Ayli, Ritual Disembowelment

Commander / EDH Casual Lifegain WB (Orzhov)

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Creature (27)

• 1x Ashen Rider
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Cliffhaven Vampire
• 1x Crested Sunmare
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Divinity of Pride
• 1x Drana's Emissary
• 1x Emeria Shepherd
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Fiend Hunter
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Karlov of the Ghost Council
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Rhox Faithmender
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Suture Priest
• 1x Tree of Perdition
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage

Instant (5)

• 1x Mortify
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Utter End

Land (39)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Mirrorpool
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 9x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Vivid Marsh
• 1x Vivid Meadow

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Victimize

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Commander (1)

Artifact (11)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x MImic Vat
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x Hidden Stockpile
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Sanguine Bond

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Maybeboard

Creature (8)

• 1x Agent of Erebos
• 1x Brood of Cockroaches
• 1x Felidar Sovereign
• 1x Lone Rider  ^Flip
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Sangromancer
• 1x Treasury Thrull
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Artifact (3)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Oketra's Monument
• 1x Sun Droplet

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Angelic Accord
• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Dawn of the Dead
• 1x Greed
• 1x True Conviction

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Raise Dead

Land (4)

• 1x Kabira Crossroads
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x New Benalia
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Instant (3)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Corpse Dance
• 1x Start / Finish

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"Romanticize it, glamorize it, call it what you will. To me, it will always be carnal, bloody murder." - Ayli, crazy religious nut.

OK, so nowhere does it say she disemboweled her sacrifices, and the feature card doesn't actually appear in the deck, but they're both flavour wins.

Ayli's abilities nudge towards a lifegain theme, maybe with a secondary token generation theme (since she needs sac fodder). Since her lifegain is related to the toughness of creatures, tokens aren't super great since they tend to be smaller in toughness. I'm focusing on creatures that either gain life or have ETB of death triggers.

Sources: average Ayli deck from EDH REC: https://edhrec.com/decks/ayli-eternal-pilgrim

http://articles.edhrec.com/commander-showdown-ayli-vs-karlov/

Best Ayli Deck Description (IMHO): http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/ayli-eternal-sacrificing-1/

I love this deck too: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/aylis-solemn-ritual/. Apparently there's a Solemnity + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed combo that looks amazing with Ayli.

Combo guide: http://articles.edhrec.com/combo-corner-reveillark-and-karmic-guide/

Command Zone Podcast: https://www.rocketjump.com/listen/deck-doctors-ayli-eternal-pilgrim-116This is a pretty cool podcast. Makes me really think about making a theme for the deck.

Primer: https://www.mtgsalvation.com/articles/49705-primer-highlight-kelzams-ayli-eternal-pilgrim

Story: http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/serious-fun/eternal-pilgrim-2015-12-29

Sun Titan Provides extra ramp with fetch lands.

Help!!

So the deck is coming along, but I am open to advice.

Lands Do I have too many Lands? Do I have the right lands? I've got a lot of utility lands, do I have enough basic lands which are needed for Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth and Crypt Ghast?

General Do I have the right cards? I have all the cards in the Maybeboard and I think any of them would be great. Any suggestions for swaps would be appreciated.

Answers Do I have the correct answers? Should I go down some too much single target removal and add something else? I'm missing graveyard hate?

Fun Any additional fun synergies or combo's I should look at that are on theme for a lifegain deck?

Lifegain

Aetherflux Reservoir
Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
Blood Artist
Cliffhaven Vampire
Crypt Ghast
Debt to the Deathless
Drana's Emissary
Exquisite Blood
Fumigate
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Kambal, Consul of Allocation
Pontiff of Blight
Pristine Talisman
Rhox Faithmender
Soul Warden
Soul's Attendant
Tree of Perdition
Vizkopa Guildmage
Zulaport Cutthroat

Ramp

Burnished Hart
Crypt Ghast
Knight of the White Orchid
Mind Stone
Orzhov Signet
Pristine Talisman
Sol Ring
Solemn Simulacrum
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Wayfarer's Bauble

Draw

Erebos, God of the Dead
Phyrexian Arena
Read the Bones
Skullclamp
Solemn Simulacrum
Well of Lost Dreams
Grim Haruspex
Necropotence - Going to try it out. I'm concerned about the life loss in this deck.

Combos

Sanguine Bond + Exquisite Blood
Sanguine Bond + Blood Tribute
Vizkopa Guildmage + Exquisite Blood
Reveillark + Karmic Guide
Fiend Hunter + Sun Titan

Gift of Immortality + Sun Titan

Ayli + Tree of Perdition

Ashen Rider + Mimic Vat For 3 mana exile two permanents, attack (or block) with a 5/5 flyer, and sacrifice to Ayli (one more mana) and get five life. After it's sacrificed it's still exiled to Mimic Vat so you can do it again next turn!

Weaknesses

Animar, Soul of Elements

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.31
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Horse 5/5 W, Morph 2/2 C, Servo 1/1 C, Soldier 1/1 W
Folders	ayli