Doran: Life, Then Death

Commander / EDH BGW (Abzan, Junk)

PattAnderson

Land (36)

• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Forbidding Watchtower
• 5x Forest
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 8x Plains
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of Plenty
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of the Archangel

Win Con (12)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Defense of the Heart
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage
• 1x Zetalpa, Primal Dawn

Combat (8)

• 1x Assault Formation
• 1x Hunter's Prowess
• 1x Masako the Humorless
• 1x Oathsworn Giant
• 1x Ohran Frostfang
• 1x Primal Rage
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x True Conviction

Wipe (5)

• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Fell the Mighty
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Wave of Reckoning

Top Deck (2)

• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top

Life (17)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Angelic Chorus
• 1x Beacon of Immortality
• 1x Boon Reflection
• 1x Dragonlord Dromoka
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
• 1x Pontiff of Blight
• 1x Ready / Willing
• 1x Revival / Revenge
• 1x Rhox Faithmender
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Verdant Sun's Avatar
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage

Ramp (11)

• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Deathsprout
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Removal (9)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Casualties of War
• 1x Deathsprout
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Ready / Willing
• 1x Silklash Spider
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Utter End

Cheat (3)

• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Defense of the Heart
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms

Tutor (3)

• 1x Defense of the Heart
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Inventors' Fair

Commander (1)

Toughness (12)

• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
• 1x Oathsworn Giant
• 1x Ohran Frostfang
• 1x Pontiff of Blight
• 1x Rhox Faithmender
• 1x Runic Armasaur
• 1x Silklash Spider
• 1x Sporecap Spider
• 1x Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
• 1x Verdant Sun's Avatar
• 1x Zetalpa, Primal Dawn

Draw (10)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Hunter's Prowess
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Ohran Frostfang
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Runic Armasaur
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Underworld Connections
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Protection (6)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Dragonlord Dromoka
• 1x Masako the Humorless
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Teferi's Protection

Recursion (3)

• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Mine Excavation

Redundancy (1)

• 1x Assault Formation

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A deck with toughness and life gain as it's sub-themes. Some win-cons for me would be Necropotence, Bolas's Citadel and Sensei's Divining Top. I also have a tonne of synergy with creatures and life gain that I added recently. Finally, I know there is a large amount of removal in this deck, but I find that not many people expect someone to have more than 4-5 answers. Controlling the board outside of blue helps a lot in overwhelming in combat. Let me know what you think!

Date added	7 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 48 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.14
Tokens	Treasure