Vito, the drainer ($50)

Commander / EDH Aristocrats Budget Casual Combo Lifegain Mono-Black

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Creature (26)

• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Baleful Force
• 1x Bloodbond Vampire
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Bloodthirsty Aerialist
• 1x Bloodtracker
• 1x Clackbridge Troll
• 1x Defiant Bloodlord
• 1x Disciple of Griselbrand
• 1x Dread Presence
• 1x Epicure of Blood
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Leaden Myr
• 1x Marauding Blight-Priest
• 1x Minion of the Wastes
• 1x Mischievous Poltergeist
• 1x Palladium Myr
• 1x Pontiff of Blight
• 1x Servant of Tymaret
• 1x Tavern Swindler
• 1x Thrull Parasite
• 1x Tymaret, Chosen from Death
• 1x Urborg Syphon-Mage
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood
• 1x Wall of Blood

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited

Artifact (16)

• 1x Demon's Horn
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Lashwrithe
• 1x Mask of Avacyn
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Mirror Shield
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Soul Conduit
• 1x Staff of the Death Magus
• 1x Star Compass
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Arguel's Blood Fast  ^Flip
• 1x Curse of Fool's Wisdom
• 1x Font of Agonies
• 1x Palace Siege
• 1x Revenge of Ravens
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Subversion

Instant (4)

• 1x Alchemist's Gift
• 1x Crypt Incursion
• 1x Drag to the Underworld
• 1x Unexpected Fangs

Commander (1)

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Ambition's Cost
• 1x Blood Tithe
• 1x Deadly Tempest
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Essence Harvest
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Final Parting
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Severed Strands
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Syphon Soul

Land (34)

• 1x Haunted Fengraf
• 1x Memorial to Folly
• 1x Radiant Fountain
• 31x Swamp

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Creature (12)

• 1x Bushmeat Poacher
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Indulgent Tormentor
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Plague Myr
• 1x Serrated Scorpion
• 1x Sifter of Skulls
• 1x Vindictive Vampire
• 1x Wall of Limbs
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Eternal Thirst
• 1x Lich's Mastery
• 1x Mark of the Vampire
• 1x Shadows of the Past
• 1x Strands of Night
• 1x Underworld Connections

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Consuming Vapors
• 1x Razaketh's Rite
• 1x Rite of Consumption

Instant (5)

• 1x Butcher's Glee
• 1x Devour Flesh
• 1x Grotesque Mutation
• 1x Rush of Vitality
• 1x Victim of Night

Land (2)

• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Witch's Cottage

Artifact (1)

• 1x Whip of Erebos

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This $50 (ish) budget edh Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose deck centers around gaining life in several ways then using it as a resource by paying the life to do other things.

I'm open to suggestions, but only as long as they are also budget (about $2 maximum per card).

Cool things:

-Some of the win cons here are pretty much to sac high toughness creatures like Minion of the Wastes with something like Disciple of Griselbrand, gaining huge sums of life and therefore draining our opponent's balls hard.

-For example, since lot's of sac outlets in this deck make it so you gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness that makes for ridiculous instant win plays like Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose mixed with Wall of Blood and Essence Harvest (go down to 2 health from 40 with the wall, then sac the wall to get 40 health, then drain 2 opponents' balls down to 0).

-Something else cool you can do is go down to nearly 0 life with either Mischievous Poltergeist or the wall, then exchange life totals with Soul Conduit. With Vito in play this will put TWO opponents really low in no time at all.

-Life loss is also pretty important here. Vilis, Broker of Blood is an all star in this deck, since we can lose life on demand in this deck. For example, with Vilis out we can draw cards at instant speed with either Wall of Blood or Mischievous Poltergeist.

-I am aware of the combo with Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose and Blood Tribute, however I am not adding it into this deck as I see that one card combo thing as pretty cheap and a bit too easy for my taste (tap six, I win). C'mon people if you want a powerful combo then abuse Wall of Blood, don't just "tap six, I win."

Top Ranked	Achieved #2 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 0 Rares 29 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.47
Tokens	Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Goat 0/1 W, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B
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