Extortion (Do you want to pay 3 life?)

Commander / EDH Cruel Control Lifegain WB (Orzhov)

Gienah

Sorcery (17)

• 1x Army of the Damned
• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Demonic Collusion
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Exhume
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Obzedat's Aid
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Wrath of God

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Debtors' Knell
• 1x Martyr's Bond
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Underworld Connections

Artifact (6)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Orzhov Cluestone
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of Light and Shadow
• 1x Tainted Sigil

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Liliana Vess
• 1x Sorin, Lord of Innistrad

Creature (30)

• 1x Archon of Justice
• 1x Ashen Rider
• 1x Ashling, the Extinguisher
• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Dread
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Glory
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Lieutenant Kirtar
• 1x Liliana's Specter
• 1x Magus of the Abyss
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Mortivore
• 1x Necrotic Sliver
• 1x Pontiff of Blight
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Tidehollow Sculler
• 1x Treasury Thrull
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine
• 1x Yosei, the Morning Star

Land (36)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 11x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 12x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vivid Marsh

Commander (1)

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Maybeboard

Instant (1)

• 1x Hatred

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Ambition's Cost
• 1x Ashes to Ashes
• 1x Curse of the Cabal
• 1x Promise of Power
• 1x Stitch Together
• 1x Unburial Rites
• 1x Victimize

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Necromancy
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Oversold Cemetery
• 1x Painful Quandary

Creature (6)

• 1x Anowon, the Ruin Sage
• 1x Korlash, Heir to Blackblade
• 1x Maralen of the Mornsong
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Royal Assassin

Land (1)

• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse

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Do you want to pay 3 life?

Orzhov extortion and sacrifices.

Heavy graveyard abusing, force sacrificing, life stealing, and discarding goodness.

Do you want to pay 3 life?

Notable combos:

Gray Merchant of Asphodel + Tainted Sigil

Kokusho, the Evening Star + Tainted Sigil

Lieutenant Kirtar , Necrotic Sliver, Ashen Rider, Anything with ETB/LBT triggers + Athreos, God of Passage

Do you want to pay 3 life?

Date added	9 years
Last updated	8 years
Key combos	Gray Merchant of Asphodel + Tainted Sigil Kokusho, the Evening Star + Tainted Sigil
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.22
Tokens	Emblem Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, Vampire 1/1 B w/ Lifelink, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Zombie 2/2 B