Gaining Life is "Tough" For a Weaver and a Usurper

Commander / EDH BGW (Abzan, Junk) Lifegain

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Land (37)

• 1x Blighted Fen
• 1x Blighted Steppe
• 1x Blossoming Sands
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fertile Thicket
• 1x Fortified Village
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Graypelt Refuge
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Kabira Crossroads
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Sandstone Bridge
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 3x Snow-Covered Forest
• 6x Snow-Covered Plains
• 5x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Sungrass Prairie
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Vivid Marsh

High Toughness (6)

• 1x Divinity of Pride
• 1x Doran, the Siege Tower
• 1x Pontiff of Blight
• 1x Serra Avatar
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Teneb, the Harvester

Buff (3)

• 1x Cradle of Vitality
• 1x Oathsworn Giant
• 1x Sunbond

Win Condition (2)

• 1x Felidar Sovereign
• 1x Storm Herd

Ramp (12)

• 1x Abundance
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Market Festival
• 1x Selvala, Explorer Returned
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Unblockable (10)

• 1x Dauthi Embrace
• 1x Dauthi Trapper
• 1x Holy Mantle
• 1x Rime Transfusion
• 1x Spectra Ward
• 1x Spirit en-Dal
• 1x Spirit Mantle
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots
• 1x Unquestioned Authority
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Creature Protection (6)

• 1x Aegis Angel
• 1x Alpha Authority
• 1x Bastion Protector
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Life Gain (5)

• 1x Celestial Mantle
• 1x Defiant Bloodlord
• 1x Rhox Faithmender
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage

Card Draw (2)

• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Sapling of Colfenor

Recovery (1)

• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation

Commanders (2)

Destruction (9)

• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Exclusion Ritual
• 1x Gild
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Murder
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Tsabo's Decree
• 1x Unmake

Defense (4)

• 1x Commander Eesha
• 1x Dueling Grounds
• 1x Masako the Humorless
• 1x Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts

Wipe (2)

• 1x Deadly Tempest
• 1x Fell the Mighty

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This is my first completely original (ie. not based off of a published WotC deck) partner commander deck. The basic formula is simple:

1. Get Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
2. Throw something on her to make her unblockable (or at least trample); Whispersilk Cloak and Alpha Authority are especially great for this
3. Get Tymna the Weaver, draw an extra card a turn.
4. Win by doing enough commander damage with Ikra, while staying alive through Ikra's life gains.

However, the deck also contains a variety of other life-gain cards, so it can also win (for instance) through Storm Herd or Felidar Sovereign.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 28 - 0 Rares 36 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.03
Tokens	Gold, Pegasus 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 WB
Folders	3-Color