Ping 1: Pingy Dingy Life Drain Thingy

Commander / EDH

aloeliger

Creature (21)

• 1x Agent of Masks
• 1x Augury Adept
• 1x Basilica Guards
• 1x Basilica Screecher
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Daxos of Meletis
• 1x Divinity of Pride
• 1x Drogskol Reaver
• 1x Knight of Obligation
• 1x Obzedat, Ghost Council
• 1x Pontiff of Blight
• 1x Rhox Faithmender
• 1x Scholar of Athreos
• 1x Silent Arbiter
• 1x Souls of the Faultless
• 1x Sphinx Sovereign
• 1x Stormscape Master
• 1x Tithe Drinker
• 1x Treasury Thrull
• 1x Vizkopa Confessor
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage

Land (34)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 8x Island
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 8x Plains
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 8x Swamp

Enchantment (19)

• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Boon Reflection
• 1x Declaration of Naught
• 1x Detention Sphere
• 1x Dissipation Field
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Numbing Dose
• 1x One Thousand Lashes
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Palace Siege
• 1x Pillory of the Sleepless
• 1x Polluted Bonds
• 1x Power Taint
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Soothsaying
• 1x Soul Barrier
• 1x Stab Wound

Artifact (12)

• 1x Angelheart Vial
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Chalice of Life  ^Flip
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Etherwrought Page
• 1x Norn's Annex
• 1x Obelisk of Esper
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Staff of Nin
• 1x Sun Droplet

Instant (9)

• 1x Countersquall
• 1x Deprive
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Dromar's Charm
• 1x Hideous End
• 1x Overrule
• 1x Psychic Barrier
• 1x Undermine
• 1x Utter End

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Angelic Edict
• 1x Death Grasp
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Supreme Verdict

Commander (1)

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Creature (40)

• 1x Ajani's Pridemate
• 1x Ashen Rider
• 1x Blood Baron of Vizkopa
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Celestial Force
• 1x Duskmantle Seer
• 1x Ethersworn Adjudicator
• 1x Fate Unraveler
• 1x Fatespinner
• 1x Felidar Sovereign
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Gomazoa
• 1x Guard Gomazoa
• 1x Guardian of the Ages
• 1x Hover Barrier
• 1x Indulgent Tormentor
• 1x Isperia, Supreme Judge
• 1x Magister Sphinx
• 1x Nyx-Fleece Ram
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Purity
• 1x Resolute Archangel
• 1x Serene Master
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Serra Avatar
• 1x Shattered Angel
• 1x Sphinx of the Steel Wind
• 1x Sunweb
• 1x Suture Priest
• 1x Syndic of Tithes
• 1x Syndicate Enforcer
• 1x Thrull Parasite
• 1x Transcendent Master
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
• 1x Voracious Hatchling
• 1x Wall of Denial
• 1x Wall of Limbs
• 1x Wall of Reverence
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Land (1)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse

Enchantment (30)

• 1x Ajani's Mantra
• 1x Archmage Ascension
• 1x Aurification
• 1x Baneful Omen
• 1x Collective Restraint
• 1x Confiscate
• 1x Conjured Currency
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Energy Field
• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Hesitation
• 1x Honden of Cleansing Fire
• 1x Honden of Night's Reach
• 1x Honden of Seeing Winds
• 1x Lightmine Field
• 1x Mind Unbound
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Paradox Haze
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Price of Knowledge
• 1x Solitary Confinement
• 1x Subversion
• 1x Test of Endurance
• 1x Underworld Dreams
• 1x War Tax
• 1x Web of Inertia
• 1x Wound Reflection
• 1x Zur's Weirding

Artifact (12)

• 1x Armageddon Clock
• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Glaring Spotlight
• 1x Iron Maiden
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Skullcage
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Storage Matrix
• 1x Thought Prison
• 1x Venser's Journal
• 1x Witchbane Orb

Instant (3)

• 1x Absorb
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Spinal Embrace

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Consuming Vapors
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Phyrexian Rebirth
• 1x Terminus
• 1x Toxic Deluge

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I once shot a man in Reno just to steal his life total.

Life gain, life drain, repeatable pinging damage, and a big board full of permanents are some of my favorite mechanics, so that's what this deck is based around. Essentially the game plan is to use a wide array of stuff to make yourself as unsavory a target as possible, while slowly building yourself and bleeding your opponents down. I would appreciate more suggestions for how to do that better. If you have suggestions, I'd also really appreciate hearing what should go out in favor of the new stuff. And no, I'm not just going to drop Felidar Sovereign and pretend that was satisfying.

BONUS CHALLENGE: I prefer to play budget and just for fun, so I would like to keep the final deck total close to $70.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.62
Folders	My Crap