Life and Death

Commander / EDH Aristocrats Infinite Combo Lifegain Primer Tokens WB (Orzhov)

Enral

Land (36)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Dust Bowl
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 4x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scrubland
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Windswept Heath

Instant (7)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Creature (24)

• 1x Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Geralf's Messenger
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Hallowed Spiritkeeper
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Requiem Angel
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Teysa Karlov
• 1x Twilight Drover
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Divine Visitation
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Revel in Riches
• 1x Righteous War
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Winds of Abandon

Commanders (2)

Artifact (16)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Treasure Map  ^Flip

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संसार

The Deck

This is my aristocrat-style token/life-gain multiplayer commander deck led primarily by Krav, the Unredeemed followed by his partner Regna, the Redeemer. With token generation being the primary focus to fuel Krav and life gain as a secondary support for Regna, the continuous cycle of life, death, and rebirth is simulated. Although unassuming, this dynamic duo is able to compete in a 75% pod without breaking a sweat as well as feeling right at home in a casual pod.

The advantage of running partners is that the library is now 98 cards instead of 99. This is an important detail to note as it effectively gives me a virtual advantage in land count. For example, with a deck that benefits from running 37-38 lands, I can get away with running 36 to get virtually the same statistical variance in a 99 card deck. While not significant, having this slight advantage is always a plus.

Piloting the Deck

I've tuned this deck to function perfectly fine without casting any of my commanders because both commanders are expensive and reliance on commanders to execute a gameplan is highly risky in my pod. However, the deck is enhanced greatly with either commanders in play. In general, treat Krav as a card draw spell and Regna as a token engine in the commandzone that is only cast when the appropriate situation arise. There are several key cards in the deck that makes this possible. A consistent token generator like Bitterblossom or a utility creature like Reassembling Skeleton is always top priority early game. Skullclamp is almost always my tutor target as it keeps my engine going while adding significant card advantage the more tokens I have in play. A sac outlet like Viscera Seer is the other important piece of the engine that I want to get online ASAP. With token generators, card draw, and sac outlet in play, I am almost guaranteed to outpace everyone in card advantage and board presence. When the appropriate situation arise where I do not get my engine online by mid game, Krav, the Unredeemed or Regna, the Redeemer becomes an important piece of the strategy to get the engine going.

Notable Synergies

• Mentor of the Meek + Ophiomancer + any free sac outlets like Ashnod's Altar + Pitiless Plunderer = Draw a card every upkeep for free nets me three extra cards each round in a four player pod. Gets even more obnoxious with Requiem Angel in play to generate tokens in addition to card draw.
• Ophiomancer + Divine Visitation = Creates three 4/4 angel tokens every round in a four player pod.
• Razaketh, the Foulblooded + Elixir of Immortality = Able to recur anything from the graveyard with a token engine producing at least two tokens a turn. For example, I can use Utter End and use Elixir of Immortality to shuffle it back to library. I will then sacrifice two tokens to search for those two cards again to be reused next turn. This process will net me 1 life.

Win Conditions

• Divine Visitation + Requiem Angel = This forms an infinite loop with any free sac outlet. With Phyrexian Altar, I can generate infinite colored mana and death/ETB triggers which is an instant win with Krav, the Unredeemed as I can use the infinite mana to sac and cast Krav infinitely to force everyone to draw out their library. Blood Artist/Anointed Procession in play acts as an insurance plan in case of any interaction.
• Ashnod's Altar + Nim Deathmantle = This forms the basis of an infinite loop with any creature that generates at least one token when they die. 1) Grave Titan generates infinite 2/2 zombie tokens and colorless mana. 2) Pitiless Plunderer + Anointed Procession turns any other creature into an infinite etb/death trigger loop. 3) Requiem Angel turns other non-spirit creatures into an infinite etb/death trigger loop.
• Phyrexian Altar + Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton = Infinite etb/death trigger loop to win with Blood Artist. Also works with Ashnod's Altar to generate infinite colorless mana additionally.
• Nether Traitor + Pawn of Ulamog + Phyrexian Altar = Forms an infinite etb/death trigger loop & infinite colored mana to draw entire deck with Krav and instant win with Blood Artist.

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Top Ranked	Achieved #3 position overall 6 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	4 years
Key combos	Ashnod's Altar + Nim Deathmantle Nether Traitor + Pawn of Ulamog + Phyrexian Altar Divine Visitation + Requiem Angel Phyrexian Altar + Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 50 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.03
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Angel 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Elephant 3/3 G, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Rat 1/1 B, Snake 1/1 B, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W, Thrull 1/1 B, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 W, Warrior 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B
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