Licia, First Sword of the Mardu (BUDGET VERSION)

Commander / EDH Combo Lifegain Primer RBW (Mardu)

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Creature (21)

• 1x Augur il-Vec
• 1x Children of Korlis
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Glory-Bound Initiate
• 1x Greven, Predator Captain
• 1x Hushbringer
• 1x Icatian Moneychanger
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Lurrus of the Dream-Den
• 1x Martyr of Sands
• 1x Moltensteel Dragon
• 1x Ruthless Technomancer
• 1x Soldevi Adnate
• 1x Souldrinker
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Tavern Swindler
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 1x Treasonous Ogre
• 1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage
• 1x Wall of Blood

Instant (9)

• 1x Arcbond
• 1x Aurelia's Fury
• 1x Burnt Offering
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Crush Contraband
• 1x Mandate of Peace
• 1x Soul's Fire
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Utter End

Land (36)

• 1x Alpine Meadow
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabaretti Courtyard
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Furycalm Snarl
• 1x Maestros Theater
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Obscura Storefront
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 9x Plains
• 1x Shineshadow Snarl
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Snowfield Sinkhole
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Artifact (10)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Infiltration Lens
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sunbeam Spellbomb
• 1x Tainted Sigil
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy

Commander (1)

Sorcery (16)

• 1x Chandra's Ignition
• 1x Cleansing Nova
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Dimir Machinations
• 1x Essence Harvest
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Imposing Grandeur
• 1x Jailbreak
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Painful Truths
• 1x Parting Thoughts
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Rite of Consumption
• 1x Sanctify
• 1x Tragic Arrogance

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Dark Tutelage
• 1x Dawn of Hope
• 1x Descent into Avernus
• 1x Font of Agonies
• 1x Gonti's Machinations
• 1x Sunspring Expedition
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol

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Land (34)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Savai Triome
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Silent Clearing
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Sunbaked Canyon
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x War Room
• 1x Wind-Scarred Crag

Creature (12)

• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Deepwood Ghoul
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
• 1x Kor Cartographer
• 1x Mischievous Poltergeist
• 1x Ranger-Captain of Eos
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Swashbuckler Extraordinaire
• 1x Treasure Nabber

Artifact (6)

• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Ivory Tower
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x The Ozolith
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Venser's Journal

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1x Syphon Mind
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Wheel of Fortune

Instant (9)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Fire Covenant
• 1x Heliod's Intervention
• 1x Silence
• 1x Stinging Study
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Tithe

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Dega Sanctuary
• 1x Guild Artisan
• 1x Martyrs' Tomb
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Soul Channeling

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Original Version:

Full Primer for the deck in the link above! Same overall gameplan, but there are some budgetary differences:

1). The most notable difference is that I had to scrap the "Ticking Time Bomb" sub-strategy from the deck as I didn't have the budget to fit Venser's Journal, Ivory Tower, and cards that gave no max hand size such as Thought Vessel, and Reliquary Tower. Plus, no Necropotence or Ad Nauseam to fuel the hand for the life infusion. I could have included Necrologia but having no max hand size cards makes that pointless.

2). For Licia ramp, I had to take out Serra Ascendant and I subbed in Tavern Swindler and Elixir of Immortality. Not as consistent and costs more mana overall but it works.

3). Speaking strictly inverse advantage cards, I had to take out Blind Obedience, Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet, and Treasure Nabber. I subbed in Thalia, Heretic Cathar. Unfortunately, this means we can't really slow down artifact decks anymore or keep people from storming off, but Thalia can still slow down the table just long enough for us to catch up in the early game.

4). Instead of stuff like Grand Abolisher and Silence, we sub those cards for Aurelia's Fury and Mandate of Peace. Not the best and are one offs, but still able to clear the way for us to close out the game.

5). Subbed for low budget tutors like Diabolic Tutor and Dimir Machinations. Best targets for Dimir Machinations is Tainted Sigil, Wall of Blood, and Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose.

6). Subbed Sevinne's Reclamation for Jailbreak, Sun Titan, and Ruthless Technomancer for graveyard recursion. We also still have Lurrus of the Dream-Den.

7). Since we opened up card slots not being able to fit in the other more expensive inverse advantage cards, the "Ticking Time Bomb" package, and some more powerful, efficient combo pieces like Necropotence and Bolas's Citadel - I filled those empty slots with more redundancy in cards like Essence Harvest that deals dmg based on power AND gains us life (if we use a lifelinker like Licia). This budget version has Rite of Consumption, Soul's Fire, Arcbond, Chandra's Ignition, and Essence Harvest. Having more options with these gives us leeway to use some for the purpose of gaining a burst of life in a pinch. I also added a few more options to be able to pay life on such as Souldrinker and Unspeakable Symbol to give us more options to combo with Children of Korlis and Tainted Sigil.

Budget Exclusive Combos:

Descent into Avernus + Tainted Sigil To gain a bunch of life.

Ruthless Technomancer + Licia, Sanguine Tribune To create a ton of treasures for ramp and/or to possibly recur combo pieces from graveyard.

Soul's Fire + Arcbond To create another Chandra's Ignition but it is clunkier.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 25 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.80
Tokens	Companion Zone, Energy Reserve, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Treasure
Based on	Licia, First Sword of the Mardu {Primer} Gofralighto EDH