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Sol'Kanar, The Old Demon King

Commander / EDH* Demons Equip Lifegain Theme/Gimmick Toolbox UBR (Grixis) Voltron

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Commander: Sol'kanar the Swamp King

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This has kind of been a pet project I've been trying to develop for awhile now, as I actually own Sol'Kanar personally. He's kind of innocuous up front if you don't know what to expect, since his Swampwalk and lifegain abilities seem relatively underwhelming at first glance. This already is perfect because, in a game of Commander, Sol'Kanar's low profile ensures that I don't have an immediate target on my back.

I kinda built this deck with the goal of trying to match the Smoldering Lake and Old Demon Ruins of Dark Souls 3, so every inclusion in the 99 has some sort of equivalent from the video game area, whether it be an enemy, item, or attack. For instance, Obosh, the Preypiercer invokes the Carthus Sandwurm miniboss that can be found just in front of the entrance to the Old Demon King's fog wall, while King Crab invokes the giant crab enemies that try to beat the shit out of you while you collect items and avoid the giant ballista bolts in the middle of the Smoldering Lake. (Funnily enough King Crab's ability to fling green creatures back to the top of the deck parallels the crabs from the game picking you up and throwing you several feet.)

Aetherflux Reservoir sort of can be interpreted as The Old Demon King's last resort attack that triggers when he's at 10% health, wherein he uses his own life force to unleash an explosion from within his own body that leaves himself severely weakened and crippled afterwards.

I'm conflicted about including Painter's Servant because not only is it unreasonably expensive, but also because there's no equivalent from the game. However, the card is integral in any higher power Sol'Kanar deck since it turns every cast spell into a black spell for you to gain life from Sol'Kanar's triggered ability. I'd take out Nightscape Familiar for it since there's a bit a nombo between the two cards.

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