PDH(WB) - Weaponized Lifegain

Pauper EDH* WB (Orzhov)

Alkadron

Creature (18)

• 1x Basilica Guards
• 1x Basilica Screecher
• 1x Child of Night
• 1x Crypt Rats
• 1x Daggerdrome Imp
• 1x Dawnstrike Paladin
• 1x Gangrenous Zombies
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Hopeful Eidolon
• 1x Kingpin's Pet
• 1x Kor Cartographer
• 1x Markov Patrician
• 1x Martyr of Sands
• 1x Seraph of Dawn
• 1x Student of Ojutai
• 1x Syndic of Tithes
• 1x Syndicate Enforcer
• 1x Tithe Drinker

Land (36)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Kabira Crossroads
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 16x Plains
• 1x Radiant Fountain
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 14x Swamp

Instant (18)

• 1x Alchemist's Gift
• 1x Angel's Mercy
• 1x Awe Strike
• 1x Bake into a Pie
• 1x Congregate
• 1x Crypt Incursion
• 1x Dark Bargain
• 1x Dazzling Reflection
• 1x Invoke the Divine
• 1x Light of Hope
• 1x Meditation Puzzle
• 1x Renewed Faith
• 1x Rest for the Weary
• 1x Revitalize
• 1x Ritual of Rejuvenation
• 1x Soothing Balm
• 1x Succumb to Temptation
• 1x Whitesun's Passage

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Faith's Fetters
• 1x Font of Vigor
• 1x Gift of Orzhova
• 1x Pestilence
• 1x Recumbent Bliss
• 1x Sunspring Expedition
• 1x Vampiric Link

Commander (1)

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Benediction of Moons
• 1x Blood Tithe
• 1x Brainspoil
• 1x Chaplain's Blessing
• 1x Healing Hands
• 1x Lich's Caress
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Solemn Offering
• 1x Survival Cache
• 1x Syphon Soul
• 1x Terashi's Grasp

Artifact (6)

• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Orazca Relic
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Sunbeam Spellbomb
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

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Sideboard

Land (1)

• 1x Silverquill Campus

Instant (1)

• 1x Crushing Disappointment

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Maybeboard

Creature (7)

• 1x Ajani's Sunstriker
• 1x Champion of Arashin
• 1x Faithbearer Paladin
• 1x Mesa Unicorn
• 1x Moriok Replica
• 1x Scrounger of Souls
• 1x Urborg Syphon-Mage

Artifact (2)

• 1x Orzhov Cluestone
• 1x Orzhov Locket

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Bitter Revelation
• 1x Painful Lesson

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Making this deck work requires some set-up, but the pay-offs can be monstrous blowouts.

In a four player game, Vizkopa Guildmage's second ability, plus:

• Blood Tithe nets 45 life swing (each opponent loses 12, you gain 9).

• Gray Merchant of Asphodel nets at least 45, probably 60 (each opponent loses 16, you gain 12).

• Meditation Puzzle or Rest for the Weary nets 32 (each opponent loses 8, you gain 8).

• Crypt Incursion or Congregate nets who even knows, a lot?

Here's some bonus stuff that's really dumb:

• Vizkopa can give Crypt Rats lifelink.

• Vizkopa can activate the second ability multiple times in a turn, and the effects stack.

It's all very mana-intensive, and people will see it coming and try pretty hard to disrupt the plan, but if it goes off, it's devastating.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Pauper EDH legal.
Cards	99
Avg. CMC	2.73
Tokens	City's Blessing, Food
Folders	Dave's Pauper EDH