Ayli lifegain on a bit of a budget.

Commander / EDH Budget Casual Lifegain

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Creature (28)

• 1x Agent of Masks
• 1x Anointer Priest
• 1x Archfiend of Despair
• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Captain of the Watch
• 1x Cliffhaven Vampire
• 1x Drana's Emissary
• 1x Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
• 1x Filigree Familiar
• 1x Geist-Honored Monk
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Hanweir Militia Captain  ^Flip
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Kingpin's Pet
• 1x Pontiff of Blight
• 1x Skirsdag High Priest
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Suture Priest
• 1x Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
• 1x Treasury Thrull
• 1x Tree of Perdition
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage
• 1x Wall of Reverence
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Artifact (13)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Oketra's Monument
• 1x Orzhov Cluestone
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Whip of Erebos
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Death Grasp
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Martial Coup
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Wrath of God

Instant (3)

• 1x Beacon of Immortality
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Commander (1)

Land (34)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 11x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 13x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Dawn of the Dead
• 1x Hidden Stockpile
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Profane Procession  ^Flip
• 1x Retreat to Hagra
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Spirit Bonds
• 1x Vampiric Rites

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Creature (6)

• 1x Anointer Priest
• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Hallowed Spiritkeeper
• 1x Wall of Reverence
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Artifact (2)

• 1x Dreamstone Hedron
• 1x Hedron Archive

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Authority of the Consuls

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Beacon of Unrest

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Gain life and convert it into damage where able. Beacon of Immortality + Vizkopa Guildmage, and Tree of Perdition + Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim + Vizkopa Guildmage are win conditions. Replace Guildmage with Sanguine Bond and you can lethal one other player. There are also a lot of effects similar to the one of Cliffhaven Vampire and Drana's Emissary along with extorts (Pontiff of Blight) in this deck, that allows you to whittle down your opponents' life totals slowly if you can't combo them out. Aetherflux Reservoir is another possible win condition. If all of those fail, you may (probably not but its possible) be able to win just by spamming out tokens and giving them all lifelink with Whip of Erebos then turning them all sideways.

Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim for single-target removal. Because Ayli should be most of the single target removal (and she is instant speed!), I decided to not include Utter End and Anguished Unmaking. Instead, I stocked up on board wipes. I did however include Swords to Plowshares that card is simply too good.

Various token generating creatures and enchantments for sacrificial purposes for Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim. Westvale Cult Leader, Geist-Honored Monk, Spirit Bonds, Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder, Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts, Martial Coup, Oketra's Monument, Trading Post (although Trading post is more multi-purpose), Hidden Stockpile, Hangarback Walker, and Wurmcoil Engine. (There may be more)

Card Draw from Phyrexian Arena, Bloodgift Demon, Night's Whisper, Sign in Blood, Read the Bones, Skullclamp, Vampiric Rites, Solemn Simulacrum, Filigree Familiar, and possibly more.

Ramp from Pristine Talisman, Myriad Landscape, Sol Ring, Sword of the Animist, Thought Vessel, Thran Dynamo, Worn Powerstone, and Solemn Simulacrum.

I went to a Rivals of Ixalan prerelease a few months back and I pulled a Profane Procession  . This gives us some more single-target removal, but more importantly it transforms into Tomb of the Dusk Rose. Having a way to steal stuff is always fun in commander, so I added it in.

CARDS I AM UNSURE ABOUT: Anointer Priest - this deck wants to make tokens, and gain life, so this card seems like a no-brainer, but I think that its too situational. You only gain life if you are currently generating tokens. Cards like Soul's Attendant just seem better for this. Its a 'win more' card, imo.

Hallowed Spiritkeeper - Again, this seems a bit too situational. Its a cheap card that does nothing early game besides vigilance, and relies on a full graveyard to be effective.

Hedron Archive and Dreamstone Hedron - card draw and ramp, something every deck loves, but I feel like I already have too many 4 drops and 6 drops and my curve is hurting for it.

Beacon of Unrest - I kind of want to add this for the recursion but I think I might already have enough, plus I mainly want to be sacking tokens anyway.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.38
Tokens	Anointer Priest 1/3 W, Demon 5/5 B, Goat 0/1 W, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Servo 1/1 C, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 WB, Thopter 1/1 C, Thrull 1/1 B, Warrior 1/1 W w/ Vigilance, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink