Eternal Aristocracy

Commander / EDH Aristocrats Combo Lifegain Reanimator WB (Orzhov)

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Creature (28)

• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Boreas Charger
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Fiend Hunter
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Leonin Relic-Warder
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Mesmeric Fiend
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Offalsnout
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Remorseful Cleric
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Teysa, Orzhov Scion
• 1x Tidehollow Sculler
• 1x Vindictive Lich
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Arguel's Blood Fast  ^Flip
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Land (35)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x High Market
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 6x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 1x Strip Mine
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Windswept Heath

Instant (8)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Batwing Brume
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Tithe
• 1x Utter End

Commander (1)

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Bitter Ordeal
• 1x Cleansing Nova
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Painful Truths
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Tragic Arrogance
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Wrath of God

Artifact (8)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of the Animist

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Sideboard

Creature (7)

• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Desolation Angel
• 1x Mangara of Corondor
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Fanatical Devotion
• 1x Kaya's Ghostform
• 1x Martyr's Cause

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Thoughtseize
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Artifact (3)

• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Mox Amber

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord

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Maybeboard

Creature (15)

• 1x Demon of Dark Schemes
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Krav, the Unredeemed
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Rotlung Reanimator
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Sifter of Skulls
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Teysa Karlov
• 1x Tithe Taker
• 1x Withered Wretch

Artifact (5)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Relic of Progenitus

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Field of Souls
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Liliana, Death's Majesty
• 1x Liliana, the Last Hope

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Final Parting
• 1x Hour of Revelation
• 1x Slaughter the Strong
• 1x Victimize

Instant (3)

• 1x Forsake the Worldly
• 1x Necrologia
• 1x Wretched Confluence

Land (2)

• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1x Miren, the Moaning Well

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My go at an Aristocrats-style build for Ayli. One of my first EDH decks I built was a god-awful cleric tribal deck with her at the helm. I love Ayli as a commander, so this is an attempt to do something much better than that first try. Some clerics made the leap to this version, but the deck is a lot more balanced now.

My primary wincons revolve around creating infinite death loops coupled with Blood Artist triggers. Recurring Kokusho, the Evening Star will also get me there. If I have no other option, I can always swing for the fences with token overrun from Elenda, the Dusk Rose and Grave Titan .

There are several ways for the deck to go infinite, many of which depend on Ashnod's Altar . In any case, pulling off any of the combos below with a Blood Artist / Zulaport Cutthroat on board wins the game. I'm trying out Bitter Ordeal as well for an additional wincon with some style points.

Infinite Chains --

Nether Traitor Chain

• ( Pawn of Ulamog / Teysa, Orzhov Scion ) + Nether Traitor + Phyrexian Altar

Karmic Chains

• Karmic Guide + Reveillark + free sac outlet

• Karmic Guide + ( Animate Dead / Necromancy / Dance of the Dead ) + Sun Titan + free sac outlet

Flicker Chains

• Leonin Relic-Warder in the graveyard + ( Animate Dead / Necromancy / Dance of the Dead )

• Fiend Hunter + Karmic Guide + free sac outlet

Deathmantle Chains

• Elenda, the Dusk Rose + Nim Deathmantle + Ashnod's Altar

• Teysa, Orzhov Scion + black creature + Nim Deathmantle + Ashnod's Altar

• ( Pawn of Ulamog / Grave Titan ) + Nim Deathmantle + Ashnod's Altar

• Sun Titan + creature w/ cmc <=3 + Nim Deathmantle + Ashnod's Altar

Using either Kokusho, the Evening Star or Vindictive Lich where possible gets me the win without needing Blood Artist .

Fun Synergies --

• Fiend Hunter / Tidehollow Sculler / Mesmeric Fiend / Leonin Relic-Warder + a sac outlet in response to their ETB trigger: lets us permanently exile the targeted card.

• Animate Dead -type card played on Karmic Guide in the graveyard: lets us reanimate any other creature in my yard without the negatives of the reanimation aura. Both the Guide and the aura end up in the grave. Combos with Sun Titan and a free sacrifice outlet.

• Sun Titan + any of the reanimation auras: lets us return any other creature in a graveyard to the battlefield. Allows for some very strong loops that don't necessarily go infinite.

Cards In Flux --

• Promise of Power / Necropotence / Painful Truths / Dawn of Hope

• Teysa Karlov / Serra Ascendant / Falkenrath Noble / Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet / Suture Priest / Tithe Taker

• Pitiless Plunderer / Kalastria Healer / Gray Merchant of Asphodel / Tattered Mummy Geralf's Messsenger

• Thoughtseize / Tidehollow Sculler / Burnished Hart / Knight of the White Orchid

• Mimic Vat / Relic of Progenitus / Aetherflux Reservoir / Altar of Dementia

The deck's main gameplan falls apart pretty hard against Rest in Peace effects, or anything that prevents creatures in my yard from being targeted. I may need to include more noncreature removal in order to remove such effects, which will be typically be from enchantment or artifact sources.

Comments and suggestions are always welcome. I've played only a handful of games with the deck so far, and am always eager to try out the latest batch of changes. I've added tags to some cards to get a better idea of the deck's composition, and am seeking to pick up a copy of Cabal Coffers , ideally through trade. Holding out for a potential reprint in Horizons, though!

A last note, Wrath of God in the above list is actually Dusk / Dawn . I swapped it for the sake of display - it bothers me how this site counts Dusk / Dawn as a 10cmc card, and throws off the average cmc and curve chart.

Top Ranked	Achieved #37 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #28 position in Commander / EDH 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Aristocrats 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Lifegain 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 2 Mythic Rares 48 - 9 Rares 21 - 5 Uncommons 9 - 2 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.88
Tokens	Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Morph 2/2 C, Snake 1/1 B, Spirit 1/1 W, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Deck ideas