Ayli Sacrifice and Recursion

Commander / EDH

wylie

Creature (26)

• 1x Archon of Justice
• 1x Ashen Rider
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Divinity of Pride
• 1x Emeria Shepherd
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Suture Priest
• 1x Tree of Perdition
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage

Instant (5)

• 1x Entomb
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Utter End

Land (37)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 11x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 13x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Unburial Rites
• 1x Victimize

Commander (1)

Artifact (12)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Lifeline
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Proper Burial
• 1x Sanguine Bond

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Creature (1)

• 1x Children of Korlis

Land (1)

• 1x Cabal Coffers

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Reanimate

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This deck focuses on enters-the-battlefield and death triggers, and ways to recur creatures to get extra value from both. I've found that it plays best as a grindy control deck, where we can destroy or exile anything threatening while setting up for our big mana-intensive win conditions. Because Ayli's effect requires 50 or more life, and we want to take as much advantage of that as possible, we need lots of life- but lots of life will make us a target, so we have to be controlling.

A key discovery that makes this deck work much better is Lifeline + Mimic Vat . We can asymmetrically recur our creatures for free every turn, while destroying everyone else's. A similar effect is Gift of Immortality, but it tends to get targeted and removed faster.

The main categories of cards in this deck are: Win conditions Sac outlets or Recursion Card draw Ramp (our win conditions are very mana intensive)

Game plan:Turns 1-3: Basic setup, try to gain life. Kambal, Consul of Allocation is nice to cast early.Turns 4-6: Play some cards you want to recur, and recur them. Start removing threatsTurns 7+: Get card advantage, keep the life total high, and get as much mana as possible. Don't let any players keep a threatening board state. Find your win conditions.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Key combos	Lifeline + Mimic Vat
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.49
Tokens	Copy Clone, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Morph 2/2 C, Zombie 2/2 B