The Immortal King

Commander / EDH* Lifegain Mono-White Soldiers Tokens

Jaathik

Masochism (13)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Angel's Trumpet
• 1x Ankh of Mishra
• 1x Armageddon Clock
• 1x Blood of the Martyr
• 1x Cold Snap
• 1x Dingus Staff
• 1x Doom Cannon
• 1x Fire and Brimstone
• 1x Jade Monolith
• 1x Jinxed Idol
• 1x Skull Catapult
• 1x Thought Prison

Protection (7)

• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x General's Kabuto
• 1x Indestructibility
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Shielded by Faith
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Anthem (5)

• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Crescendo of War
• 1x Jazal Goldmane
• 1x Mirror Entity

Land (35)

• 35x Snow-Covered Plains

Cards (12)

• 1x Dawn of Hope
• 1x Endless Atlas
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Lost Auramancers
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Mind's Eye
• 1x Phyrexian Vault
• 1x Plea for Guidance
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Slate of Ancestry
• 1x Tamiyo's Journal
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

Removal (8)

• 1x Angelic Ascension
• 1x Angelic Purge
• 1x Catapult Master
• 1x Crib Swap
• 1x Ray of Distortion
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Revoke Existence
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Antiwipe (4)

• 1x Make a Stand
• 1x Requiem Angel
• 1x Rootborn Defenses
• 1x Unbreakable Formation

Commander (1)

Gains (11)

• 1x Ajani's Welcome
• 1x Angelic Chorus
• 1x Anointer Priest
• 1x Answered Prayers
• 1x Auriok Champion
• 1x Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
• 1x Healer of the Pride
• 1x Impassioned Orator
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Suture Priest

Wincon (4)

• 1x Devout Invocation
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Nomads' Assembly
• 1x Smokestack

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Maybeboard

Ramp (7)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Sisay's Ring
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Ur-Golem's Eye
• 1x Worn Powerstone

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Darien, the last king of Kjeldor. He fights back pound-for-pound against all who oppose him. All damage taken turns into soldier tokens, which lends to a variety of opportunities. The goal of the deck is to outlast your opponents while building up a small militia of token, which are then buffed up. Below is a breakdown of the cards and interactions. These classes are also available in full upon selecting "Custom categories."

Categories

Gains

Each care here allows me to gain life from the solider tokens that are put onto the battlefield whenever I take damage, making me virtually immortal. With any of these cards out, I am unkillable through damage, unless a huge amount of damage is dealt to me at the same time.

Masochism

Once I have some life gain cards out, people won't attack me. But I still need tokens, so I hurt myself. These cards deal damage to my, some of them are small amounts, such as Ankh of Mishra, others can deal crazy amounts, like Cold Snap. Building up my militia can be most easily done though these cards.

Protection

Taking out Darien, King of Kjeldor is the easiest way to destroy my strategy. As such, I'll need some cards to save him from an early death. Indestructibility or hexproof keeps him around and secures my immortality.

Anthem and Wincon

These are my win condidtions. From damamge-based wins such as Devout Invocation and Luminarch Ascension, to forcing my opponents to concede with Smokestack, to going the buff route of Cathars' Crusade/Archangel of Thune.

Removal and Cards

Basic cards that go in every deck. Tutors that fetch each piece of my combo.

Game Plan

The deck is quite simple. Since Darien creates soldiers, we need to gain life equal to the number of soldiers. All of the "Gain" cards help with that. X Damage -> X Soldiers -> X Life. After putting out Darien with one of these cards, we need to protect him long enough to get out more soldiers. "Protection" giving him resilience so that we have more time to hurt ourselves (since no one will be attacking us). Hurting ourselves may take time if we only have an Ankh of Mishra or Cursed Totem, so protection is important. After we have our army, we pump them up using a variety of cards, such as anthems (Cathars' Crusade) or angels (Devout Invocation). This deck likes a longer game, and so I've included many ramp cards to help us pay for Darien over and over again, as well as some more expensive spells a bit earlier in the game.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 29 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.45
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Anointer Priest 1/3 W, Clue, Kor Soldier 1/1 W, Shapeshifter 1/1 C, Soldier 1/1 W, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Spirit 1/1 W