Two things are inevitable: Death and Taxes

Commander / EDH* Casual Death and Taxes Lifegain Multiplayer WB (Orzhov)

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Land (36)

• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Emergence Zone
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Howltooth Hollow
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Kabira Crossroads
• 7x Plains
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 11x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Vivid Marsh
• 1x Vivid Meadow
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Windbrisk Heights

Death (7)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Test of Endurance
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Revel in Riches
• 1x Felidar Sovereign
• 1x Serra Avatar

Card draw (5)

• 1x Vampiric Rites
• 1x Dawn of Hope
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Underworld Connections
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead

Taxes (13)

• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Underworld Dreams
• 1x Archangel of Tithes
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Palace Siege
• 1x Sanguine Bond

Lifegain (10)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
• 1x Heliod's Intervention
• 1x Suture Priest
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat
• 1x Drana's Emissary
• 1x Tainted Sigil
• 1x Divinity of Pride
• 1x Beacon of Immortality

Sacrifice (6)

• 1x Legion's Landing  ^Flip
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Chittering Witch
• 1x Teysa Karlov

Ramp (4)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Kor Cartographer
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum

Commander (1)

Removal (11)

• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Death Grasp
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x High Priest of Penance
• 1x Orzhov Charm
• 1x Attrition
• 1x Kaya's Guile
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Kaya's Wrath
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Fumigate

Recursion (7)

• 1x Call to the Netherworld
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Raise Dead
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
• 1x Treasury Thrull
• 1x Debtors' Knell

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Maybeboard

Land (16)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Castle Ardenvale
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x High Market
• 1x Leechridden Swamp
• 1x Mirrorpool
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 1x Orzhova, the Church of Deals
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Ramp (5)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Pearl Medallion
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Magus of the Coffers

Tokens (2)

• 1x Sifter of Skulls
• 1x God-Eternal Oketra

Carddraw (1)

• 1x Phyrexian Arena

Taxes (1)

• 1x Exquisite Blood

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A death and taxes deck Im working on building, that revolves around making everything my enemies do pay, and then making everything I do cost them extra. Im going to format this nicer and explain it more later when I have the time, but basically You make creatures, sacrifice them for various effects, bring them back(and occasionally steal your opponents) and make everything they do have a cost, usually life.

Suggestions are absolutely welcome!!

The Plan

This Idea isnt really that complicated. As stated above, everything we do or our opponents do has to have a consequence. Be it paying life, sacrificing creatures, discarding cards or paying mana. It all costs them SOMETHING, or sets us up to do something that does. Our theme is, after all Death and Taxes.

1. Death: Player Removal

- Test of Endurance and Felidar Sovereign . what lifegain deck would be complete without these two cards? The idea is simple, you put these out and wait until upkeep to win the game hands down. Someone kills Felidar Sovereign ? No worries! Creature recursion is easy! And besides, either or both of these could be flashed out in someones endstep thanks to Emergence Zone .

- Aetherflux Reservoir is really straightforward. there are plenty of ways to gain life in this deck, Aetherflux Reservoir included. A bit of spare life sitting around? you can casually hit someone for 50 life. Even if you never activate it, it acts as a 'Tax' in its own right as a sort of mutually assured destruction for anyone who's thinking about taking you out.

- Debt to the Deathless and Gray Merchant of Asphodel are different flavors of the same Death. they easily net you a ridiculous amount of life and can drop opponents life totals significantly. Even better if you have Sanguine Bond or Vizkopa Guildmage out. Then they lose even MORE life. double down on Death.

- Revel in Riches Is really nice here. Taxes and Death on the same card!! it helps ramp us with the Tax effect that builds into a wincon. great stuff there, especially with smothering tithe.

- Serra Avatar is simple, really. swing in for a bunch of damage. Worst case scenario you sacrfice it to Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim and double your life total.

1. Taxes: A bit of Orzhov Oppression.

Lifedrain

Coming soon

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Other Tips

Coming soon

Maybeboard

Most of the things in the maybeboard Im trying to decided if they have a place in the deck.

- Phyrexian Arena is planned to replace Underworld Connections eventually, when I have the money for it.

• Cabal Coffers , Strip Mine and Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth are good lands that I feel have a place, but are too expensive at the moment. Exquisite Blood is the same thing.

• High Market and Reliquary Tower may have a place, I just cant figure out where yet. help could be useful here.

• Pitiless Plunderer is a fantastic card that ramps the deck AND works together with Revel in Riches really nicely. It deserves a place, the question is just where.... maybe it could replace Kor Cartographer , but I like the idea of actually having lands on the board.

- God-Eternal Oketra and Ophiomancer are all in attempts to increase token generation. God-Eternal Oketra seems strong, and the 4/4 works well with Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim 's ability. The problem is the high CMC. Obviously Bitterblossom is a great choice, but its so expensive. to expensive. If I ever come by a ton of money to pick one up, its in.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.25
Tokens	Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Rat 1/1 B, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Spirit 1/1 WB, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 W
Folders	for home
Based on	Ayli, Extorting Pilgrim Budget EDH tardisauce EDH