Spirits of Life

Commander / EDH Enchantment Multiplayer Pillow Fort Tokens WB (Orzhov)

Tokaido

Land (37)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Leechridden Swamp
• 1x New Benalia
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 11x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Vault of the Archangel

Taxes (8)

• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Fate Unraveler
• 1x Grim Guardian
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Polluted Bonds
• 1x Pontiff of Blight
• 1x Underworld Coinsmith

WinCon (5)

• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x True Conviction

Control (14)

• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Doomwake Giant
• 1x Extinguish All Hope
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Greater Auramancy
• 1x Karlov of the Ghost Council
• 1x Karmic Justice
• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Skybind
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Pillows (10)

• 1x Angelic Chorus
• 1x Bastion Protector
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant  ^Flip
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Suture Priest
• 1x Teysa Karlov
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Ramp/Fixing (7)

• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Orzhov Cluestone
• 1x Orzhov Locket
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Commander (1)

ValueTown (13)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Greed
• 1x Intangible Virtue
• 1x Kaya, Ghost Assassin
• 1x Marshal's Anthem
• 1x Mesa Enchantress
• 1x Monk Idealist
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis

SpotRemoval (5)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Despark
• 1x Finale of Eternity
• 1x Soul Snare
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

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Sideboard

Control (2)

• 1x Agent of Erebos
• 1x Deadly Tempest

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Customized version of the Call the Spirits deck, with a focus life gain and extort effects. If an opponent wants to do anything to me, they're going to have to pay some taxes.

The idea is to pillow fort/life gain/tax until a win condition is hit. So the deck mostly want to play things like Soul Warden , Ghostly Prison , and Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant early on in the game so that you're difficult to kill/attack, then just build up spirits while watching everyone else do stuff. Daxos isn't the only win con in the deck, but he's the most readily available one. Even though it's not absolutely necessary we'd like him to stick around, so there's a fair amount of graveyard recursion and indestructibility to help keep him on the battlefield. At the very least, we'll make our opponents spend good resources on Daxos while our other, more subtle threats lurk in the shadows.

Win cons are:

1. Build up big enough spirits that we can simply crush our opponents with them while hiding behind our pillow fort. Intangible Virtue + True Conviction make a disgusting set of buffs for our spirits.
2. Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond for a good ol' combo kill.
3. Oops I wiped the board with Extinguish All Hope . Our spirits are still alive though, so it's time to swing in for the kill.
4. Surprise direct damage with Exsanguinate or Death Grasp using all the spare mana from Black Market .
5. If all else fails, extort extort extort using various cards to slowly drain out our opponents. Blind Obedience is a solid and subtle start, no one realizes just how much of a difference this simple card can make in life totals, and it's important not to draw too much ire for the diplomacy game, but it probably won't close out the late game. For the mid game, we have cards like Kambal, Consul of Allocation , Polluted Bonds , etc. But the real stars of extort in the end game are Bloodchief Ascension , and Pontiff of Blight .
6. Lastly, we can make our opponents just stop playing magic by hitting them with Overwhelming Splendor .

A few notes.
I don't want to use alternative win conditions like Felidar Sovereign simply because I don't find that a fun way to win.
I also shy away from tutors because they make Commander games too samey, and they feel especially lame in this multiplayer geared deck, but I suppose a couple wouldn't kill me.
The sideboard includes cards that I feel are only necessary for matchups against certain decks in my group's meta which I sideboard in from time to time. Currently only have anti tokens and anti graveyard stuff. I'm definitely open to suggestions for good, on flavor, niche hate cards to side in!
There are a handful of cards I'm considering adding to the deck, some are simply too expensive right now, some are just odd includes that I'm not positive work for the deck at all, and the rest are ones I want to get and eventually try in the deck. I would especially love your input on the "Unsure" section!

Eventually to acquire

Aurification , Koskun Falls , Windborn Muse . I think all of these are great pillowfort additions that I'm sure I could find room for, I just need to get my hands on these first.
Authority of the Consuls , Blood Artist , Zulaport Cutthroat , Suture Priest . I think these could replace the Soul Sisters as probably better upgrades, but I'm not sure I can fit all of them in so I might need to just pick 2 or 3.
Gray Merchant of Asphodel , Painful Quandary . Incredible drain/sap effects, seem like great fits for the deck.
Journey to Nowhere , Stasis Snare . Enchantment type removal. Good enough to replace Dec in Stone and Anguished Unmaking? Not positive, but worth a shot.
Field of Ruin . More land based land hate. What's not to love?
Luminarch Ascension , Rest in Peace . Since these have dropped in price, I think I should grab them as they seem like stellar additions.

Unsure if they're a good fit

Westvale Abbey  , Arcane Lighthouse , Archetype of Courage , Archetype of Finality , Ashes of the Abhorrent , Auriok Champion , Boon Reflection , Brain Maggot , Crypt Ghast , Debtors' Knell , Diabolic Tutor , Disciple of Bolas , Divinity of Pride , Endless Horizons , Erebos, God of the Dead , Ethereal Armor , Faith's Reward , Field of Souls , Fight or Flight , Flickering Ward , Hour of Revelation , Leyline of Sanctity , Nevermore , Pillory of the Sleepless , Prison Term , Retreat to Hagra , Starfield of Nyx , Sun Titan , Whip of Erebos , Eidolon of Rhetoric , Rule of Law , Three Dreams , Underworld Dreams , Vindicate , Wrath of God

Amazing but too expensive

Attrition , Bitterblossom , Cabal Coffers , Enlightened Tutor , Grave Pact , Idyllic Tutor , No Mercy , Replenish , Serra's Sanctum , Teferi's Protection , Wound Reflection

Date added	7 years
Last updated	1 year
Key combos	Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond Intangible Virtue + True Conviction
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 1 Rares 26 - 1 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.16
Tokens	Enchantment Spirit */* WB, Experience Token, Vampire Knight 1/1 B