Swapping Life Totals

Commander / EDH Card Draw Matters Chaos Lifegain WUB (Esper)

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Creature (27)

• 1x Archon of Coronation
• 1x Arctic Aven
• 1x Blood Celebrant
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Doom Whisperer
• 1x Dream Trawler
• 1x Elenda and Azor
• 1x Evra, Halcyon Witness
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Hibernation Sliver
• 1x Infernal Sovereign
• 1x Intrepid Hero
• 1x Loxodon Lifechanter
• 1x Magister Sphinx
• 1x Magus of the Mirror
• 1x Netherborn Phalanx
• 1x Obscura Initiate
• 1x Palladium Myr
• 1x Royal Assassin
• 1x Souldrinker
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Stormscape Apprentice
• 1x Stormscape Master
• 1x Sygg, River Cutthroat
• 1x Tree of Perdition
• 1x Wall of Blood

Instant (2)

• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Resculpt

Land (38)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 4x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 7x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Skycloud Expanse
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 12x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Underground River

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Axis of Mortality
• 1x Court of Ardenvale
• 1x Court of Grace
• 1x Dark Tutelage
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Oubliette
• 1x Touch of the Eternal
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Sorin Markov

Commander (1)

Artifact (14)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Empowered Autogenerator
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Soul Conduit
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Transmogrifying Wand
• 1x Wishclaw Talisman
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Oketra's Last Mercy
• 1x Profane Transfusion
• 1x Ravenform
• 1x Repay in Kind
• 1x Reverse the Sands

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This budget deck contains all the cards that swap one persons life for another, and takes advantage of the difference in life totals to get extra value. The kill comes from the life dump swap, and doing evasive, or passive damage. Looking for feedback and suggestions to see if I have missed any great includes.

Enough cheap ramp to get your commander out early

Strong removal package to slow the board down

High amount of draw which includes the commander's ability

Access to several life swap effects a game

several life dump effects to manipulate your own life before trade

Date added	10 months
Last updated	10 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.92
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Bird 1/1 U, Boar 2/2 G, Elemental 4/4 UR, Elephant 3/3 G, Foretell, Ox 2/4 W, Phyrexian Horror X/X C, Spirit 1/1 W, The Monarch, Vampire Knight 1/1 B