I See White People.....

Commander / EDH Combo Lifegain Mono-White Soldiers Tokens

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Creature (29)

• 1x Anointer Priest
• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Archivist of Oghma
• 1x Auriok Champion
• 1x Bennie Bracks, Zoologist
• 1x Brimaz, King of Oreskos
• 1x Catapult Master
• 1x Crovax, Ascendant Hero
• 1x Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Esper Sentinel
• 1x Goldnight Commander
• 1x Hero of Bladehold
• 1x Jazal Goldmane
• 1x Keeper of the Accord
• 1x Knight-Captain of Eos
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Loxodon Gatekeeper
• 1x Lunarch Veteran  ^Flip
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Mirror Entity
• 1x Ranger of Eos
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Suture Priest
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer
• 1x Welcoming Vampire

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Artifact (18)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ankh of Mishra
• 1x Archaeomancer's Map
• 1x Blasting Station
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Nyx Lotus
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Torture Chamber
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

Instant (5)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Ajani's Welcome
• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Commander (1)

Land (38)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Drifting Meadow
• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1x Grand Coliseum
• 1x High Market
• 1x Karoo
• 1x Kjeldoran Outpost
• 1x Nomad Stadium
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 24x Plains
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 1x Tarnished Citadel
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Windbrisk Heights

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Collective Effort
• 1x Fell the Mighty

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The main goal of this deck is to amass a huge army and swing for lethal with a bunch of pumped tokens or as a secondary win-con to combo-out and mill everybody with Darien+Blasting Station + Soul Warden & Altar of Dementia

Instead of just telling you what my creatures do I need to explain the combos and how they run with Darien. Ironically, I hate the color white, but this deck is so fun to play!

Assembling the Combo

This deck starts with Darien being the most important piece. Without Darien in play, my deck can still win by generating tokens, but the combo isn't nearly as effective.

As you know, Darien, King of Kjeldor spits out 1/1 Soldiers whenever I am DAMAGED (this does not include losing life from the Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond combo). So I included lands and a few spells that deal damage to myself. These cards include...

• Ancient Tomb, Tarnished Citadel, City of Brass, Grand Coliseum, and Nomad Stadium, Ankh of Mishra, Mana Crypt and Mana Vault. Hence, why Expedition Map is in here.

That all may sound great but shouldn't I put in cards that gain that life back? Yes, but to make it gross, it needs to be from ETB triggers. Cue the Soul Sisters...

• Soul Warden, Soul's Attendant, Suture Priest, Auriok Champion Healer of the Pride, Ajani's Welcome and Angelic Chorus,.

This allows us to gain back any damage that we take from 1/1 soldiers entering off of Darien triggers. As long as the damage is not either 21 commander or lethal when we take the damage, our life total will either grow from Healer of the Pride or stay the same when we take damage. But how can we abuse this more? Lemme show you...

After we gain life back from the Soul Sisters, Archangel of Thune will then trigger. So lets say we tap Ancient Tomb and Tarnished Citadel for 2 colorless and a {W}. This deals 5 damage to us, triggering Darien, which triggers Soul Warden 5 times, which triggers Archangel of Thune 5 separate times and putting 5 +1/+1 counters on each creature we control BEFORE WE EVEN PLAY A SPELL. Other cards that do similar things include Cathars' Crusade, and Goldnight Commander. I can also draw a ton of cards with Mentor of the Meek and Well of Lost Dreams. This can definitely get a little overwhelming at times...

There is one more step to this combo, which can make it go infinite, and that is a Sac Outlet. Blasting Station is the key to making this deck go crazy. With Blasting Station out I can make infinite ETB triggers with Darien by targeting myself with the 1 damage from Blasting Station. I ca gain infinite life with Healer of the Pride, and make my dudes infinitely huge with Cathars' Crusade, Archangel of Thune and Goldnight Commander. I can also make infinite 1/1 Spirits with Requiem Angel (the flavor is kinda cool too) creating more ETB triggers and making fat dudes for Altar of Dementia.

Protection

Obviously I need some sort of protection for all my combo pieces.

• Lightning Greaves and Swiftfoot Boots are great for Darien and a Soul Sister.
• Rootborn Defenses and Darksteel Plate protects my creature(s) from a board wipe.

Makin Some Soldiers

Some would think this may be a Squirrel deck due to how fast my soldiers can multiply, but nope. It's not. If Darien isn't out or somebody casts Nevermore I need to find ways in order to make more soldiers... - Brimaz, King of Oreskos, Knight-Captain of Eos, Hero of Bladehold, Elspeth, Sun's Champion,Elspeth Tirel, and Kjeldoran Outpost.

Ramp/Card Draw

Mono-White Ramp? Yea buddy...

Burnished Hart, Knight of the White Orchid, Land Tax, Mana Crypt, Mana Vault Sword of the Animist, Terrain Generator, Solemn Simulacrum, Sol Ring, Caged Sun and Gilded Lotus

Card Draw Mentor of the Meek, Crystal Ball, Well of Lost Dreams, Mind's Eye, Staff of Nin, and Skullclamp,

Removal Package

We really desire removal that does not target our creatures because of our lack of recursion.

• Mass Calcify, Fell the Mighty, Austere Command, Martial Coup, Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Oblivion Ring, Return to Dust, Swords to Plowshares, Path to Exile, Catapult Master

Recursion

• Sun Titan can get us back a land, and a Soul Sister!
• Reveillark is just value for us

Pump Spells

These spells get our dudes fatter and lethal. P.S. Make sure you can kill everybody when you cast Coat of Arms.

• Archangel of Thune, Cathars' Crusade, Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, Coat of Arms, True Conviction Jazal Goldmane, etc.

Discussion

I want to iterate that Darien is obviously not the best general or in the best color combo around. Mono-white in general is considered to be one of the weaker colors to be playing in EDH (next to mono-red) due to its lack of card draw and mana ramp (the two most important components in a EDH deck).

The reason that I am saying this is because this deck was created for one thing. Fun. This deck does exceptionally well at kitchen table Magic games and FNM where people aren't "try hard" control players that wrath the board every 2 turns. You need to be in a meta where people want to have fun. It's great to see people's reaction when you lay down City of Brass, or Tarnished Citadel while playing a mono-white deck. Or trying to explain the combo and all the triggers happening simultaneously with Archangel of Thune and Soul Warden. Seeing other people have fun with your deck is what makes it so sweet.

THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT!!!

I want to make sure to thank all of you for making this deck the #1 voted Darien deck on TappedOut!!

I also appreciate that the deck that I feel is my least "Spikey" is my most popular deck. That says a lot about the Magic community.

If you have any questions or discussions about the deck please comment below and give a +1! I would really appreciate it!

Top Ranked	Achieved #6 position overall 8 years ago
Date added	8 years
Last updated	1 year
Key combos	Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond Blasting Station + Soul Warden
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.06
Tokens	Anointer Priest 1/3 W, Cat Soldier 1/1 W, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Soldier 1/1 W, Treasure
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