Lovebirds

Commander / EDH* Aristocrats Lifegain Theme/Gimmick Tokens WB (Orzhov)

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Creature (31)

• 1x Angel of Invention
• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Auriok Champion
• 1x Bastion Protector
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Captain of the Watch
• 1x Cloudgoat Ranger
• 1x Corpse Knight
• 1x Crested Sunmare
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Geist-Honored Monk
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Knight-Captain of Eos
• 1x Marionette Master
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Ravos, Soultender
• 1x Regal Caracal
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Skeletal Vampire
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Teysa Karlov
• 1x Vindictive Vampire
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Instant (6)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Land (35)

• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Eiganjo Castle
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Forsaken Sanctuary
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Guildmages' Forum
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Kabira Crossroads
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 5x Plains
• 1x Radiant Fountain
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Vivid Marsh
• 1x Vivid Meadow
• 1x Zhalfirin Void

Artifact (9)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Marble Diamond
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Commanders (2)

Enchantment (12)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Dawn of Hope
• 1x Debtors' Knell
• 1x Ethereal Absolution
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Marshal's Anthem
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Together Forever

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Command the Dreadhorde
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Regna's Sanction
• 1x Vindicate

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Angel and Demon – star crossed lovers – impossible and forbidden – this tale is as old as time. And it’s cute as hell.

Alright, let’s break this down. What are we trying to do? Gain life and spam tokens to abuse the Lovebird’s abilities. We get a bit of a reanimation sub-theme so we can sac value engines then bring them back for bonus value.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FOR LOVE, IT’S A SACRIFICE I’M WILLING TO MAKE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Since he costs 1 less than his partner, Krav is usually going to hit the table first. Now, for Krav to reach his full potential we need a swarm of disposable creatures. Angel of Invention , Captain of the Watch , Cloudgoat Ranger , Geist-Honored Monk , Grave Titan , Knight-Captain of Eos , Marionette Master , Regal Caracal , and Skeletal Vampire all do an excellent job of this by bringing friends with them when they ETB. Crested Sunmare and Elenda, the Dusk Rose also bring friends, albeit they take a bit more work than just entering the battlefield. Grave Titan , Skeletal Vampire , Elspeth, Sun's Champion , Legion's Landing  , and Ethereal Absolution are all also fantastic for this since they can continue spitting out tokens the more time they’re given. Slap an Anointed Procession into the mix and suddenly all your numbers are doubled! Even if Krav isn’t on the table we can make use of our dudes with Ashnod's Altar . And of course, since we’re constantly throwing all our dudes overboard it only makes sense to reuse their bits with a Black Market .
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ARMED AND ARMORED WITH THE SPIRIT OF LOVE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Swarms of 1/1s can certainly end a game, but swarms of 2/2s and 3/3s do it much faster. Angel of Invention , Archangel of Thune , Elesh Norn, Ravos, Soultender , Ethereal Absolution , and Marshal's Anthem all beef up your dorks into a force to be reckoned with. Teysa Karlov makes them all that much more impactful by giving them vigilance & lifelink. Some games Regna herself might even bless your team with a host of +1/+1 counters through Regna's Sanction !
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOT EVEN DEATH CAN STOP OUR LOVE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
What’s better than sacrificing a creature for value? Bringing it back and doing it again! Demon of Dark Schemes , Ravos, Soultender , Sheoldred, Nim Deathmantle , Animate Dead , Dance of the Dead , Debtors' Knell , Marshal's Anthem , Palace Siege , Phyrexian Reclamation , Ever After , Reanimate , Thrilling Encore , and Victimize all let you raise the dead to fight again for the World’s Cutest Couple! A display of Krav and Regna’s undying love in Together Forever is strong enough to bring back two creatures as well! As a bonus, since so many of your creatures bring friends with them (nine, to be exact), a single reanimation spell often turns into THREE bodies! Oh, the value! And of course, we have Entomb and Buried Alive to throw high-profile targets in the bin for reanimation.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WARRIORS OF LIFE AND LOVE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Our lovely Regna has a bag full of countless fully grown, fully trained 1/1 warrior tokens. How? Why? Nobody knows. Here’s the thing: she lets them out of the bag 2 at a time, once every end step, assuming you gained life that turn. SO, how do we capitalize on this? Tons of tiny life gain triggers to make sure we’re gaining at least one per turn to satisfy Regna’s quota. Now I’m not going to list everything in the deck that gains you at least one life because honestly, that’s most of the deck. What I will list is things that gain you life on your opponents’ turns – something a little harder to accomplish but very necessary to capitalize on Regna’s ability. First and foremost is Krav. Sac a token EOT, make 2 more. Repeat. Assuming you have at least 1 black mana to spare for every opponent, you get +1 token, gain a life, draw a card, and put a counter on Krav EVERY END STEP. In a multiplayer game that gets out of hand fast. Auriok Champion , Blood Artist , Kambal, Consul of Allocation , Soul Warden , Soul's Attendant , Zulaport Cutthroat , and Authority of the Consuls all do EXCELLENT jobs of netting you at least one life per each player’s turn. Pristine Talisman is also a handy toy for this, though it only does it once per turn cycle.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LABORS OF LOVE (AND LIFE) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Regna may not always be on the table, so we pack some extra life gain payoffs. Archangel of Thune , Aetherflux Reservoir , and Sanguine Bond can all go nuclear. I’ve elected not to run the Sanguine Bond & Exquisite Blood combo because I tried not to be an asshole while building this.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE LOVINATOR 9000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Everyone’s had a moment where they build something and accidentally include an orbital ion cannon, right? Ok maybe not, but I did. Ashnod's Altar is great for when you want to turn some of your infinite army into extra mana. Nim Deathmantle is great for bringing guys back when you have extra mana to spend on it. Now, when you put them together you get dangerously close to going infinite. All it needs is one creature that produces three bodies… of which we run nine. Oops.
Here’s how it works: First, you sacrifice a token to Ashnod's Altar . Now you have 2 mana. Then, you sacrifice a creature that creates 2 or more tokens when it ETBs (let’s say Grave Titan ) to Ashnod's Altar . Now we have 4 mana, and Nim Deathmantle ’s ability triggers – we pay the 4 mana we just got and return Grave Titan to the battlefield. It ETBs and creates 2 tokens. We can do this forever, each time gaining one token. Now that we have an infinite army, we can wait a turn cycle and attack to kill everyone. Or we can activate Krav and sac a billion tokens for each opponent, causing them to lose from an empty library. Oops.



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE SOUNDS OF LOVE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Top Ranked	Achieved #6 position in Commander / EDH Aristocrats 6 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Exclude colors	URG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 28 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.78
Tokens	Bat 1/1 B, Cat 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Horse 5/5 W, Kithkin Soldier 1/1 W, Servo 1/1 C, Soldier 1/1 W, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Spirit 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 WB, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 W, Warrior 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	deck inspo, Commander