Sorin, the Living Death

Oathbreaker Aristocrats Casual Lifegain Living End WB (Orzhov)

18ths

Creature (20)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bontu the Glorified
• 1x Cliffhaven Vampire
• 1x Crested Sunmare
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Drana's Emissary
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Regal Bloodlord
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Suture Priest
• 1x Teysa, Orzhov Scion
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Blind Obedience

Land (23)

• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x High Market
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 6x Plains
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 12x Swamp
• 1x Vault of the Archangel

Artifact (6)

• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Norn's Annex
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Ruinous Path
• 1x Vindicate

Instant (3)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Commanders (2)

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Creature (3)

• 1x Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
• 1x Crested Sunmare
• 1x Gifted Aetherborn

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Victimize

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Kaya, Ghost Assassin

Artifact (1)

• 1x Cauldron of Souls

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Palace Siege

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I decided to try this Oathbreaker thing everyone is talking about. The deck is essentially Blood Artist tribal.

Since all these guys are VERY vulnerable, Sorin's -X ability helps a lot - most of those guys are very cheap, and you can basically bring one of them back every two turns. It's not like you're going to chump-blocking much too - the rate at which you gain life is insane, which is further supported by Sorin's static ability. His +1 is not that good, but still, your opponents might be afraid of blocking your little guys if your Oathbreaker is on the battlefield if their blocking creature is in his reach.

Why Living Death as a spell signature then? Well, it can be very versatile - you can sac your entire board for enormous life drain if there are more than few drainers. You can sac them with any free sac engine and then cast Living Death, so they will be brought up again and just blow your board again. If you're hated out, you can rebuild quickly. All this while disrupting your opponents at the same time. If you have Gray Merchant of Asphodel in your graveyard while casting this, everyone is pretty much dead. Teysa, Orzhov Scion will probably leave you a lot of evasive bodies after casting this too.

There are some fun cards to fight other Oathbreakers - Sorin himself can deal damage to planeswalkers, even if its only one point of damage, which may get you some time before somebody ultimates. Kambal, Consul of Allocation punishes players for casting their signature spells and hits the board pretty early. Direct planeswalker kill spell is also here - Ruinous Path .

Also, one of the better cards here is Bontu's Monument - its cheap, makes basically every other creature in the deck even cheaper, draining everyone while you dump your hand like crazy.

This deck might be a bit glass cannony, so Norn's Annex , plenty of lifegain and cheap removal package (including board wipe in command zone) are here to help you to stay alive. I should probably get more token producers too, so I can chump-block better, so I'm open to suggestions. Also, this is my first OBK deck, so I might have made some rookie mistakes. :)

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Oathbreaker legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 17 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.16
Tokens	Bat 1/1 B, Horse 5/5 W, Morph 2/2 C, Spirit 1/1 W, Vampire 1/1 W