Ayli, Who Likes to Gain Life and Exile Things

Commander / EDH* Combo Lifegain

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Creature (25)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Cliffhaven Vampire
• 1x Crested Sunmare
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Drana's Emissary
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Pious Evangel  ^Flip
• 1x Pontiff of Blight
• 1x Rhox Faithmender
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Suture Priest
• 1x Treasury Thrull
• 1x Tree of Perdition
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Hour of Revelation
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Storm Herd
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Land (38)

• 1x Blighted Steppe
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x High Market
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 9x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 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 Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Enchantment (13)

• 1x Angelic Accord
• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Greed
• 1x Palace Siege
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Proper Burial
• 1x Righteous Aura
• 1x Underworld Connections

Commander (1)

Artifact (14)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Orzhov Cluestone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Phyrexian Processor
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

Instant (6)

• 1x Beacon of Immortality
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Elspeth Tirel
• 1x Kaya, Ghost Assassin
• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis

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Maybeboard

Creature (7)

• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Ravos, Soultender
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Serra Avatar
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Debtors' Knell
• 1x Hidden Stockpile

Artifact (2)

• 1x Oketra's Monument
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Instant (1)

• 1x Mortify

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Death Grasp
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
• 1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor

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This is ofc a wip, but to get some baseline ideas:

• There are ~10 cards dedicated to card draw and to mana ramp. Since I'm in orzhov, they're all within the artifact and creature category

• 5 board wipes and 4 targeted removal, since Ayli has great targeted removal built into her

• The game-plan of the deck is to produce a lot of tokens while abusing ETB and death effects of creatures like blood artist, soul warden or otherwise, slowly gaining life and draining your opponents, eventually getting everyone with, usually, an exsanguinate or a debt to the deathless. The life-gain is used to take advantage of the cards in black that accrue value over time that hurt you (ex. greed) and to make sure that ayli's second ability is online as much as possible.

I would love opinions on what to keep and what to take out, since I'm still more than 20 cards over. Thank you!

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	111
Avg. CMC	3.62
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Horse 5/5 W, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Minion X/X B, Pegasus 1/1 W, Soldier 1/1 W, Thopter 1/1 C, Vampire Knight 1/1 B, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Zombie 2/2 B