You Wont Need Life Where We Are Going

Commander / EDH* Casual Combo Cruel Control Group Slug RBW (Mardu) Theme/Gimmick

Nevinyrral_Mayor_of_Urborg

Land (36)

• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 3x Plains
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of the Archangel

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Harmless Offering
• 1x Repay in Kind
• 1x Reverse the Sands
• 1x Vindicate

Enchantment (24)

• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Axis of Mortality
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Greater Auramancy
• 1x Havoc Festival
• 1x Indestructibility
• 1x Leyline of Sanctity
• 1x Lich
• 1x Manabarbs
• 1x NecropotenceGC
• 1x Nefarious Lich
• 1x Nine Lives
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Personal Sanctuary
• 1x Pestilence
• 1x Smoke
• 1x Solitary Confinement
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Tainted AEther
• 1x Transcendence
• 1x Words of Worship
• 1x Worship
• 1x Wound Reflection
• 1x Zombie Infestation

Artifact (14)

• 1x Bottled Cloister
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Ensnaring Bridge
• 1x Lich's Mirror
• 1x Lich's Tomb
• 1x Orbs of Warding
• 1x Quietus Spike
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Tainted Sigil
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Urza's Armor

Commander (1)

Creature (14)

• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Children of Korlis
• 1x Darien, King of Kjeldor
• 1x Heartless Hidetsugu
• 1x Master of Cruelties
• 1x Pestilence Demon
• 1x Platinum Angel
• 1x Platinum Emperion
• 1x Raving Dead
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Resolute Archangel
• 1x Silent Arbiter
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Tree of Perdition

Instant (3)

• 1x Ad NauseamGC
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Vampiric TutorGC

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Elspeth, Knight-Errant
• 1x Sorin Markov

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Enchantment (15)

• 1x Assemble the Legion
• 1x Aurification
• 1x Circle of Protection: Black
• 1x Circle of Solace
• 1x Delaying Shield
• 1x Ivory Mask
• 1x Karmic Justice
• 1x Kismet
• 1x Murderous Betrayal
• 1x Oath of Lim-Dul
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Penance
• 1x Pyromancy
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Soul Echo

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Chaplain's Blessing
• 1x Obzedat's Aid
• 1x Pox

Artifact (14)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Ivory Tower
• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Mirror Universe
• 1x Scytheclaw
• 1x Soul Conduit
• 1x Spellbook
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams
• 1x Zuran Orb

Creature (8)

• 1x Ali from Cairo
• 1x Crypt Rats
• 1x Dread
• 1x Exquisite Archangel
• 1x Fountain Watch
• 1x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1x Magus of the Mirror
• 1x Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker

Instant (8)

• 1x Angel's Grace
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Healing Salve
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Unmake
• 1x Utter End

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From this day forward, my people will crouch and conspire and plot and plan for the inevitable day of Man's downfall - the day when he finally turns his weapons against his own kind. When your cities lie buried under radioactive rubble! When the sea is a dead sea, and the land is a wasteland. And that day is upon you... now!

Theme of the deck is Malice

The intention or desire to do evil; ill will.

How much more can you be hated then by having possible immortality? Well when you take others lives away in order to do so. When changing, halving, or switching life totals. Eyes will be on you. Especially once you give away your 0 HP to an unsuspecting foe.

Lets get this out of the way right off the bat. If you hate losing, this deck is not for you! The Lich is a glass cannon and is quite delicate. But is it powerful might you ask? Extremely.

First attempt at this kind of deck and boy will it ever bring hate. I enjoy playing magic to the point where the game is no where near the same as it started. The Lich completely changes the game and that my friends is fascinating. Its the ultimate glass cannon. The idea I had for this deck is to throw around life totals and bring as much hate to the table that you can hold. This really is a big combo deck and the rest of the cards are pillow-fort to prevent sacing as many perms a possible.

If everything isnt going your way, backup plans are in order.

Resolute Archangel/Lich's Mirror or Harmless Offering in some cases.

Why Queen Marchesa?

Mardu is the easiest way I can get what I want to do to go off. Black centers around losing life, white is for prevention of life lost, and red is the chaos to kick everyone else in the pants. I want to give away the monarch as soon as possible to get the 1/1 death touchers out. This way, it will hopefully prevent others from attacking to save their creatures or to use them to sac to Lich's Tomb if needed. Then if players are low enough, the tokens can go in for the kill or start whittling down players defensive creatures.

Let me know what you think and hit the combos button for card interactions!

Combos Show

---- Lich/Nefarious Lich/Lich's Tomb interactions ----

Platinum Angel Cant lose.

Lich's Mirror backup plan.

Solitary Confinement Immortality until the cards run out.

Leyline of Sanctity Prevent damage to you from targeted spells.

Greater Auramancy to protect the lich

Ad Nauseam Under some circumstances can be used effectively with damage prevention.

Children of Korlis and Tainted Sigil Gain that life back. Super card draw and works well with Ad Nauseam.

Nine Lives to prolong certain doom

Manabarbs in certain situations.

----Lich only----

Axis of Mortality/Repay in Kind/Reverse the Sands Switch life totals to 0.

Heartless Hidetsugu/Havoc Festival Life lose not damage.

Transcendence Remove damage and draw cards.

Words of Worship Draw five cards a turn.

Exquisite Blood Draw cards equal to the amount of life lost. Manabarbs really brings in the card draw.

----Nefarious Lich only----

Zombie Infestation + Confessor When taking damage: Discard 2 cards, get a zombie, gain 2 life which turns into drawing 2 cards. Otherwise you can create an army of 2/2's and use Elixir of Immortality to start it over again.

Transcendence Remove damage and draw cards.

Harmless Offering Good luck!

Words of Worship Draw five cards a turn.

--Lich's Tomb only--

Darien, King of Kjeldor Sacrifice outlet.

Harmless Offering Good luck!

----Pestilence Demon/Pestilence Interactions----

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth All lands are swamps.

Worship Keeps you at one life.

Wound Reflection Double damage.

Platinum Angel Cant die to life loss.

Platinum Emperion Life doesnt drop.

Orbs of Warding/Urza's Armor Negates damage. Personal Sanctuary No damage on your turn.

----Heartless Hidetsugu/Havoc Festival/Raving Dead/Quietus Spike Interactions----

Exquisite Blood You gain what everyone else loss. Except Havoc Festival

Wound Reflection Game.

Lich out, this doesnt matter to you.

----Changing Players Life Totals----

Master of Cruelties

Repay in Kind

Reverse the Sands

Axis of Mortality

Tree of Perdition

Sorin Markov

----Immortality----

Elspeth, Knight-Errant Emblem, Indestructibility, or Avacyn, Angel of Hope with Platinum Angel/Platinum Emperion to become Immortal from life. Use Elixir of Immortality to prevent being milled out.

----Various Other Combos----

Darien, King of Kjeldor + Soul Warden take no damage. Plus Soul Warden is card draw when the lich is out.

Transcendence + Harmless Offering

Bottled Cloister + Ensnaring Bridge Creatures cant attack

Manabarbs + Protection of the Hekma/Personal Sanctuary to take no damage.

Lich's Mirror + Transcendence reverse death?

Thanks for the 100 votes! First deck to hit 100 likes.

Top Ranked	Achieved #4 position overall 9 years ago
Date added	9 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 53 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.03
Tokens	Assassin 1/1 B w/ Haste, Emblem Elspeth, Knight-Errant, Soldier 1/1 W, The Monarch, Zombie 2/2 B
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