Licia, Eredar Lord of the Mardu Legion

Commander / EDH Casual Lifegain

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Land (38)

• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Grand Coliseum
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x Inspiring Vantage
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 5x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Wind-Scarred Crag

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Arguel's Blood Fast  ^Flip
• 1x Axis of Mortality
• 1x Boon Reflection
• 1x Dark Tutelage
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Searing Meditation
• 1x Sunbird's Invocation

Creature (26)

• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
• 1x Balefire Liege
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Blood Baron of Vizkopa
• 1x Brion Stoutarm
• 1x Carnage Gladiator
• 1x Crested Sunmare
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Divinity of Pride
• 1x Drana's Emissary
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Neheb, the Eternal
• 1x Queen Marchesa
• 1x Rhox Faithmender
• 1x Sangromancer
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Treasonous Ogre
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage
• 1x Vona, Butcher of Magan
• 1x Wall of Reverence

Artifact (8)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sunforger
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

Commander (1)

Instant (10)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Beacon of Immortality
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Crypt Incursion
• 1x Hide / Seek
• 1x Mages' Contest
• 1x Not of this World
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Sanguine Sacrament

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Brightflame
• 1x Chandra's Ignition
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Illicit Auction
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Toxic Deluge

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Sorcery (1)

• 1x Plague of Vermin

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Licia Lifegain, looking to explore Red's side of gaining life. It is built for a casual to 75% meta.

This deck will exploit the negative side effects of lands that cost life or deal damage to tap them for colors. Very few in terms of utility lands but more will be added to adjust for the meta if needed. The deck is very colored-mana hungry, so lands like Shock/Pain lands, Reflecting Pool, Grand Coliseum , City of Brass and Mana Confluence are going to be needed.

It looks to take full advantage of black's "pay life for cards" archetype with a slew of enchantments that do just that.

It has a light but pretty standard Sunforger package, and will be able to hit a few keep pieces of removal or utility from it. Other key instants are Mages' Contest (more on that later) and Beacon of Immortality. It also utilizes Not of This World as protection, Licia can turn it on the turn she comes out, and no one is expecting a counter in Mardu.

Brightflame is a great life gaining red card that I had to find room for. Debt to the Deathless and Brightflame play well with Treasonous Ogre. Balancing the color pie was very difficult.

Chandra's Ignition and Toxic Deluge will help keep the board clear throughout the game so Licia will hopefully always be the biggest thing out. Fumigate if a wipe is needed but hopefully I'll have gained enough life to recast Licia for RWB. Merciless Eviction to clear the enchantress/artifact player, deal with indestructible boards, or as a panic button to hit if I'm being overwhelmed.

The creatures are all pretty standard in a lifegain deck, however I want to touch on a few I think excel. Brion Stoutarm seems great for throwing a huge Licia at somebody, also bonus lifelink. Carnage Gladiator , while normally useless, he replaced Gisela, Blade of Goldnight in the deck for some extra attrition added to the board. Neheb, the Eternal for the aristocratic effects in my pre combat phases. After, hopefully I get lots of mana without even swinging for a big brightflame or exsanguinate. Treasonous Ogre to accelerate unrivaled in a lifegaining deck.

The big cards I'm excited to include are Illicit Auction and Mages' Contest . These seem very cool and will likely be a lot of fun in a casual game. Red brings some fun cards to Orzhov lifegain. Goblin Game and Game of Chaos were originally in the decklist, but they were lackluster, and sometimes just frustrating to cast.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Exclude colors	UG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.73
Tokens	Assassin 1/1 B w/ Haste, Horse 5/5 W, The Monarch
Folders	Shit I like