Anti life gain deck

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Posted on May 14, 2013, 2:01 p.m. by leskimooo

Hi,

Since a few friends have a lot of life gain I would life to build a fun deck to counter that.My idea was to make them gain life plus the life the usually gain. I know the Kavu Predator and I would life to find other creature like this one.Is there any enchantment life "if your opponent gain life, he loses that much life" ?I also need cards that I can play for no mana if my opponent gain life.

I think you know the idea and I would be greatful if you help me finding cards that going the same direction !

Thank you

psychoza says... #2

Sulfuric Vortex and Havoc Festival come to mind if you don't mind racing. Also Skullcrack is anti-life gain.

May 14, 2013 2:11 p.m.

Everlasting Torment Is also a nice slap in the face to life gain decks.

May 14, 2013 2:16 p.m.

Goody says... #4

May 14, 2013 2:23 p.m.

psychoza says... #5

A quick gatherer search returned these:

Punishing Fire
Master of Cruelties
Sorin Markov (Second ability)

Then of course you could go completely anti white/green or whatever they are playing with cards like Gloom , Yawgmoth's Edict , etc.

May 14, 2013 2:24 p.m.

Oh yes Rain of Gore I forgot all about that little gem :)

May 14, 2013 2:24 p.m.
May 14, 2013 2:26 p.m.

Goody says... #8

May 14, 2013 2:26 p.m.

psychoza says... #9

May 14, 2013 2:31 p.m.

leskimooo says... #10

Wow there are amazing cards for that ! Thank you ! So should I build a low count creature deck ? Like I said I was thinking about Kavu Predator but if there are no similar cards I don't know if it's still a good idea to keep it. And that will require 3 color deck ... What do you think about the orientation of that potential deck ?

May 14, 2013 2:50 p.m.

leskimooo says... #11

EDIT : What about when "target opponent can't gain life" and "if target opponent gain life, he loses that much life" ? What happen ?

May 14, 2013 2:52 p.m.

psychoza says... #12

If a player can't gain life, it is simply that. Rain of Gore / False Cure do not compliment Everlasting Torment / Sulfuric Vortex etc.

I would either focus on "You can't gain life" or "You really don't want to gain life" and build around those. Although, having all of the combinations in the deck isn't a "bad" thing but you may want a way to remove an enchantment you don't want in the meantime. For example, say you start with Sulfuric Vortex and later you draw into a Rain of Gore . You could use Abrupt Decay to remove the Sulfuric Vortex so you're Rain of Gore has an effect.

I assume after you make this deck your friends may put in a lot of Disenchant type spells so the more the merrier.

May 14, 2013 3:08 p.m.

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