Combo life drain

Commander / EDH Combo Lifegain WUB (Esper)

Fer0

Land (35)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Kabira Crossroads
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 5x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Watery Grave

Artifact (6)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Azor's Gateway  ^Flip
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Venser's Journal
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

Creature (22)

• 1x Angel of Vitality
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Cliffhaven Vampire
• 1x Crested Sunmare
• 1x Defiant Bloodlord
• 1x Drogskol Reaver
• 1x Duskmantle Seer
• 1x Famished Paladin
• 1x Felidar Sovereign
• 1x Indulging Patrician
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Karlov of the Ghost Council
• 1x Resplendent Mentor
• 1x Rhox Faithmender
• 1x Sangromancer
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage
• 1x Vona, Butcher of Magan
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer
• 1x Zur the Enchanter

Sorcery (15)

• 1x Approach of the Second Sun
• 1x Command the Dreadhorde
• 1x Deadly Tempest
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Killing Wave
• 1x Replenish
• 1x Revival / Revenge
• 1x Savor the Moment
• 1x Storm Herd
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Commander (1)

Enchantment (16)

• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Boon Reflection
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Greed
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Palace Siege
• 1x Paradox Haze
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Righteous Aura
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Test of Endurance

Instant (4)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Silence

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ajani, Strength of the Pride

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Sorcery (6)

• 1x Dance of the Manse
• 1x Death Grasp
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Drain Life
• 1x Heroes Remembered
• 1x Syphon Mind

Instant (4)

• 2x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Sanguine Sacrament

Artifact (5)

• 1x Chalice of Life  ^Flip
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Fountain of Renewal
• 1x Sun Droplet
• 1x Thought Vessel

Creature (3)

• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Serra Avatar
• 1x Suture Priest

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Angelic Accord
• 1x Ashes of the Abhorrent
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Fleeting Memories

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About:

This deck is the first deck I have created from scratch and has been play tested for 20+ games and I would gladly appreciate any feedback. The deck can easily be a bit more budget if you just change the land base a bit and remove tutors and a few other cards (Don’t remove Aetherflux Reservoir + Exquisite Blood ). The reason I made this deck was because I realized that every creature based deck I loaned from my friends was quite hard to play because of all the creature removal that was coming as soon as my board got big enough to generate some pressure. That’s why I wanted to make a deck that was easy to play and that could deal a big chunk of damage even though they had defending creatures and creature removal.

How to play:

The deck plays in a way that you try to get your defensive enchantments into play fast as possible like Ghostly Prison + Propaganda + Righteous Aura (which is 3 of the 7 enchantments you can cheat out with Zur the Enchanter)

Try to ramp up to 5 mana as there is where the deck starts generating a lot of its power. This can be done fast with cards like Land Tax + Weathered Wayfarer + Smothering Tithe + Thought Vessel+ Sol Ring.

If you are alive at this stage and have 5 or more mana, then the fun can begin. Start putting out cards that will drain your opponents (did I forget to say that this deck scales with how many players that are in the game?) for everything they do or you do like EVERY CARD IN THE DECK (muahahaha!).

Combos:

Everything in this deck has a combo with some other card in a weird and unique way so read your cards an keep your eyes wide open. Some of the combos which have given me an easy win is combos like the classic Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond , you don’t have sanguine just whip out Defiant Bloodlord. Or you can be a bit new thinking and hit them with Aetherflux Reservoir + Exquisite Blood . Speaking of Aetherflux Reservoire that thing is a win condition in it self. Don’t be surprised if you get 100+ lives that just normal, so just whip out the life zucc tower and hit you opponents for a casual -50 in the face. If you want to be a bit more creative and use either Cliffhaven Vampire + Vizkopa Guildmage with either Soul Warden + Soul's Attendant + Suture Priest and Storm Herd for a unique way of ending the game. But… but… Fer0 I don’t have my combo pieces… That’s where the 3 tutors come in my friend Demonic Tutor + Diabolic Tutor + Enlightened Tutor . If you still cant win the game just play Approach of the Second Sun + Felidar Sovereign + Test of Endurance and laugh as your opponents look threw their hand for counter spells like its their 5 last minutes of their final exam.

What do I do if my opponent played a "players cant gain life card"?

Flip the table and leave

End Note

Don’t take the word of a ex dumpster tier Hearthstone legend player and try it out your self. But all jokes aside, this deck is very fun as you can try to get a new life record as a minigame while you set up your combos. Mine is currently at 164 lives.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Aetherflux Reservoir + Exquisite Blood Cliffhaven Vampire + Vizkopa Guildmage Soul Warden + Soul's Attendant + Suture Priest Ghostly Prison + Propaganda + Righteous Aura Demonic Tutor + Diabolic Tutor + Enlightened Tutor Approach of the Second Sun + Felidar Sovereign + Test of Endurance
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 52 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.63
Tokens	Ajani's Pridemate, Horse 5/5 W, Pegasus 1/1 W, Treasure