Life gained isn't life lost

Commander / EDH Casual Combo Lifegain Primer RBW (Mardu)

LordTsukune

Land (36)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Inspiring Vantage
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 5x Plains
• 1x Radiant Fountain
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

WinCon (9)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Beacon of Immortality
• 1x Chandra's Ignition
• 1x Earthquake
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Fault Line
• 1x Manabarbs
• 1x Pestilence
• 1x Sanguine Bond

Protection (4)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Dawn Charm
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Teferi's Protection

GraveyardHate (2)

• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Scavenger Grounds

Lifegain (23)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Beacon of Immortality
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Children of Korlis
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Divinity of Pride
• 1x Evra, Halcyon Witness
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Gifted Aetherborn
• 1x Hide / Seek
• 1x Icatian Moneychanger
• 1x Ivory Tower
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Plunge into Darkness
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Tithe Drinker
• 1x True Conviction
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage

Ramp (9)

• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Soldevi Adnate
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Treasonous Ogre

Tutor (4)

• 1x Gamble
• 1x Night Dealings
• 1x Plunge into Darkness
• 1x Sunforger

TokenSpawn (2)

• 1x Angelic Accord
• 1x Resplendent Angel

Commander (1)

Draw (10)

• 1x Damnable Pact
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Gift of Estates
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Necrologia
• 1x Oreskos Explorer
• 1x Painful Truths
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

Removal (10)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Chandra's Ignition
• 1x Crush Contraband
• 1x Fire Covenant
• 1x Hide / Seek
• 1x Lapse of Certainty
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Wipe (7)

• 1x Chandra's Ignition
• 1x Earthquake
• 1x Fault Line
• 1x Fire Covenant
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Pestilence

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Sideboard

Other (15)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Greed
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Iroas, God of Victory
• 1x Neheb, the Eternal
• 1x Rolling Earthquake
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Sunbond
• 1x Tainted Sigil
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Venser's Journal
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

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i simply can't wait to play this deck unfortunately for me it may take a while as I'm short on funds atm I do own some of these cards already and the base of this deck was taken from someone else but I've made several changes to the deck.

What was changed and why.

okay so i started with getting rid of the once only draw spells for draw mechanics cause I don't like top decking and I get more draw for my buck mostly in my own meta cause enchantment removal is limited at my gaming shop so first off got rid of Night's Whisper was removed for Phyrexian Arena now I know this is an expensive increase but its just so much better. secondly Read the Bones was removed for Sanguine Bond cause a combo piece with this card makes it worth the loss of one draw spell. 3rdly Talisman of Indulgence was removed for Angelic Accord I don't like the ping even tho it taps for Colourless it isn't worthy of being ramp to me unless i'm building around it. 4th Mirage Mirror for True Conviction its easier to gain life this way and theres far to much advantage even at the high mana cost. next fixing creature base, 1stly Wurmcoil Engine had to come out his 6 cost wasn't doing it for me plus to little gain from a simple deathtouch life gain even with the two tokens it creates on death, So i changed it for Archangel of Thune this is super easy to hit off without even swinging. 2ndly Tavern Swindler had to come out i don't like random chance for life gain especially at the cost of 3 life so Resplendent Angel is a far better choice with it's token spawn. 3rdly Glory-Bound Initiate for Soul Warden makes more sense since i'm making tokens real quick this will give me more life overal.

Win Cons and Combos

Sanguine Bond + Exquisite Blood infi life gain loss combo wining as soon as you gain any life at all or lose any. Exquisite Blood + Aetherflux Reservoir this is one i came across randomly playing a friend who didn't notice till i read both cards side by side. Beacon of Immortality + Sanguine Bond tho not an instant win unless your at 40+ life it's still a wining factor. Vizkopa Guildmage + Exquisite Blood an obvious win con by this point but still easily done. Well of Lost Dreams + Exquisite Blood for large ammounts of draw.

What inspired me to try a life gain deck.

now i've played alot of Commander at this point i've seen a lot of decks played and a lot of combos and this is practically untouched waters for me i've always considered life gain to be to slow a deck for me but this isn't so hard to trigger off with the commander i've choosen i didn't like Oloro, Ageless Ascetic cause there wasn't enough combos i could run, he also felt to pillowy to me.

progress reports

as of this moment nothing has changed to the deck simply cause i've not bought it yet i intend to in a few weeks i'll keep you all posted as i go along.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 4 Mythic Rares 43 - 6 Rares 23 - 5 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.08
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Angel 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Vampire Knight 1/1 B
Folders	Licia decks
Based on	The Price of Blood nerva90 EDH