Life Deck

Commander / EDH Lifegain WB (Orzhov)

Xesa

Creature (29)

• 1x Agent of Masks
• 1x Ajani's Pridemate
• 1x Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Cliffhaven Vampire
• 1x Creeping Bloodsucker
• 1x Deathbringer Liege
• 1x Drana and Linvala
• 1x Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
• 1x Felidar Sovereign
• 1x High Priest of Penance
• 1x Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
• 1x Liesa, Shroud of Dusk
• 1x Marauding Blight-Priest
• 1x Markov Purifier
• 1x Obzedat, Ghost Council
• 1x Rhox Faithmender
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Souls of the Faultless
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Suture Priest
• 1x Syndic of Tithes
• 1x Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
• 1x The Gaffer
• 1x Triad of Fates
• 1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage
• 1x Voice of the Blessed

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Deadly Tempest
• 1x Farewell
• 1x Revival / Revenge

Land (32)

• 1x Blighted Steppe
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 9x Plains
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Seraph Sanctuary
• 1x Sunlit Marsh
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Tyrite Sanctum
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Witch's Cottage

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Always Watching
• 1x Angelic Accord
• 1x Ascent of the Worthy
• 1x Cage of Hands
• 1x Debtors' Knell
• 1x Feast of the Victorious Dead
• 1x Firja's Retribution
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Prison Sentence
• 1x Righteous Cause
• 1x Sandskin
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Starfield of Nyx
• 1x Test of Endurance

Commander (1)

Instant (15)

• 1x Angelsong
• 1x Awe Strike
• 1x Batwing Brume
• 1x Beacon of Immortality
• 1x Blessed Reversal
• 1x Destroy Evil
• 1x Djeru's Resolve
• 1x Fracture
• 1x Hallow
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Rebuff the Wicked
• 1x Reciprocate
• 1x Settle the Wreckage
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Test of Faith

Artifact (6)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Isolation Cell
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Tablet of the Guilds

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Sideboard

Creature (7)

• 1x Admonition Angel
• 1x Archon of Falling Stars
• 1x Glimmerpoint Stag
• 1x Heliod, the Radiant Dawn  ^Flip
• 1x Lost Auramancers
• 1x Moon-Blessed Cleric
• 1x Silent Sentinel

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Estrid, the Masked

Land (1)

• 1x Emergence Zone

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Greed
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Polluted Bonds
• 1x Skybind

Artifact (3)

• 1x Mind's Eye
• 1x Synod Sanctum
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Enduring Ideal
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Plea for Guidance
• 1x Resurgent Belief

Instant (2)

• 1x Cosmic Intervention
• 1x Enlightened Tutor

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Maybeboard

Instant (23)

• 1x Abuna's Chant
• 1x Acolyte's Reward
• 1x Adamant Will
• 1x Afterlife
• 1x Angelic Intervention
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Call to Glory
• 1x Candles' Glow
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Dazzling Reflection
• 1x Despark
• 1x Disenchant
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Heliod's Intervention
• 1x Hold the Line
• 1x Infernal Grasp
• 1x Inspirit
• 1x Lapse of Certainty
• 1x Mana Tithe
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Piety Charm
• 1x Reprieve
• 1x Sunfire Balm

Creature (12)

• 1x Angel of Destiny
• 1x Angel of Sanctions
• 1x Angelic Sleuth
• 1x Anointer Priest
• 1x Archfiend of Depravity
• 1x Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
• 1x Orzhov Guildmage
• 1x Scholar of Athreos
• 1x Teysa Karlov
• 1x Teysa, Orzhov Scion
• 1x Thrull Parasite
• 1x Tithe Drinker

Land (2)

• 1x Mirrodin's Core
• 1x Temple of the False God

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Axis of Mortality
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Indomitable Will
• 1x Tainted Remedy
• 1x Vigilance

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Death Grasp
• 1x Decree of Justice
• 1x Devout Invocation
• 1x Kaya's Wrath

Artifact (3)

• 1x Avarice Totem
• 1x Chalice of Life  ^Flip
• 1x Relic Barrier

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This is my first deck for Commander / EDH. The idea behind it is to control the game by stacking lifegain conditions for the owner of the deck or lifeloss conditions for the opponents, making them decide whether or not perform certain actions depending on how much will those actions affect to the game's life totals.

The commander, Kambal, Consul of Allocation can cause lots of frustration amongst the players, especially those ones who built their deck around non-creature spells. However, its low mana cost will allow it to come back to the battlefield easily as many times as needed.

There are many different combos available without the need of depending on specific cards. Most of the combos are based on gaining life through triggered abilities and dealing that much damage through enchantments.

Creatures are not very powerful in general, but that's not a big problem, since they are not supposed to attack directly. However, there are a couple ways of creating Angel tokens like Angelic Accord and a few specific creatures are indeed quite powerful.

Felidar Sovereign and Test of Endurance both serve a win-con purpose based on your own life total, which is incredibly easy to achieve with this deck. Once you play one of these two spells, it only takes until your next turn to trigger its effect. One of the spells is a creature and the other one an enchantment, making it possible to endure opponent's reaction more easily.

Defending from attacks may be difficult in some cases, since you probably don't want to sacrifice any of the creatures you'll have in the battlefield to block the attackers. This deck counts with some damage prevention and creature destruction instant spells that come in different flavors, like Hallow or Settle the Wreckage. It also includes auras for preventing a creature from attacking like Cage of Hands, enchantments to prevent creatures from attacking in general like Ghostly Prison or lifegain conditions that will make your opponents think about it twice before attacking with spells like Righteous Cause.

Finally, I just wanted to make sure that this deck is based mostly on cheap cards, being its total price more or less the same as a standard precon deck.

Date added	8 months
Last updated	7 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 4 Mythic Rares 32 - 11 Rares 27 - 7 Uncommons 21 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.24
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Angel Warrior 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Mask, Spirit 1/1 WB