Ayli Lifetotal Manipulation

Commander / EDH WB (Orzhov)

DarkHero

Enchantment (18)

• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Axis of Mortality
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Boon Reflection
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Greed
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Pestilence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Sunbond
• 1x Tainted Remedy
• 1x Test of Endurance
• 1x Triskaidekaphobia

Creature (10)

• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1x Magus of the Mirror
• 1x Tree of Perdition
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage
• 1x Windborn Muse

Artifact (16)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Eternity Vessel
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Phyrexian Processor
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Soul Conduit
• 1x Tainted Sigil
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

Land (35)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 11x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 14x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Commander (1)

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Approach of the Second Sun
• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Repay in Kind
• 1x Reverse the Sands
• 1x Revival / Revenge
• 1x Scheming Symmetry

Instant (7)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Beacon of Immortality
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x False Cure
• 1x Hatred
• 1x Sanguine Sacrament
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

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Lifegain isn't great in EDH, but cards that use life as a resource are. The main purpose is to combo cards that both create a large life total for us, and punish opponents for going up or down life, while also using our own life as a disposable resource.

Little know fact, at least in my case, is that exchanging life totals or life total is equal to effects that result in gained life does count as lifegain.

Making a Beacon of Immortality followed by False Cure deadly. Or just simply gain life yourself with this deck, and then bounce around life totals with Axis of Mortality. Don't worry about dropping yourself too low, as Tainted Sigil will reverse the life you lost in the exchange. And if not, Repay in Kind is a valid win condition. If you are able to successfully get and keep your life total up there, Test of Endurance can win.

Triskaidekaphobia actually has a place here with Tree of Perdition being a nice combo piece.

Bolas's Citadel can be completely broken here, as if you hit card that DOUBLES your life total, who cares if you have to pay some life to get it. Then you can continue the process of running through your deck.

Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim can benefit by getting her ability online when we are at a high life total, and feeding on a big Phyrexian Processor.

She also is able to utilize the mana and creatures generated from Grave Titan + Nim Deathmantle + Ashnod's Altar (Which is infinite of both creatures and colorless mana), turning that into infinite lifegain.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.95
Tokens	City's Blessing, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Minion X/X B, Zombie 2/2 B