Life Matters

Modern

Desgarl

Creature (4)

• 4x Wall of Shards

Land (24)

• 4x Caves of Koilos
• 4x Fetid Heath
• 4x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Plains
• 1x Swamp
• 4x Temple of Silence
• 2x Unstable Frontier
• 4x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Enchantment (15)

• 3x Exquisite Blood
• 4x Karma
• 4x Runed Halo
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 3x Tainted Remedy

Artifact (4)

• 4x Mind Stone

Instant (5)

• 1x Beacon of Immortality
• 4x Rest for the Weary

Sorcery (8)

• 4x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Damnation
• 2x Oust
• 1x Wrath of God

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Sideboard

Enchantment (9)

• 4x Contaminated Ground
• 2x Evil Presence
• 3x Greater Auramancy

Sorcery (6)

• 4x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 2x Thoughtseize

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Maybeboard

Land (2)

• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Vault of the Archangel

Enchantment (11)

• 4x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Illness in the Ranks
• 1x Leyline of Sanctity
• 4x Porphyry Nodes
• 1x Rule of Law

Artifact (15)

• 1x Batterskull
• 3x Chalice of Life  ^Flip
• 4x Orzhov Signet
• 3x Pristine Talisman
• 4x Sun Droplet

Instant (2)

• 2x Zealous Persecution

Sorcery (8)

• 4x Lingering Souls
• 4x Timely Reinforcements

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Deck is based on two combos that work really well together.

Combos:1. Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond = Instawin. 2. Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth + Karma + Runed Halo = Opponent loses life equal to their lands and we do not.

Interactions:Karma + Exquisite Blood with Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth let's us gain life off opponent's damage making this a nice little replacement for Runed Halo or just a constant life drain.

Beseech the Queen is a Cheap way to get necessary pieces. Mind Stone is a way to speed up the deck (as it is quite slow) and draws a card when it's not needed anymore.

Finally Damnation and Wrath of God is our way to escape death from aggro decks.

This leaves us with 10 slots to keep us alive while we assemble the combos.

Option 1 (Prison route): 2 Greater Auramancy + 4 Ghostly Prison + 4 Porphyry Nodes

Option 2 (lifegain): 4 Sun Droplet + 3 Pristine Talisman + 3 Chalice of Life  

Option 3 (tokens), current one: 4 Lingering Souls + 4 Timely Reinforcements + 2 Zealous Persecution

All options are viable and there must be a ton of other possible routes - so suggestions are more than welcome.

Core of the deck is Karma and Exquisite Blood, cards that work quite well together and are castable on curve.

UPD: Right now testing the crazy set up Wall of Shards, Rest for the Weary, Tainted Remedy and a Beacon of Immortality.

Kind of like it so far since it plays more to the theme of toying with life totals.

Another finding is Unstable Frontier which can serve as a nice backup for Runed Halo by making Urborg a plains until end of turn during the upkeep.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Exclude colors	URG
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	34 - 5 Rares 20 - 4 Uncommons 4 - 6 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.25