Snake Glimmer
Enduring Tenacity (dsk) 95
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 - Vampire Noble
Indulging Patrician (m21) 219
Marauding Blight-Priest
Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.
Creature - Vampire Cleric
Marauding Blight-Priest (j22) 439
Sorin of House Markov
Lifelink
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
At the beginning of each of your postcombat main phases, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, exile Sorin, then return him to the battlefield transformed under his owner's control.
Legendary Creature - Human Noble
Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate (mh3) 245Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate (mh3) 245
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
: Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Vampire Cleric
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose (j25) 71

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Draw

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Alhammarret's Archive
If you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead.
If you would draw a card except the first one you draw in each of your draw steps, draw two cards instead.
Legendary Artifact
Alhammarret's Archive (c21) 233
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.
, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.
Legendary Artifact
Bolas's Citadel (mb2) 39
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 - Spirit
Drogskol Reaver (2x2) 205
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 - Angel
Exemplar of Light (fdn) 11
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.
, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.
Enchantment
Lunar Convocation (blb) 223
Mystic Remora
Cumulative upkeep
(At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays
.
Enchantment
Mystic Remora (dmr) 59
Phyrexian Arena
At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Enchantment
Phyrexian Arena (fdn) 180
Rhystic Study
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays
.
Enchantment
Rhystic Study (j22) 114
Sokrates, Athenian Teacher
Defender
Sokrates has hexproof as long as it's untapped.
Sokratic Dialogue —
: Until end of turn, target creature gains "If this creature would deal combat damage to a player, prevent that damage. This creature's controller and that player each draw half that many cards, rounded down."
Legendary Creature - Human Advisor
Sokrates, Athenian Teacher (acr) 67
Talion, the Kindly Lord
Flying
As Talion enters, choose a number between 1 and 10.
Whenever an opponent casts a spell with mana value, power, or toughness equal to the chosen number, that player loses 2 life and you draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Faerie Noble
Talion, the Kindly Lord (woe) 215
The Gaffer
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Peasant Halfling
The Gaffer (ltc) 12

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Finisher

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Approach of the Second Sun
If this spell was cast from your hand and you've cast another spell named Approach of the Second Sun this game, you win the game. Otherwise, put Approach of the Second Sun into its owner's library seventh from the top and you gain 7 life.
Sorcery
Approach of the Second Sun (plst) AKH-4

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Land

Qty: 36 (37 w/ MDFC)Price: $143.10
Arcane Sanctum
This land enters tapped.
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Arcane Sanctum (drc) 146
Ash Barrens
: Add
.
Basic landcycling
(
, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
Land
Ash Barrens (drc) 147
Azorius Chancery
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add
.
Land
Azorius Chancery (dsc) 261
Bojuka Bog
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.
: Add
.
Land
Bojuka Bog (dsc) 265
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (drc) 60
Contaminated Landscape
: Add
.
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Plains, Island, or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land
Contaminated Landscape (mh3) 218
Darkwater Catacombs
,
: Add
.
Land
Darkwater Catacombs (otc) 282
Dimir Aqueduct
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add
.
Land
Dimir Aqueduct (dsc) 270
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (drc) 155
Fetid Heath
: Add
.
,
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Fetid Heath (otc) 295
Flooded Strand
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Flooded Strand (mh3) 220
Floodfarm Verge
: Add
.
: Add
. Activate only if you control a Plains or an Island.
Land
Floodfarm Verge (dsk) 259
Gloomlake Verge
: Add
.
: Add
. Activate only if you control an Island or a Swamp.
Land
Gloomlake Verge (dsk) 260
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (dft) 282
Isolated Chapel
This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp.
: Add
or
.
Land
Isolated Chapel (drc) 162
Obscura Storefront
When this land enters, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Plains, Island, or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.
Land
Obscura Storefront (dsc) 291
Orzhov Basilica
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add
.
Land
Orzhov Basilica (drc) 164
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (dft) 279
Polluted Delta
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Polluted Delta (mh3) 224
Raffine's Tower
(
: Add
,
, or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land - Plains Island Swamp
Raffine's Tower (snc) 254
Reflecting Pool
: Add one mana of any type that a land you control could produce.
Land
Reflecting Pool (plst) CLB-358
Reliquary Tower
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Land
Reliquary Tower (dsc) 295
Skycloud Expanse
,
: Add
.
Land
Skycloud Expanse (blc) 332
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (dft) 284

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Lifegain

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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
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
Angel of Vitality (j25) 162
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
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
Flying, deathtouch
Whenever an opponent loses life, you gain that much life. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Creature - Knight Vampire
Bloodthirsty Conqueror (fdn) 58
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.
: Level 2
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
: 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 - Class
Cleric Class (afr) 6
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 - Vampire
Creeping Bloodsucker (j25) 415
Exquisite Blood
Whenever an opponent loses life, you gain that much life.
Enchantment
Exquisite Blood (lcc) 195
Kambal, Consul of Allocation
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, that player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Legendary Creature - Human Advisor
Kambal, Consul of Allocation (2x2) 237
Leyline of Hope
If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
If you would gain life, you gain that much life plus 1 instead.
As long as you have at least 7 life more than your starting life total, creatures you control get +2/+2.
Enchantment
Leyline of Hope (dsk) 18
Serra Ascendant
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
As long as you have 30 or more life, this creature gets +5/+5 and has flying.
Creature - Human Monk
Serra Ascendant (plst) M11-28
Soul Warden
Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Human Cleric
Soul Warden (plst) MM3-24
Soul's Attendant
Whenever another creature enters, you may gain 1 life.
Creature - Human Cleric
Soul's Attendant (plst) ROE-44
Venser's Journal
You have no maximum hand size.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 1 life for each card in your hand.
Artifact - Book
Venser's Journal (c21) 273

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Protection

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Flare of Fortitude
You may sacrifice a nontoken white creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Until end of turn, your life total can't change, and permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible.
Instant
Flare of Fortitude (mh3) 26
Ghostly Prison
Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays
for each creature they control that's attacking you.
Enchantment
Ghostly Prison (mkc) 67
Grand Abolisher
During your turn, your opponents can't cast spells or activate abilities of artifacts, creatures, or enchantments.
Creature - Human Cleric
Grand Abolisher (cmm) 27
Inkshield
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to you this turn. For each 1 damage prevented this way, create a 2/1 white and black Inkling creature token with flying.
Instant
Inkshield (dsc) 221
Lightning Greaves
Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Lightning Greaves (drc) 55
Propaganda
Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays
for each creature they control that's attacking you.
Enchantment
Propaganda (acr) 85

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (drc) 51
Dimir Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Dimir Signet (drc) 129
Orzhov Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Orzhov Signet (drc) 134
Savor the Moment
Take an extra turn after this one. Skip the untap step of that turn.
Sorcery
Savor the Moment (shm) 50
Smothering Tithe
Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay
. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Enchantment
Smothering Tithe (cmm) 57
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (drc) 56
Talisman of Progress
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Progress (pip) 249

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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.
Legendary Planeswalker - Sorin
Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord (war) 217
Witch of the Moors
Deathtouch
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice and you return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Human Warlock
Witch of the Moors (otc) 152

Recursion

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Removal

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An Offer You Can't Refuse
Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (fdn) 160
Counterspell
Counter target spell.
Instant
Counterspell (dsc) 114
Fumigate
Destroy all creatures. You gain 1 life for each creature destroyed this way.
Sorcery
Fumigate (mkc) 66
Path to Exile
Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Instant
Path to Exile (blc) 147
Render Silent
Counter target spell. Its controller can't cast spells this turn.
Instant
Render Silent (dgm) 96
Strix Serenade
Counter target artifact, creature, or planeswalker spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.
Instant
Strix Serenade (mh3) 71
Suppression Ray
Tap all creatures target player controls. You may pay any amount of
. If you do, choose up to that many creatures tapped this way. Put a stun counter on each of them. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)
Sorcery
Suppression Ray // Orderly Plaza (mh3) 260Suppression Ray // Orderly Plaza (mh3) 260
Swords to Plowshares
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
Instant
Swords to Plowshares (drc) 37
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 (mh3) 277
Void Rend
This spell can't be countered.
Destroy target nonland permanent.
Instant
Void Rend (snc) 230

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Stax

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Drannith Magistrate
Your opponents can't cast spells from anywhere other than their hands.
Creature - Human Wizard
Drannith Magistrate (iko) 11

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Tokens

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Angelic Accord
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 4 or more life this turn, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying.
Enchantment
Angelic Accord (plst) M14-3
Bitterblossom
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life and create a 1/1 black Faerie Rogue creature token with flying.
Enchantment Kindred - Faerie
Bitterblossom (2x2) 69
Crested Sunmare
Other Horses you control have indestructible.
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained life this turn, create a 5/5 white Horse creature token.
Creature - Horse
Crested Sunmare (plst) HOU-6
Great Unclean One
Reverberating Summons — At the beginning of your end step, each opponent loses 2 life. Then for each opponent who has less life than you, create a 1/3 black Demon creature token named Plaguebearer of Nurgle.
Creature - Demon
Great Unclean One (40k) 35
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 (plst) M21-22

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Tutor

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Idyllic Tutor
Search your library for an enchantment card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Idyllic Tutor (thb) 24

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Sideboard

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Rodolf Duskbringer
Flying, deathtouch, lifelink
Whenever you gain life, Rodolf Duskbringer gains indestructible until end of turn.
At the beginning of your end step, you may pay
. When you do, 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.
Legendary Creature - Vampire Angel
Rodolf Duskbringer (j25) 482
Sanguine Bond
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
Enchantment
Sanguine Bond (ltc) 208

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Deck Info

Deck stats

41 pips - 34 cards
26 mana - 24 cards
18 pips - 14 cards
19 mana - 19 cards
27 pips - 21 cards
25 mana - 23 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
6 mana - 6 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
6 mana - 6 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
7 mana - 6 cards
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