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Atheros, God of Passage *Suggestions Please!*

Commander / EDH Lifegain WB (Orzhov)

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Commander: Athreos, God of Passage

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Life Gain/Sac/Pestilence

Budget Deck

Tried to put together a deck list with cards that I have in my collection.

I find that I am having issues with either doing something during a turn or that my actions do not have enough impact on the game itself.

The goal I have set for the deck was to have creatures and enchantments that drain other players to the point where My Atheros Triggers would be not worth it. I put cards in that I felt were not "scary" looking to begin with, but could be abusive if I played them over and over again. Having players make the choice of whether it is worth it to allow for me to keep draining them for 1 damage each turn or to take the 3 in hopes to slow me down.

The main card I built around is Pestilence. I have added in cards that save my creatures from the damage while still draining other players and their creatures. Last Laugh was added to counter the token strategies and to have a board wipe that can get out of control quickly. Atheros would save my creatures from death and players would have to take more damage to keep me from rebuilding.

This being said, I also have life gain Enchantments/Creatures which will keep me ahead of everyone while they slowly lose life.

The political side of the deck is what also intrigued me to make it. Making deals with other players to allow for me to abuse the abilities of creatures I control so that way I do not constantly drain them. I can also make choices based off of life totals or other certain circumstances.

Let me know what yo think about the deck and if there is another approach to what I am trying to do.

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Changed cards after playtesting — Sept. 15, 2016
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Removed some of what I felt to be useless/less impactful cards after a few play tests. Since it was built, I have gone 4W/2L so far. I have added :

Harvester of Souls- to get some card draw off of my sac creatures and the table's dying creatures.

Falkenrath Noble- Redundancy in the draining

Ordered some new Cards that I felt would do well in this deck:

Dictate of Erebos- surprise effect! I flash this in at end of your turn then sac everything and make everyone sac their board. Also is some redundancy for butcher (also is budget version of grave pact)

Exquisite Blood- Finally got the last piece of the combo! Works with Sanguine Bond and Cliffhaven Vampire.

Kambal, Consul of Allocation- Possible Lieutenant? Lets me play differently but with the same end goal, drain everyone! Part of the 99, Great hate card/drain card keeps some non creature card based decks at bay when they are getting low. (burn, draw, etc.) They will have to make the decision if it is worth to lose that life to play their cards. If they try to kill it, they have to make the decision to make it a 5 life for one creature trade (especially since they will be getting low with everything else the deck is doing).

Palace Siege- Both modes work great with what we are trying to do. Drain all players and make us stronger or get back the creatures that people paid life for to make their sacrifice all for nothing. Mode depends on the game. Possible replacement for Retreat to Hagra.

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