Hate your life

Standard* Combo Lifegain

azraieth

Creature (19)

• 4x Bogbrew Witch
• 3x Desecration Demon
• 4x Festering Newt
• 4x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 4x Tenacious Dead

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms

Land (24)

• 3x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 21x Swamp

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Sanguine Bond

Artifact (4)

• 4x Bubbling Cauldron

Instant (7)

• 3x Devour Flesh
• 4x Hero's Downfall

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Read the Bones

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 4x Nightveil Specter

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Dark Prophecy

Artifact (2)

• 2x Pithing Needle

Instant (2)

• 2x Crypt Incursion

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Corrupt
• 2x Thoughtseize

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Maybeboard

Creature (8)

• 2x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Liliana's Reaver
• 4x Pack Rat

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Underworld Connections

Artifact (5)

• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Glaring Spotlight
• 1x Ring of Three Wishes
• 2x Trading Post

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Corrupt
• 1x Mind Rot

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Building a slight new Life link deck revolving around Sanguine Bond, Gray Merchant and being straight up mean.

Bogbrew Witch, Bubbling Cauldron and Festering Newt are the main base I am playing around. I had this combo in my other deck and while at times it is hard to pull off, they combo well with other cards. The basic idea is that I hold aggro decks off with Tenacious Dead early, as well as Festering Newt. If they aren't aggro I usually get a few hits in before the plays start coming. Removals come from 4x Hero's Downfall and 3x Devour Flesh.

I then just work whatever combos I have / can get on the board. Some of the combos include:

• Bubbling Cauldron with Tenacious Dead
• Sanguine Bond with just about everything I have
• Desecration Demon with Sanguine Bond and Devour Flesh (if I get desperate, pacified or they keep tapping them down and I want to punish them)
• Bubbling Cauldron with Festering Newt (Bogbrew Witch optional) and Sanguine Bond
• Erebos, God of the Dead with Devour Flesh (to have them sac and not gain life)
• Gray Merchant of Asphodel and Sanguine Bond (it hurts so bad once you think about it)

I am play testing this deck to see what works well and what doesn't. I am considering taking out the Bogbrew Witch just because it's only good for one thing and it takes mana to get that. I thought I might be better off with other creatures that are actually useful in general.

My sideboard is a combination of cards I might want to swap in depending on the circumstances. For instance if I am playing another black deck I want to bring in Quag Sickness to get rid of Erebos, God of the Dead or any other naughty Indestructible god. I also have Devour Flesh for that too but it's riskier.

Open to thoughts!

Date added	11 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 3 Mythic Rares 12 - 8 Rares 16 - 2 Uncommons 10 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.92
Tokens	Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms