My pain is your pain

Commander / EDH* BR (Rakdos) RBW (Mardu)

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Creature (17)

• 1x Archfiend of Despair
• 1x Brion Stoutarm
• 1x Children of Korlis
• 1x Cryptborn Horror
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Doom Whisperer
• 1x Evra, Halcyon Witness
• 1x Exquisite Archangel
• 1x Greven, Predator Captain
• 1x Moltensteel Dragon
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Thrull Parasite
• 1x Treasonous Ogre
• 1x Tree of Perdition
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage
• 1x Wall of Reverence

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Chandra's Ignition
• 1x Command the Dreadhorde
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Illicit Auction
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Revival / Revenge
• 1x Sins of the Past
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Land (39)

• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 11x Mountain
• 11x Plains
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
• 12x Swamp

Instant (15)

• 1x Act of Aggression
• 1x Angel's Grace
• 1x Beacon of Immortality
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Delirium
• 1x False Cure
• 1x Hatred
• 1x Lapse of Certainty
• 1x Mages' Contest
• 1x Master Warcraft
• 1x Orzhov Charm
• 1x Stunning Reversal
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Treacherous Urge
• 1x Withering Boon

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Captive Audience
• 1x Cradle of Vitality
• 1x Duelist's Heritage
• 1x Font of Agonies
• 1x Gonti's Machinations
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Pain Magnification
• 1x Spirit Link
• 1x Tainted Remedy

Commander (1)

Artifact (13)

• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Tainted Sigil
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams
• 1x Whip of Erebos

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Sideboard

Instant (17)

• 1x Artifact Blast
• 1x Awe Strike
• 1x Blazing Hope
• 1x Crackling Doom
• 1x Dark Bargain
• 1x Despark
• 1x Devour in Shadow
• 1x Divine Offering
• 1x Faith's Shield
• 1x Hide / Seek
• 1x Infernal Reckoning
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Rebuff the Wicked
• 1x Vendetta
• 1x Wear / Tear

Land (3)

• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 1x Temple of Aclazotz  ^Flip

Creature (13)

• 1x Alms Collector
• 1x Ankle Shanker
• 1x Anya, Merciless Angel
• 1x Arbiter of Knollridge
• 1x Clackbridge Troll
• 1x K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1x Luminate Primordial
• 1x Selfless Squire
• 1x Tavern Swindler
• 1x Treasury Thrull
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Xantcha, Sleeper Agent

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Consecrate / Consume
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Harmless Offering
• 1x Repay in Kind
• 1x Reverse the Sands
• 1x Sign in Blood

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Anthem of Rakdos
• 1x Axis of Mortality
• 1x Glacial Crevasses
• 1x Inner Sanctum
• 1x Lich's Mastery
• 1x Mystic Barrier
• 1x Phyrexian Unlife
• 1x Searing Meditation

Artifact (7)

• 1x Embercleave
• 1x Gauntlets of Chaos
• 1x Ivory Tower
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Soul Conduit
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Venser's Journal

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Maybeboard

Enchantment (18)

• 1x Act of Authority
• 1x Boon Reflection
• 1x Confusion in the Ranks
• 1x Custody Battle
• 1x Dawn of Hope
• 1x Dega Sanctuary
• 1x Lich
• 1x Mindmoil
• 1x Oath of Lieges
• 1x Planar Chaos
• 1x Price of Knowledge
• 1x Rain of Gore
• 1x Risky Move
• 1x Transcendence
• 1x True Conviction
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol
• 1x Worship
• 1x Wound Reflection

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Brainspoil
• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Finale of Promise
• 1x Goblin Game
• 1x Oketra's Last Mercy
• 1x Past in Flames
• 1x Thieves' Auction
• 1x Tragic Arrogance
• 1x Whims of the Fates

Creature (19)

• 1x Auriok Champion
• 1x Bazaar Trader
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Grid Monitor
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Magus of the Mirror
• 1x Master of Cruelties
• 1x Netherborn Phalanx
• 1x Rust Elemental
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Soul Warden
• 2x Stigma Lasher
• 1x Sustaining Spirit
• 1x Torgaar, Famine Incarnate
• 1x Treasure Nabber
• 1x Tymna the Weaver
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage
• 1x Zurgo Helmsmasher

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Angrath, the Flame-Chained
• 1x Huatli, Warrior Poet
• 1x Sorin Markov

Instant (11)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Alabaster Potion
• 1x Brand
• 1x Chastise
• 1x Dash Hopes
• 1x Flames of the Blood Hand
• 1x Heliod's Intervention
• 1x Oblation
• 1x Shred Memory
• 1x Snuff Out
• 1x Wild Ricochet

Artifact (10)

• 1x Assault Suit
• 1x Avarice Totem
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Eternity Vessel
• 1x Mirror Universe
• 1x Prophetic Prism
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

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This isn't even in beta mode yet, just putting together the card list. Trying to find more weird combinations and interactive cards then I'll whittle it down and get the right amount of removals, draw and ramp in. I'd like to put the counter spells of red, white and black in and 1-2 enchantment recursion.

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note: yes Bolas's Citadel might go in hear... No, I don't believe I want to also use atherflux resevoir. Same with having both Sanguine Bond and Exquisite Blood

The name of the game is to add some spice and mix things up a bit, with life totals and janky cards that make for novel interactions.

This is one of my brews where I'm really trying to achieve everything in one package, which means most of the cards will end up being more niche, because they will need to perform some of the staple functions while synergising. I want it to be able to: do well in combat; manipulate life totals; spice up the table (Mystic Barrier) or ; get people in weird ways (ex. Captive Audience or giving them Lich's Mastery or Transcendence)

Gonti's Machinations is really really good with any instant speed life pay triggers. Two uses of Doom Whisperer with cost 4 life, then with 3 opponents Machinations would give me 18. Seems pretty decent.

There's some ways to give away permanents, including ones that cause people to gain life while Tainted Remedy and Rain of Gore are out. If we need to, we can also swap life totals around. Maybe trade Lich's Mastery then drain them or remove it, or we could control it and benefit from it if the situation is right.

Creature synergies include: Greven, Predator Captain with Evra, Halcyon Witness/Moltensteel Dragon/Treasonous Ogre/Hatred, and either + Brion Stoutarm or Children of Korlis. Cryptborn Horror + Brion Stoutarm. Brion is excellent in combination with Cradle of Vitality/Spirit Link/Vizkopa Guildmage, it would seem. Vilis, Broker of Blood + Doom Whisperer/Greven, Predator Captain/Evra, Halcyon Witness/Moltensteel Dragon/Treasonous Ogre. Disciple of Bolas + Evra, Halcyon Witness/Greven, Predator Captain/Moltensteel Dragon. Brion Stoutarm/Evra, Halcyon Witness or another big creature, given lifelink + Chandra's Ignition. Soul's Attendant or Soul Warden + Searing Meditation. Wall of Reverence + Hatred/Greven, Predator Captain/Evra, Halcyon Witness/Moltensteel Dragon.

If you have far more life than another player, give them Xantcha, Sleeper Agent and use Treasonous Ogre to draw cards.

Changra's Ignition used with any lifelink creature. I had no idea... so good. Big shoutout to The Commander Dojo for pointing this out and some other nifty trick cards for Licia in his video about her https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfYLuxN_S78.

Another one Commander Dojo shared was Illusionist's Bracers and/or Rings of Brighthearth for doubling the counter ability on Licia. This will also work with other creatures in the deck, including: Treasonous Ogre, Brion Stoutarm, Greven, Predator Captain,Vilis, Broker of Blood, Vizkopa Guildmage, Children of Korlis, Moltensteel Dragon and Doom Whisperer.

Command the Dreadhorde + Angel's Grace. You can cast Command the Dreadhorde, hold priority and cast Angel's Grace to get all creatures onto the battlefield without going below 1 life and with no chance for a counterspell. Exquisite Archangel and Stunning Reversal are more interruptible version. Unfortunately Phyrexian Unlife is a nonbo.

A value use of the "life trade" or "target player gains life" cards is they can be used as player removal with False Cure or Tainted Remedy. The cards that work here are: Beacon of Immortality (and instant kill)/Soul Conduit/Reverse the Sands/Arbiter of Knollridge/Axis of Mortality/Luminate Primordial or even Tree of Perdition after it's toughness has been increased. Unfortunately Archfiend of Despair is a nonbo here and may justify some sacrifice abilities, though I couldn't see him lasting long.

Illicit Auction or Mages' Contest could be fun before I Reanimate or hard cast Archfiend of Despair, or just effective if the Archfiend is already on the field.

I want to find a good extort creature to put in here

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 4 Mythic Rares 31 - 29 Rares 24 - 14 Uncommons 6 - 6 Commons
Cards	104
Avg. CMC	3.48
Tokens	City's Blessing, Goat 0/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B