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Commander

Qty: 2 Price: $9.98
Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
Menace
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you gain life equal to that creature's toughness.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
Legendary Creature - Wizard Snake
Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper (tdc) 100
Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker
Flying
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Ishai.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
Legendary Creature - Bird Monk
Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker (blc) 89

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Counters

Qty: 10 Price: $146.60
Ageless Entity
Whenever you gain life, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature.
Creature - Elemental
Ageless Entity (c21) 184
Archangel of Thune
Flying
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Creature - Angel
Archangel of Thune (sld) 1337
Betor, Ancestor's Voice
Flying, lifelink
At the beginning of your end step, put a number of +1/+1 counters on up to one other target creature you control equal to the amount of life you gained this turn. Return up to one target creature card with mana value less than or equal to the amount of life you lost this turn from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Legendary Creature - Dragon Spirit
Betor, Ancestor's Voice (tdc) 1
Comforting Counsel
Whenever you gain life, put a growth counter on this enchantment.
As long as there are five or more growth counters on this enchantment, creatures you control get +3/+3.
Enchantment
Comforting Counsel (sos) 143
Cradle of Vitality
Whenever you gain life, you may pay
. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature for each 1 life you gained.
Enchantment
Cradle of Vitality (jmp) 98
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
Light of Promise
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "Whenever you gain life, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature."
Enchantment - Aura
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 - Human Soldier
Nykthos Paragon (j25) 230
Treebeard, Gracious Host
Trample, ward

When Treebeard enters, create two Food tokens.
Whenever you gain life, put that many +1/+1 counters on target Halfling or Treefolk.
Legendary Creature - Treefolk
Treebeard, Gracious Host (ltc) 73
Willowdusk, Essence Seer
,
: Choose another target creature. Put a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the amount of life you gained this turn or the amount of life you lost this turn, whichever is greater. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Creature - Druid Dryad
Willowdusk, Essence Seer (c21) 333

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Drain

Qty: 6 Price: $102.54
Defiant Bloodlord
Flying
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
Creature - Vampire
Defiant Bloodlord (pbfz) 107
Defiling Daemogoth
Menace
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you gain 1 life.
At the beginning of your end step, each opponent loses X life, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
Creature - Demon
Defiling Daemogoth (soc) 25
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) 390
Sanguine Bond
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
Enchantment
Sanguine Bond (wot) 35
South Wind Avatar
Deathtouch
Whenever another creature you control dies, you gain life equal to its toughness.
Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.
Creature - Avatar Spirit Snake
South Wind Avatar (tmt) 78
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

Qty: 10 Price: $38.02
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
Cosmos Elixir
At the beginning of your end step, draw a card if your life total is greater than your starting life total. Otherwise, you gain 2 life.
Artifact
Cosmos Elixir (khm) 237
Dream Trawler
Flying, lifelink
Whenever you draw a card, this creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Whenever this creature attacks, draw a card.
Discard a card: This creature gains hexproof until end of turn. Tap it.
Creature - Sphinx
Dream Trawler (thb) 214
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 (fdn) 655
Eternal of Harsh Truths
Afflict 2 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, defending player loses 2 life.)
Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, draw a card.
Creature - Cleric Zombie
Eternal of Harsh Truths (hou) 34
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) 297
Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
: Each player may draw a card, then each player who drew a card this way gains 1 life.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Rabbit
Kwain, Itinerant Meddler (blc) 90
Nazar, the Velvet Fang
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Whenever you gain life, put a feeding counter on Nazar.
Whenever Nazar attacks, you may remove three feeding counters from it. If you do, you draw three cards and you lose 3 life.
Legendary Creature - Vampire Warlock
Nazar, the Velvet Fang (j25) 43
Sphinx of the Revelation
Flying, lifelink
Whenever you gain life, you get that many
(energy counters).
,
, Pay X
: Draw X cards.
Creature Artifact - Sphinx
Sphinx of the Revelation (m3c) 127
Sygg, River Cutthroat
At the beginning of each end step, if an opponent lost 3 or more life this turn, you may draw a card. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Legendary Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Sygg, River Cutthroat (plst) ZNC-103

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Land

Qty: 40 Price: $781.61
Arid Mesa
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Mountain or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Arid Mesa (mh2) 244
Bloodstained Mire
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Bloodstained Mire (ktk) 230
Bountiful Promenade
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Bountiful Promenade (clb) 348
Breeding Pool
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Island Forest
Breeding Pool (gtc) 240
City of Brass
Whenever this land becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.
: Add one mana of any color.
Land
City of Brass (2x2) 321
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (pmei) 2026-13
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (soc) 369
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 (ktk) 233
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (tdm) 276
Godless Shrine
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Plains Swamp
Godless Shrine (rna) 248
Hall of the Bandit Lord
Hall of the Bandit Lord enters tapped.
, Pay 3 life: Add
. If that mana is spent on a creature spell, it gains haste.
Legendary Land
Hall of the Bandit Lord (sld) 427
Hallowed Fountain
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Plains Island
Hallowed Fountain (ecl) 265
Indatha Triome
(
: Add
,
, or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land - Plains Swamp Forest
Indatha Triome (iko) 309
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (tdm) 273
Mana Confluence
, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.
Land
Mana Confluence (jou) 163
Marsh Flats
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Marsh Flats (spg) 110
Misty Rainforest
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Forest or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Misty Rainforest (mh2) 250
Multiversal Passage
As this land enters, choose a basic land type. Then you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
This land is the chosen type.
Land
Multiversal Passage (om1) 181
Overgrown Tomb
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Swamp Forest
Overgrown Tomb (rtr) 243
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (tdm) 272
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 (ktk) 239
Raffine's Tower
(
: Add
,
, or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land - Plains Island Swamp
Raffine's Tower (snc) 353
Scalding Tarn
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Island or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Scalding Tarn (spg) 112
Spara's Headquarters
(
: Add
,
, or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land - Plains Island Forest
Spara's Headquarters (snc) 355
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (tdm) 274
Temple Garden
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Plains Forest
Temple Garden (sld) 127
Undergrowth Stadium
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Undergrowth Stadium (cmr) 359
Verdant Catacombs
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Verdant Catacombs (spg) 113
Watery Grave
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Island Swamp
Watery Grave (eoe) 261
Windswept Heath
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Forest or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Windswept Heath (ktk) 248
Wooded Foothills
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Mountain or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Wooded Foothills (ktk) 249
Zagoth Triome
(
: Add
,
, or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land - Island Swamp Forest
Zagoth Triome (iko) 313

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Lifegain

Qty: 4 Price: $4.96
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.
Legendary Creature - Vampire Elf Rogue
Astarion, the Decadent (clb) 265
Divinity of Pride
Flying, lifelink
This creature gets +4/+4 as long as you have 25 or more life.
Creature - Avatar Spirit
Divinity of Pride (c13) 228
Doomgape
Trample
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness.
Creature - Elemental
Doomgape (plst) DDJ-65
Wall of Reverence
Defender, flying
At the beginning of your end step, you may gain life equal to the power of target creature you control.
Creature - Spirit Wall
Wall of Reverence (tdc) 139

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Protection

Qty: 2 Price: $11.58
Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
Equipped creature has lifelink.
As long as you have 30 or more life, equipped creature gets +5/+5 and has indestructible and "Prevent all damage that would be dealt to this creature."
Equip
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Caduceus, Staff of Hermes (acr) 2
Gold-Forged Thopteryx
Flying, lifelink
Each legendary permanent you control has ward
. (Whenever it becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays
.)
Creature Artifact - Dinosaur Thopter
Gold-Forged Thopteryx (mat) 31

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Ramp

Qty: 16 Price: $171.92
Accomplished Alchemist
: Add one mana of any color.
: Add X mana of any one color, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
Creature - Elf Druid
Accomplished Alchemist (stx) 119
Animal Attendant
: Add one mana of any color. If that mana is spent to cast a non-Human creature spell, that creature enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.
Creature - Human Citizen
Animal Attendant (tle) 128
Avacyn's Pilgrim
: Add
.
Creature - Human Monk
Avacyn's Pilgrim (mic) 132
Biophagus
Genomic Enhancement —
: Add one mana of any color. If this mana is spent to cast a creature spell, that creature enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.
Creature - Human Wizard Tyranid
Biophagus (40k) 87
Birds of Paradise
Flying
: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Bird
Birds of Paradise (dmr) 439
Bloom Tender
Vivid —
: For each color among permanents you control, add one mana of that color.
Creature - Elf Druid
Bloom Tender (ecl) 324
Delighted Halfling
: Add
.
: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a legendary spell, and that spell can't be countered.
Creature - Citizen Halfling
Delighted Halfling (ltr) 402
Elves of Deep Shadow
: Add
. This creature deals 1 damage to you.
Creature - Elf Druid
Elves of Deep Shadow (sld) 1710
Faeburrow Elder
Vigilance
This creature gets +1/+1 for each color among permanents you control.
: For each color among permanents you control, add one mana of that color.
Creature - Druid Treefolk
Faeburrow Elder (blc) 252
Great Forest Druid
: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Druid Treefolk
Great Forest Druid (ecl) 178
Hardbristle Bandit
: Add one mana of any color.
Whenever you commit a crime, untap this creature. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)
Creature - Rogue Plant
Hardbristle Bandit (otj) 168
Incubation Druid
: Add one mana of any type that a land you control could produce. If this creature has a +1/+1 counter on it, add three mana of that type instead.
: Adapt 3. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put three +1/+1 counters on it.)
Creature - Elf Druid
Incubation Druid (c21) 195
Nightshade Dryad
Deathtouch
: Add
.
: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Dryad
Nightshade Dryad (mh3) 163
Noble Hierarch
Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
: Add
,
, or
.
Creature - Human Druid
Noble Hierarch (2xm) 352
Ornithopter of Paradise
Flying
: Add one mana of any color.
Creature Artifact - Thopter
Ornithopter of Paradise (drc) 133
Will, Scion of Peace
Vigilance
: Spells you cast this turn that are white and/or blue cost
less to cast, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Will, Scion of Peace (woe) 302

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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.
Legendary Creature - Human Warrior
Celestine, the Living Saint (40k) 10
Moseo, Vein's New Dean
Flying
When Moseo enters, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "Whenever this token attacks, you gain 1 life."
Infusion — At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, return up to one 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 - Skeleton Bird Warlock
Moseo, Vein's New Dean (sos) 91
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
Veinwitch Coven
Menace
Whenever you gain life, you may pay
. If you do, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Vampire Warlock
Veinwitch Coven (soc) 228

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Removal

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Gumdrop Poisoner
Lifelink
When this creature enters, up to one target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
Creature - Human Warlock
Gumdrop Poisoner // Tempt with Treats (woe) 93
Nightmare's Thirst
You gain 1 life. Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
Instant
Nightmare's Thirst (m19) 111
Severed Strands
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness. Destroy target creature an opponent controls.
Sorcery
Severed Strands (j25) 488
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 (msc) 161

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Tokens

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Trudge Garden
Whenever you gain life, you may pay
. If you do, create a 4/4 green Fungus Beast creature token with trample.
Enchantment
Trudge Garden (soc) 290

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Tutor

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Lotuslight Dancers
Lifelink
When this creature enters, search your library for a black card, a green card, and a blue card. Put those cards into your graveyard, then shuffle.
Creature - Zombie Bard
Lotuslight Dancers (tdm) 363

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Deck Info

Deck stats

30 pips - 21 cards
32 mana - 28 cards
12 pips - 10 cards
28 mana - 24 cards
34 pips - 22 cards
32 mana - 28 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
20 mana - 16 cards
26 pips - 23 cards
33 mana - 29 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
3 mana - 3 cards
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