Drain and Gain

Standard* Aggro Allies Lifegain Tribal

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Creature (22)

• 1x Archangel Avacyn  ^Flip
• 4x Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
• 2x Cliffhaven Vampire
• 2x Drana's Chosen
• 4x Drana's Emissary
• 4x Kalastria Healer
• 1x Linvala, the Preserver
• 4x Zulaport Cutthroat

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Ob Nixilis Reignited

Land (24)

• 2x Blighted Steppe
• 2x Mortuary Mire
• 8x Plains
• 10x Swamp
• 2x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Enchantment (4)

• 2x Oath of Gideon
• 2x Retreat to Hagra

Instant (6)

• 4x Anguished Unmaking
• 2x Eerie Interlude

Sorcery (2)

• 2x March from the Tomb

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Sideboard

Creature (5)

• 1x Desolation Twin
• 2x Ondu War Cleric
• 2x Zulaport Chainmage

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Vampiric Rites

Instant (2)

• 2x Foul-Tongue Shriek

Sorcery (8)

• 2x Bone Splinters
• 2x Call the Gatewatch
• 2x Damnable Pact
• 2x Liliana's Indignation

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The idea is to simply drain life while gaining life through multiple Ally creature triggers. If all goes well, you'll won't ever have to attack. It could probably use some cleaning up to preserve a stronger mana curve, but that's for another time.

Anguished Unmaking- Losing 3 life is inconsequential in this deck.

Archangel Avacyn   - Wipe the board and trigger Zulaport Cutthroat which triggers Cliffhaven Vampire for more draining.

Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim- At 2 cmc, a 2/2 with deathtouch and all the triggers it sets off is a bargain.

Cliffhaven Vampire- So many life gain triggers will have this triggering all the time.

Drana's Chosen - Tokens for saccing and triggering Zulaport

Drana's Emissary Continuous pressure from this bad larry forces some to play on tilt.

Eerie Interlude- Protect your creatures and cue multiple triggers when everything returns the battlefield.

Kalastria Healer- Allies everywhere means more life for you.

Linvala, the Preserver - If you for some reason happen to be down life, have 5 more.

March from the Tomb - Combos well with Westvale Abbey   after you've sacced a bunch of creatures.

Oath of Gideon - Get that 3rd Ob Nixilis Reignited ability one turn sooner. Oh yea, and a couple ally tokens to set off Kalastria Healer is pretty dope.

Ob Nixilis Reignited- More cards is always better and 1 life cost is meaningless. Get the 3rd ability and you're coasting.

Retreat to Hagra- Triggers Cliffhaven Vampire

Westvale Abbey   - Easy to flip if you've got some tokens already out from Oath of Gideon or Drana's Chosen or Linvala, the Preserver . You can afford to sac a couple non-token creatures if you have March from the Tomb and I'm not sure abut the ruling on this, but maybe you could use Eerie Interlude before your creatures hit the graveyard and basically pay nothing.

Zulaport Cutthroat The star of the show. Discourages board wipes. Having 2 of these out with a few other creatures is terrifying.

Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 18 - 5 Rares 14 - 4 Uncommons 6 - 8 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.14
Tokens	Angel 3/3 W, Eldrazi 10/10 C, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Kor Ally 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Unsorted, B/W Life Gain