Deathgreeter

Creature — Human Shaman

Whenever another creature dies (is put into a graveyard from the battlefield), you may gain 1 life.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (51)

Azoth2099 on Oloro Esper Lifegain EDH

1 year ago

DurzoBlint13

Hey man!

Oloro, Ageless Ascetic is one of those {W}{U}{B} Commanders I've always suspected could be busted, but never extensively brewed. That being said, I still gathered some data on him...

Firstly, you need more Mana sources. Being a 6-drop is a big deal nowadays, & you're gonna need way more Rocks & possibly a few Rituals as well if you want to get him out on time. I'd recommend running 10+ Rocks - all of your Guild Signets and Talismans plus a few more, and a handful of Instant-speed Rituals like Dark Ritual & Cabal Ritual. You'll need as much Mana available to draw cards with, which we'll get to in this next paragraph.

Secondly, I'd recommend some low-cost Lifegain Spells that will scale with the activity of both you & your opponents like Archivist of Oghma, Blood Artist, Deathgreeter, Leonin Elder, Soul Warden, Soul's Attendant, Profane Memento, Ashes of the Abhorrent & Spectrum Sentinel. All of these will draw you a bunch of cards as long as your Commander is on the field. Prism Ring & Tablet of the Guilds would likely do a lot of work here as well. Sedgemoor Witch could be a great value engine here, too. Things that allow you to devote your floating Mana to your Commander's triggered ability without having to necessarily pay Mana for each Lifegain trigger OR wait for your own upkeep to draw cards are solid gold here.

Thirdly, once you resolve your chunky 6-drop Commander, you need to protect it! Your entire deck engine relies too heavily on Oloro, Ageless Ascetic's presence to allow him to be easily removed. Lightning Greaves & Swiftfoot Boots are non-negotiable imo. Along with a few ways to Tutor them up, like Steelshaper's Gift & Enlightened Tutor.

It might end up being quite a bit faster than a typical midrange deck, though, as you'll be drawing a ton of cards per turn cycle on your way to your combo win.

Cheers!

Omgawall on Beledros Wither and Bloom

1 year ago

Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat, Syr Konrad, the Grim, Deathgreeter, Lampad of Death's Vigil, and maybe Priest of Forgotten Gods?

SufferFromEDHD on Athreos White Black Undying Evil

1 year ago

This is a neat build. At first I was turned off by the redundancy of the creatures overlapping with Atheros ability. I figured ETB/LTB effects would be the best way to abuse Atheros. But I am sucker for gimmicks/themes and I like the direction of this.

Bloodghast and Nether Traitor are auto includes to this strategy.

PlagueSpitter would be an upgrade to Noxious Field.

Deathgreeter, Cruel Celebrant, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun, Harvester of Souls, Body Launderer, Pitiless Plunderer, etc. type effects might be the engine missing from this strategy.

Vanishing Verse is slowly becoming one of my favorite removal spells. It would round out the playset of Orzhov exile.

Crypt of Agadeem on theme land.

And as always Null Brooch = <3

wallisface on Demonic Sacrifice

2 years ago

Some thoughts:

• your mana curve is very high, and your land count is very low. I would suggest limiting yourself to only 4 cards that cost 4-or-more mana, and going up to 23 lands.

• a bunch of your creatures aren’t helping you control the board. Deathgreeter only gains you life, and Mortician Beetle only gets bigger. I would focus on better payoffs for things dying. For example, Mayhem Devil would thrive in a deck like this.

• I’d suggest ditching both of Virulent Swipe and Murder. Black has enough awesome killspells that you should never need to spend 3 mana for one. And Swipe feels redundant here with your existing amount of killspells.

Coward_Token on Perfectly Balanced 20/3 Trampler Turn 5

3 years ago

Essence Warden all creatures now trigger Impact Tremors . Obvious similar effects: Deathgreeter , Blood Artist , Bloodchief Ascension

Maybe Marauding Blight-Priest for redundancy

time_master on Retro Sorin & The Elderspell | Oathbreaker

3 years ago

Here are some ideas.

Deathgreeter is a good card to utilize. It works really well in a sac-engine type deck.

Another card you could add is Falkenrath Noble. It only says target, but when someone has to sac a creature, the added bonus of losing life is infuriating.

Personally, I would add Scholar of Athreos. It seems a little expensive, but it works so well in a life-gain deck. It might not be exactly what you're looking for, but it would still synergize really well.

KibaAlpha on Teysa & the Aristocrats

3 years ago

Any particular reason for no Vindictive Vampire?

Erebos, God of the Dead and Greed are nice card draw engines on your terms and Erebos stops your opponents from gaining life.

If you want a bit more life gain I suggest Deathgreeter.

Kiran_M on Blight Sisters

3 years ago

I play Sisters in Modern, and while there are some differences I can honestly say that you need some better payoffs. While Blight-Priest can work in the long game, Sisters functions better as an aggro deck, and cards that fill s similar role to Ajani's Pridemate should be included. While I know PM is not Pauper legal, you might consider doing a Scryfall search for some lifegain payoffs that like to smash face. Also, consider Deathgreeter in the sideboard against removal-heavy decks.