Some Light Clerical Work

Commander / EDH Aristocrats Cleric Lifegain Sacrifice WB (Orzhov)

Noire_Samhain

Creature (32)

• 1x Ancestor's Prophet
• 1x Archivist of Oghma
• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
• 1x Battletide Alchemist
• 1x Bishop of Rebirth
• 1x Doomed Necromancer
• 1x Edgewalker
• 1x Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
• 1x Giver of Runes
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Leonin Relic-Warder
• 1x Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
• 1x Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1x Markov Purifier
• 1x Minthara, Merciless Soul
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Ravos, Soultender *f-etch*
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Righteous Valkyrie
• 1x Shadow-Rite Priest
• 1x Solemn Doomguide
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Suture Priest
• 1x Taborax, Hope's Demise
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Tymna the Weaver *f-etch*
• 1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Land (33)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 6x Plains
• 1x Shattered Sanctum
• 1x Silent Clearing
• 1x Starlit Sanctum
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Windswept Heath

Instant (8)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Utter End

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Wrath of God

Commander (1)

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Black Market Connections
• 1x Etchings of the Chosen
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Life Insurance
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Artifact (10)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

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Enchantment (4)

• 1x Cover of Darkness
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Fanatical Devotion
• 1x Necromancy

Creature (2)

• 1x Daru Spiritualist
• 1x Shaman en-Kor

Artifact (1)

• 1x Shuko

Land (1)

• 1x Starlit Sanctum

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Dismantling Wave

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I've been itching to build a deck heavily based around lifegain, but also a tribal deck. And Clerics are up both those alleys.

Its a hodgepodge mix of reanimator, aristocrats, and lifegain. The Soul Sisters, Elas il-Kor Angel of Destiny, Righteous and Aetherflux keeps our life totals high, while Yawgmoth, Taborax, Phyrexian Arena, Black Market Connections, and Aetherflux lets us spend that life if we have no need to stockpile it. There's also an option to go on the offensive, with Minthara, Ravos, Etchings of the Chosen, Valkyrie, and Shadow-Rite Priest buffing our team. Choose your pick of one of three targets of worship- Razaketh the Foulblooded for the diabolically inclined, Athreos, God of Passage for those simply doing their duties, or Liesa, Forgotten Angel for those who seek the divine.

Win in the less efficient way by smashing face with our buffers, by blasting people with Aetherflux Reservoir, or one of our infinite combos. Animate Dead + Leonin Relic-Hoarder can set up an infinite loop to trigger our ETB lifegains infinitely to feed into Aetherflux, or kill everyone with Elas with the death triggers. And for our second and last combo, Sanguine Bond/Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose + Exquisite Blood can infinitely drain out an opponent one at a time (be sure to trigger it again for other players).

Top Ranked	Achieved #3 position overall 2 years ago Achieved #2 position in Commander / EDH 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Aristocrats 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Lifegain 2 years ago
Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.97
Tokens	City's Blessing, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Shapeshifter 3/2 C, Treasure
Folders	Read Later