Celestine, Re-Living Saint

Commander / EDH* Lifegain Mono-White Reanimator

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Creature (36)

• 1x Angel of Destiny
• 1x Angel of Vitality
• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Bastion Protector
• 1x Bruna, the Fading Light  ^{Flip  Meld}
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Cathar Commando
• 1x Circuit Mender
• 1x Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
• 1x Emeria Shepherd
• 1x Extraction Specialist
• 1x Filigree Familiar
• 1x Gisela, the Broken Blade  ^Meld
• 1x Inspiring Overseer
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Kor Cartographer
• 1x Lunarch Veteran  ^Flip
• 1x Lyra Dawnbringer
• 1x Millikin
• 1x Priest of Ancient Lore
• 1x Remorseful Cleric
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Righteous Valkyrie
• 1x Rumor Gatherer
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Shepherd of the Cosmos
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Speaker of the Heavens
• 1x Spirited Companion
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Wall of Omens
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer
• 1x Welcoming Vampire

Land (36)

• 1x Arch of Orazca
• 1x Dust Bowl
• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Flagstones of Trokair
• 1x High Market
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Lotus Field
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 22x Plains
• 1x Seraph Sanctuary
• 1x Tyrite Sanctum
• 1x War Room

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Ajani's Welcome
• 1x Angelic Renewal
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Cleric Class
• 1x Fanatical Devotion
• 1x Sigarda's Splendor
• 1x The Birth of Meletis
• 1x The Restoration of Eiganjo  ^Flip

Instant (8)

• 1x Brought Back
• 1x Faith's Reward
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Heliod's Intervention
• 1x Kabira Takedown  ^Flip
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Sejiri Shelter  ^Flip
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Commander (1)

Artifact (15)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mask of Memory
• 1x Mesmeric Orb
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Oketra's Monument
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Cleansing Nova
• 1x Hour of Revelation
• 1x Invoke Justice
• 1x Ondu Inversion  ^Flip
• 1x Sevinne's Reclamation

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Sideboard

Creature (19)

• 1x Adarkar Valkyrie
• 1x Angel of the Ruins
• 1x Archivist of Oghma
• 1x Auriok Champion
• 1x Battle Angels of Tyr
• 1x Bishop of Wings
• 1x Breathkeeper Seraph
• 1x Dawnbreak Reclaimer
• 1x Giada, Font of Hope
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Herald of War
• 1x Impassioned Orator
• 1x Keeper of the Accord
• 1x Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Reya Dawnbringer
• 1x Serra's Emissary
• 1x Sunblast Angel
• 1x Youthful Valkyrie

Instant (3)

• 1x Akroma's Will
• 1x Cosmic Intervention
• 1x Revitalize

Artifact (19)

• 1x Cosmos Elixir
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Dowsing Dagger  ^Flip
• 1x Endless Atlas
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Grindclock
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Heraldic Banner
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Marble Diamond
• 1x Orazca Relic
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Sword of Hearth and Home
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip
• 1x The Book of Exalted Deeds
• 1x Wand of Vertebrae

Land (2)

• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Homeward Path

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Abiding Grace
• 1x Angelic Accord
• 1x Animal Boneyard
• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Elspeth Conquers Death
• 1x Fall of the Thran
• 1x Legion Loyalty
• 1x Light of Promise
• 1x Marshal's Anthem
• 1x Sigarda's Summons
• 1x Smuggler's Share

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Approach of the Second Sun
• 1x Armageddon
• 1x Ascend from Avernus
• 1x Cut a Deal
• 1x Doomskar
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Late to Dinner

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Serra the Benevolent

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Maybeboard

Artifact (8)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Claws of Gix
• 1x Codex Shredder
• 1x Lithoform Engine
• 1x Perpetual Timepiece
• 1x Pyre of Heroes
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Weatherlight Compleated

Creature (4)

• 1x Defiler of Faith
• 1x Nykthos Paragon
• 1x Roving Harper
• 1x Twilight Shepherd

Instant (1)

• 1x Miraculous Recovery

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Dawn of Hope
• 1x True Conviction

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This is a Commander Deck focusing on using Celestine, the Living Saint.

She connects my two favourit Archetypes in Mono-White, Reanimator and Life Gain, so I had to build a deck around her. In general, we play a small Army of weenies and keep refuling our hands and setting up our graveyard in the early game and then curve out into a chain of recursive value and threats, like Emeria Shepherd or Karmic Guide.

We win by out-valueing our opponents, while gaining too much life for them to race and finish our enemies by pumping our evasive board (f.e. with Nykthos Paragon), shooting them down with Aetherflux Reservoir or use an alternative Win-Con, like Angel of Destiny.

Because that is not enough, the deck packs a few infinite combos or semi-infinite engines to set up powerful turns or close out the game.

My favourites are:

Altar of Dementia + Angelic Renewal + Sun Titan or another sacrifice outlet for infinite ETB, LTB and value of the Sac Outlet like infinite Mana and infinite Mill.

Burnished Hart + Emeria Shepherd or Solemn Simulacrum or Kor Cartographer plus a Sacrifice Outlet to fetch all Plains from my deck and reanimate or draw a ton of cards.

At the moment the Deck is not finished yet and I still have to cut a lot of cards. Nevertheless, I hope you enjoy my value based brew and leave a comment with feedback or suggestions.

P.S. I have made custom categories for usage of the cards. ;)

Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Key combos	Altar of Dementia + Angelic Renewal + Sun Titan Burnished Hart + Emeria Shepherd
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 8 Mythic Rares 41 - 37 Rares 26 - 12 Uncommons 14 - 5 Commons
Cards	110
Avg. CMC	3.09
Tokens	Angel 3/3 W, Angel 4/4 W, Angel 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Elephant 3/3 G, Emblem Serra the Benevolent, Food, Foretell, Goat 0/1 W, Plant 0/2 G, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 W, Treasure, Wall 0/4 C, Warrior 1/1 W w/ Vigilance