Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Kor Cleric

Deathtouch

Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, you gain 1 life.

Whenever another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life. (Dying is being put into the graveyard from the battlefield. Tokens enter the graveyard before they cease to exist)

Combos

• Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim + Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Pre-release	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Standard	Legal
Standard Brawl	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (41)

DemonDragonJ on Ideas for an Ayli, Eternal …

3 weeks ago

At some point, I would like to build a black/white EDH deck with Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim as the general, so I certainly would like to ask the other members of this forum for any suggestions for such a deck.

The main theme of this deck would be sacrificing creatures for various benefits, so I naturally shall include plenty of sacrifice outlets, such as Ayli herself, Denethor, Ruling Steward, Commissar Severina Raine, Hidden Stockpile, and so forth; then, I would include cards that provide benefits from creatures dying, such as Life Insurance, Feast of the Victorious Dead, Proper Burial, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim, or Butcher of Malakir; finally, the deck shall also contain methods to generate tokens for sacrificing or reanimating creatures that I have already sacrificed, such as Malevolent Awakening, Bitterblossom, Black Market Connections, Sister Hospitaller, Sun Titan, and Grave Titan.

It is likely that this deck shall have some overlap with my Meren of Clan Nel Toth EDH deck, but I would like to avoid those two decks being too similar to each other, so I certainly am eager to hear your suggestions for an Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim Deck!

NV_1980 on The Clown Car

1 month ago

This looks like a lot of fun, but aside from generating tokens (and I presume, attack with them) wouldn't you also want to benefit from them in some other way? Some ideas would include draw (through cards like Dark Prophecy, Mentor of the Meek or Skullclamp), boosting all the creatures on your side of the field with something like Cathars' Crusade or adding some more benefits to profit from their deaths with cards like Attrition, Blood Artist/Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim/Zulaport Cutthroat or Pitiless Plunderer.

Ow, in terms of more token-generation ideas, how about:

• Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
• Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• Hallowed Spiritkeeper
• Kambal, Profiteering Mayor

Hope the brew works out!

Woiteck on UnCommonder

2 months ago

Thanks, Icbrgr! Yes, she's my favourite character from BG3. Honestly, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim would be a better commander for the deck, but I like Minthara, so I tried to make it work this way.

Also, thanks for the suggestions, both cards would definitely work, so it comes to "do I have enough removal?" (I'm thinking yes so far) and "do I need to remove counters?" (I don't have a clue at this moment).

Cheers!

Venum on Math is for Blockers

4 months ago

your average CMC is 2.83, i don't know if the three talisman and 2 signet are really worth it.

1. I would swap the 5 of them for something similar to Mirkwood Bats that you already have.
2. Agate Instigator for extra damage whenever you create a token
3. Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon + Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim + Blood Artist
4. Warleader's Call is a nice addition also since you already have All-Out Assault
5. Isshin, Two Heavens as One to trigger additionnal Mobilize/Myriad.
6. Feel free to look at my version Mardu, meat token dispenser

Austin_Smith_of_Cards on Oh Jackdaw Sing Arrogance

4 months ago

Looking like a pretty solid list with lots of card advantage and ramp, and a fantastic mana curve to boot. Where this list could use some improvement is in the interaction category; 4 spot removals and 2 wraths is a bit too low, and makes you vulnerable to solitaire-style decks like combo or spellslinger.

Some cards that immediately come to mind are Thalia, Heretic Cathar, Thalia, Guardian of Thraben and Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire. The first two are cheap legendary creatures that impede ramp decks, haste decks, and spellslinger. Eiganjo, much like Witch Enchanter, is a sort of modal card that can serve as a land or removal if need be. Kambal, Consul of Allocation punishes spells-heavy lists hard. Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle recurs fodder on cast, which means that even with an otherwise empty board, you can get something from your yard for your legendary creature to sacrifice.

Path to Exile and Swords to Plowshares are the best bang for your buck removals white has access to; I'd make room for them as well.

Other random suggestions:

Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim adds incidental life loss and gain as you're generating and sacrificing stuff. Bonus points for being legendary and a cheap rattlesnake effect.

Teysa Karlov unfortunately doesn't double up exploit triggers, but it does buffer your tokens defensively and double up any non-exploit death triggers.

Nasty End is a cheap synergistic one-shot card advantage effect.

Primevals' Glorious Rebirth is a solid way to bounce back from a boardwipe, or just outright recur everything you've lost over the course of the game.

Wesinator69 on Teysa Karlov EDH

5 months ago

Some options to consider. Most are really budget friendly.

Braids, Arisen Nightmare

Warren Soultrader

Priest of Forgotten Gods

Luminous Broodmoth

Drivnod, Carnage Dominus

Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim

Teysa, Orzhov Scion

Grim Haruspex

Zahur, Glory's Past

RiotRunner789 on Best color for this type …

6 months ago

Orzhov (black and white) would be my recommendation. You have Eriette of the Charmed Apple, Kambal, Profiteering Mayor, Kambal, Consul of Allocation, and Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim. All of which drain your opponents while gaining you life. Each has a unique way of winning without swinging.

Second best options could be golgari's Dina, Soul Steeper or Slimefoot, the Stowaway for Aristocrats build. Izzet (red/blue) or any spell slinging deck with a bunch of Guttersnipe effects are also solid.

Some black cards to consider, Hissing Miasma effects (of which there are many), Koskun Falls, or potential blanket protection effects such as Grave Pact or No Mercy.

Green has Elephant Grass and plenty of death touching deterants.

White has Peacekeeper and Sphere of Safety.

Blue has Dissipation Field and Propaganda.

Red has Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs plus all of your Guttersnipe effects as mentioned above.

You can easily make a deck that kills (or mills) people to death without ever swinging. Just depends on the flavor you want to do the murdering with.

Vessiliana on What is a Man? (a hyper aggro Edgar Markov EDH)

10 months ago

YamishiTheWickedOne, definitely! One-drop vamps are Edgar's bread-and-butter. I myself like to run over 40 creatures for Edgar, and I am finally getting a hold of a Warleader's Call for mine, which is brilliant in a list with a lot of really cheap vamps. If you are leaning harder into the one-drops, then the damage-on-entry becomes even more effective, not only the Warleader's Call and Impact Tremors but even Purphoros, God of the Forge. It puts the opponents in a tight spot because those little guys have already hit them just by entering, then can swing with buffs, and even ping on their way out, whether through Goblin Bombardment or something like Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim.