Ajani and Gideon

Vintage Aggro Counters Lifegain Mono-White Ramp Weenie

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Creature (26)

• 4x Healer's Hawk
• 4x Ajani's Pridemate
• 2x Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
• 3x Impassioned Orator
• 2x Heliod, Sun-Crowned
• 2x Linden, the Steadfast Queen
• 3x Archon of Sun's Grace
• 3x Gideon's Company
• 3x Twinblade Paladin

Enchantment (8)

• 4x Banishing Light
• 4x Conclave Tribunal

Artifact (2)

• 2x Shadowspear

Land (20)

• 20x Plains

Planeswalker (4)

• 2x Gideon Blackblade
• 2x Ajani, Strength of the Pride

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Sideboard

Instant (4)

• 2x Disenchant
• 2x Unbreakable Formation

Artifact (3)

• 3x Glass Casket

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Planar Cleansing

Creature (2)

• 2x Alseid of Life's Bounty

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Elspeth Conquers Death

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Maybeboard

Instant (3)

• 3x Gideon's Sacrifice

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Main Concept: life gain into creature ramp with exile control

There are no mana costs exceeding 4 so the deck is quick and it doesn't rely on one particular card or combo, this makes it hard to beat.

Combos: The goal is to gain life from as many sources as possible, this is achieved with creature drop (Daxos, Blessed by the Sun, Impassioned Orator), lifelink (Healer's Hawk, Heliod, Sun-Crowned, Archon of Sun's Grace, Shadowspear, and Gideon Blackblade), declared attackers (Linden, the Steadfast Queen), and directly (Ajani, Strength of the Pride. The life gain builds into creature ramp with Ajani's Pridemate, Gideon's Company, and Twinblade Paladin.

Removal: It has decent utility with Banishing Light and Conclave Tribunal which allow you to remove nonland permanent.

Synergy: Additionally, Ajani, Strength of the Pride can make tokens of Ajani's Pridemate and it clears the opponent's board if you start your turn with 35 life or more. Also Archon of Sun's Grace will make additional flying-lifelink creatures when you cast Banishing Light or Conclave Tribunal.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	1 year
Splash colors	W
Legality	This deck is Vintage legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 7 - 8 Rares 20 - 5 Uncommons 7 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.85
Tokens	Ajani's Pridemate, Pegasus 2/2 W