Life Swap Shenanigans!

Commander / EDH BRGW

Rasaru

Land (33)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Deathcap Glade
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Field of the DeadGC
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Haunted Ridge
• 1x Indatha Triome
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Overgrown Farmland
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Rockfall Vale
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Savai Triome
• 1x Shattered Sanctum
• 1x Spectator Seating
• 1x Spire Garden
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Sundown Pass
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Axis of Mortality
• 1x Grim Feast
• 1x NecropotenceGC
• 1x Phyrexian Unlife
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Smothering TitheGC
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Tainted Remedy

Sorcery (19)

• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Healing Technique
• 1x Mythos of Snapdax
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Painful Truths
• 1x Phyrexian Purge
• 1x Profane Transfusion
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Repay in Kind
• 1x Reverse the Sands
• 1x Revival / Revenge
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Vanquish the Horde

Creature (18)

• 1x Accomplished Alchemist
• 1x Children of Korlis
• 1x Esper Sentinel
• 1x Evra, Halcyon Witness
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Lorcan, Warlock Collector
• 1x Mischievous Poltergeist
• 1x Moltensteel Dragon
• 1x Resolute Archangel
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Solitude
• 1x Treasonous Ogre
• 1x Vexing Shusher
• 1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage
• 1x Wall of Blood
• 1x Wall of Reverence
• 1x Witch of the Moors

Commanders (2)

Instant (12)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Beacon of Immortality
• 1x Congregate
• 1x False Cure
• 1x Fire Covenant
• 1x Heliod's Intervention
• 1x Kazuul's Fury  ^Flip
• 1x Momentous Fall
• 1x Soul Shatter
• 1x Stinging Study
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Valakut Awakening  ^Flip

Artifact (8)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bolas's CitadelGC
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Tainted Sigil

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Maybeboard

Land (7)

• 1x Ancient TombGC
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Instant (5)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Despark
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Vampiric TutorGC
• 1x Veil of Summer

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Phyrexian Arena

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Ashes to Ashes
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Vandalblast

Creature (1)

• 1x Ornithopter of Paradise

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This is an extremely fun deck to pilot, but it definitely needs some work!

Strategy:

Gain life, use life as resource, steal/swap life totals and repeat until you can finish off your opponents.

Finishers

1. Tainted Remedy + any of the spells or tricks that can make your opponents gain life
2. False Cure (people like to gain life in my meta)
3. Hatred on your or an opponent's attacking creature
4. Phyrexian Unlife + Mischievous Poltergeist (or similar card) + Repay in Kind
5. and so on

Here are some things I've noticed

1. Life swap spells are expensive, so we need some ways to make sure we can cast them with things like Boseiju, Who Shelters All, Grand Abolisher and Vexing Shusher.
2. This deck can be shut down quickly with "Players can't gain life" effects, such as Erebos, God of the Dead or Tibalt, Rakish Instigator, so make sure to run removal!

Date added	4 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 67 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.64
Tokens	Horror */* C, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B