Between Life and Death

Commander / EDH*

Endr

Land (35)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x High Market
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 10x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Combo (7)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Angelic Renewal
• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Fiend Hunter
• 1x Leonin Relic-Warder
• 1x Sun Titan

Removal (6)

• 1x Abolish
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Snuff Out
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Utter End

Token (5)

• 1x Crested Sunmare
• 1x Field of Souls
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Monastery Mentor
• 1x Sifter of Skulls

LifeGain (11)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Children of Korlis
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Leonin Relic-Warder
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Tainted Sigil
• 1x Tree of Perdition

Ramp (10)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Sifter of Skulls
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer

Recursion (6)

• 1x Angelic Renewal
• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Dawn of the Dead
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Victimize

Tutor (6)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Dimir Machinations
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Liliana Vess

BoardWipe (4)

• 1x False Prophet
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Purify
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Commander (1)

CardDraw (10)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Dark Tutelage
• 1x Greed
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Twilight Prophet

Weaponize (7)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage
• 1x Wall of Blood

Control (5)

• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Mana Web
• 1x No Mercy

---

After doing some research about "competitive" Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim decks (or similar builds) I noticed that those deck didn't even play their commander. Which is a little boring since EDH is meant to rely on a commander's abilities and you build around that. So I wanted to make a deck that was some where in-between a turn 3-4 combo deck and a highly adaptive casual play style. While I am not super fond of infinite combos I did end up leaving the combos in as a way to finish drawn out matches and as a way to have an infinite sacrifice target. Most of the time this deck won't go infinite unless I really push to grab the pieces. In my current play group we have a Locust God deck that is incredibly fast. To try to match his speed I made the mana curve as low as I could while still retaining the life gain/sacrifice utility that Ayli offers. But, since I know I was going to to be consistently slower then blue draw spells I decided to add some control elements. Things like Mana Web, Blind Obedience, No Mercy, and Ghostly Prison. Any help or recommendations would be great

Infinite Sacrifice Outlets:

Leonin Relic-Warder + Animate Dead

Fiend Hunter + Sun Titan

Angelic Renewal + Sun Titan

Other Combos:

Black Market +No Mercy

Infinite sacrifice outlet + Sifter of Skulls / Field of Souls + Ashnod's Altar / Altar of Dementia

Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim + Vizkopa Guildmage + Wall of Blood

Children of Korlis + Vizkopa Guildmage + Wall of Blood

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Key combos	Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim + Vizkopa Guildmage + Wall of Blood Children of Korlis + Vizkopa Guildmage + Wall of Blood
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.18
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, City's Blessing, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Horse 5/5 W, Monk 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W
Folders	Orzhov ideas