Vish Kal Wears His Sunglasses At Night | V-OJT

Commander / EDH Combo Infinite Combo Lifegain Lifelink Multiplayer Sacrifice Voltron WB (Orzhov)

Beebles

Lands (37)

• 1x Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Boggart Trawler  ^Flip
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Flagstones of Trokair
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Guildless Commons
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Kor Haven
• 1x Lotus Field
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 4x Plains
• 1x Shadowy Backstreet
• 1x Shattered Sanctum
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Ramp (11)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Archaeomancer's Map
• 1x Claim Jumper
• 1x Keeper of the Accord
• 1x K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Relic of Legends
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sword of the Animist

Tutors (6)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer

Big Mana (1)

• 1x Phyrexian Altar

Food For Vish (17)

• 1x Angel of Indemnity
• 1x Angel of the Ruins
• 1x Ashen Rider
• 1x Cavalier of Dawn
• 1x Claim Jumper
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Junji, the Midnight Sky
• 1x Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Phyrexian Dreadnought
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Sister Hospitaller
• 1x Skyclave Apparition
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Draw (12)

• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Stinging Study
• 1x Syphon Mind
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Tymna the Weaver
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

Recursion (9)

• 1x Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Angel of Indemnity
• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Cavalier of Dawn
• 1x Junji, the Midnight Sky
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Loyal Retainers
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Sister Hospitaller

Protection (8)

• 1x Angelic Renewal
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Kaya's Ghostform
• 1x Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

Commander (1)

Lifegain (17)

• 1x Angel of Indemnity
• 1x Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Gisela, the Broken Blade  ^Meld
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
• 1x Kaya's Guile
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1x Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Sister Hospitaller
• 1x Spirit Loop
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Tymna the Weaver
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Interaction (12)

• 1x Angel of the Ruins
• 1x Ashen Rider
• 1x Boggart Trawler  ^Flip
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cavalier of Dawn
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Kaya's Guile
• 1x Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Skyclave Apparition
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Sac Outlet (5)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Phyrexian Tower

Other (1)

• 1x Hatred

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Interaction (20)

• 1x Angel of Finality
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Archon of Justice
• 1x Cleansing Nova
• 1x Deafening Silence
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Despark
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Hallowed Burial
• 1x Heliod's Intervention
• 1x Massacre Girl
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Remorseful Cleric
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Wrath of God

Food For Vish (8)

• 1x Angel of Finality
• 1x Archon of Justice
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Massacre Girl
• 1x Su-Chi
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Yosei, the Morning Star

Protection (7)

• 1x Aegis of the Gods
• 1x Luminous Broodmoth
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Rebuff the Wicked
• 1x Righteous Aura
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Land (2)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Windswept Heath

Tutors (2)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon

Lifegain (16)

• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Baneslayer Angel
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Exalted Angel
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Heliod's Intervention
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Liesa, Shroud of Dusk
• 1x Lyra Dawnbringer
• 1x Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage

Draw (9)

• 1x Bonders' Enclave
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Kaya, Ghost Assassin
• 1x Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1x Morbid Curiosity
• 1x Promise of Power
• 1x Skeletal Scrying
• 1x Smuggler's Share

More Mana (8)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Kor Cartographer
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Tithe

Other (5)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Debtors' Knell
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Resplendent Angel

Lands (15)

• 1x Bonders' Enclave
• 1x Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Eiganjo Castle
• 1x High Market
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 1x Snowfield Sinkhole
• 1x Sunlit Marsh
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of the Archangel

Recursion (10)

• 1x Corpse Dance
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Nightmare Shepherd
• 1x Ravos, Soultender
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Shade's Form
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Unburial Rites
• 1x Unhallowed Pact

Ramp (8)

• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Gift of Estates
• 1x Grim Hireling
• 1x Keeper of the Accord
• 1x Oreskos Explorer
• 1x Smuggler's Share
• 1x Sword of Hearth and Home
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Big Mana (2)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Crypt Ghast

Food For Fish (1)

• 1x Myr Retriever

Sac Outlet (1)

• 1x Blasting Station

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Look at those fancy shades...

That guy begs for a soundtrack

Hello there and welcome to my Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter list

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Shady Business

I started this deck way back when stumbling upon an existing decklist that I just really liked for many reasons:

• It was a list that balances paying life and gaining life, which I thought is a great W/B theme and a refreshing take on lifegain decks.
• It was both a voltron and a combo deck at the same time, while also containing some cool synergies. I had not seen this combination of strategies before.
• It contained cards that I like a lot for their nostalgia factor, like Su-Chi, Phyrexian Dreadnought and Hatred
• It contained a lot of cards I had lying around, wanted to play, but had no purpose for yet.

I was exited to try it out, so I assembled a build close to that list and adapted away from it as time went on.

The alteration

I wanted the deck to rely less on the commander for success. If you can get Vish to stick to the board, it's great, but once people know what your deck can do they will just save a kill spell to deal with this guy. So I wanted the deck to be threatening without Vish as well.

My alterations include pushing the lifegain theme a little bit more, adding some of the broken lifelink angels (like Gisela, the broken blade) and more black draw spells. I also included new cards over time that fit the life balance theme.

Playstyle

At the basis, the deck now plays like a goodstuff deck, using lifelink creatures, staple etb & ltb creatures and powerful black draw spells to keep trucking. Later in the game, the deck either turns into an agressive voltron deck, by saccing creatures to Vish's ability, or a combo deck by hitting one of the infinite creature sac combo's to make vish infinitely big (these also work with Phyrexian Altar/Altar of Dementia):

• Karmic Guide + Reveillark/Sister Hospitaller
• Angel of Indemnity + Angelic Renewal or similar
• Angel of Indemnity + Animate Dead + Karmic Guide/Sister Hospitaller
• Junji, the Midnight Sky + Sister Hospitaller

Using these combo's, we can also get infinite life if we have Phyrexian Altar and Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim as sac outlets, or combo's including Sister Hospitaller. And although not infinite, these combos can also be more than enough with Vish:

• Cavalier of Dawn + Kaya's Ghostform
• Junji, the Midnight Sky + Karmic Guide/Loyal Retainers

Other notable interactions with Vish:

• Phyrexian Dreadnought = 12 +1/+1 counters for 1 mana
• Mikaeus, the Unhallowed = Kill all targatable creatures
• Hatred = Surprise OTK a player without life loss

Intended Power level

Category (Jank - Low - Mid - High - Competitive)

Mid/High

Closing Comments

I eventually steered away from cards that seem really unfair given the EDH life starting total, like Felidar Sovereign. I tried a few, but I don't really like the reception in my playgroup. Fortunately there are enough other great likelink cards out there, so a great way to create some spots in the deck.

Thanks for checking out the deck, Upvote if you like it, and you can always leave a comment or suggestion.

Upvote & Support This Deck!

GL & HF

Beebles

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Date added	8 years
Last updated	2 days
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 57 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.36
Tokens	City's Blessing, Construct 0/0 C, Copy Clone, Golem 3/3 C, Illusion */* U, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 WB, Treasure, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink
Folders	EDH, ok, edh, tts comm