BW Allies ($10-$30)

Standard WB (Orzhov)

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Creature (28)

• 4x Cliffhaven Vampire
• 4x Cliffside Lookout
• 4x Drana's Emissary
• 4x Kalastria Healer
• 2x Makindi Patrol
• 2x Ondu War Cleric
• 2x Vampire Envoy
• 2x Zulaport Chainmage
• 4x Zulaport Cutthroat

Land (20)

• 4x Evolving Wilds
• 8x Plains
• 8x Swamp

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Allied Reinforcements

Enchantment (8)

• 4x Retreat to Emeria
• 4x Retreat to Hagra

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Sideboard

Sorcery (6)

• 4x Chaplain's Blessing
• 2x March from the Tomb

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

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This is my standard BW allied life gain deck. I am certain that everyone knows how to play it but I will explain it anyways.

Passive Strategy Show

To be passive what you focus on is gaining life and pinging them down 1 life at a time. You will use your allies (such as Cliffside Lookout, Makindi Patrol, Zulaport Cutthroat, 1/1 Kor Ally, and 2/2 Knight Ally) and you continue collecting the rally for Kalastria Healer each turn pinging them down from life. You can amplify the life your opponents lose with Cliffhaven Vampire and Drana's Emissary

You also have Cohort to use to your advantage. The best strategy with cohort I find is to use it to tap Vampire Envoy as him tapping gains you life. Now landfall can benefit you too, with Retreat to Hagra you will most likely to the gaining life and opponents lose life in this strategy but don't forget that you can hold onto your Evolving Wilds and pop it off on opponents turns for the landfall and give your creature deathtouch. The other benefit of landfall is with Retreat to Emeria where you can get more ally tokens to block with but more importantly to trigger Kalastria Healer. A good board state could have you easily deal 6 damage per turn without having to attack. If you use this strategy you may want to add in the Chaplain's Blessing as it will give you more ways to gain life easily so you can survive for longer. Cards to remove when going passive are Makindi Patrol as you won't need vigilance, and you can reduce the number of Zulaport Cutthroat

Aggressive Strategy Show

The aggressive strategy is more fun to play, in my opinion. With this you may want to reduce the number of Cliffside Lookout and add in a March from the Tomb as it will allow you to return your ally's from the graveyard. Now the best part about the aggressive strategy is it is almost the exact same as the passive one except that you are constantly attacking. If/when creatures die you can march them back onto the battlefield thereby triggering Rally for all of you ally's again. Another suggestion is to reduce card:Drana's Emmissary to 3 along with Cliffhaven Vampire and add in 2 more March from the Tomb to give you more chances of returning creatures from the graveyard. You could also add in Gideon, Ally of Zendikar but he truly is not needed in this deck. Although he does add a massive amount of power I personally think plainswalkers kind of take the fun out of magic a little bit and as such I find he isn't the best to add. He will, however, guarantee rally triggers each turn for you.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	0 - 2 Mythic Rares 0 - 2 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.90
Tokens	Emblem Gideon, Ally of Zendikar, Knight Ally 2/2 W, Kor Ally 1/1 W