Darien, the Masochistic King of EDH

Commander / EDH Lifegain Soldiers Tokens Weenie

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Instant (5)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Make a Stand
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Deploy to the Front
• 1x Martial Coup
• 1x Mass Calcify
• 1x Nomads' Assembly
• 1x Wrath of God

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Honor of the Pure
• 1x Intangible Virtue
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Mobilization
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Path of Bravery
• 1x True Conviction

Artifact (12)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Jade Monolith
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Obelisk of Urd
• 1x Pearl Medallion
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Stoneforge Masterwork

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Ajani Goldmane
• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Creature (30)

• 1x Aegis of the Gods
• 1x Ajani's Pridemate
• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Archetype of Courage
• 1x Auriok Champion
• 1x Bastion Protector
• 1x Benalish Commander
• 1x Captain of the Watch
• 1x Catapult Master
• 1x Containment Priest
• 1x Crusader of Odric
• 1x Daru Warchief
• 1x Emeria Shepherd
• 1x Field Marshal
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Hanweir Militia Captain  ^Flip
• 1x Healer of the Pride
• 1x Hero of Bladehold
• 1x Knight-Captain of Eos
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Mirror Entity
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Odric, Master Tactician
• 1x Preeminent Captain
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Suture Priest
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer

Land (34)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Daru Encampment
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1x Forbidding Watchtower
• 1x Grand Coliseum
• 1x Kabira Crossroads
• 1x Kjeldoran Outpost
• 1x Kor Haven
• 1x New Benalia
• 1x Nomad Stadium
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 18x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Tarnished Citadel

Commander (1)

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Sorcery (1)

• 1x Fumigate

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Authority of the Consuls

Artifact (4)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Jinxed Idol
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Staff of Nin

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Elspeth Tirel

Creature (4)

• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Felidar Sovereign
• 1x Lone Rider  ^Flip
• 1x Odric, Lunarch Marshal

Land (1)

• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

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This is the first EDH deck that I've made by myself and I'm pretty happy with it, but any imput is appreciated!

Darien is a masochist and loves to bleed Soldiers...So let's abuse him!

Taking damage let's our army grow, but we use life gain to compensate for that.

Jade Monolith , Tarnished Citadel , Ancient Tomb , Nomad Stadium , Grand Coliseum , and City of Brass allow us to make a few tokens by damaging ourselves while also providing mana (or protection aka Monolith)

Soul Warden, Auriok Champion, Soul's Attendant, Suture Priest, and Healer of the Pride instantly heal us back after the soldiers enter. This makes it to where your opponent either has to kill you in 1 shot (or commander or poison).

The rest of the deck is centered around mass enchantments and effects. Something like Honor of the Pure might only be giving you a +1/+1, but that adds up when you have 20 Soldiers all taking advantage of it. Its quality versus quantity, but we're making the Soldiers pretty quality.

You fight a war of attrition, blocking large attacks with 1/1 soldiers and taking damage to expand your army until the moment that you can swing with a huge board of tokens.

Thank you for checking out my deck and have a great day :)

PS: I plan on upgrading the basics to the Unglued prints soon.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 49 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.38
Tokens	*/* W Creature Avatar, Angel 4/4 W, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Kor Soldier 1/1 W, Soldier 1/1 W
Folders	Decks with good cards :p