Life Gain.

CommanderVALIDPUBLICB3100cards(+4 tokens)byrealdirty_dan

Life Gain is a 100-card Commander deck led by Oloro, Ageless Ascetic in the Esper color identity (white/blue/black). TableCommander estimates this deck at bracket 3 — upgraded / mid-power.

The mainboard runs 28 creatures, 10 instants, 7 sorceries, 17 artifacts, 7 enchantments, and 31 lands, averaging 4.23 mana value across non-land cards. 45% of non-land cards cost 3 mana or less; 41% cost 5 or more.

Notable inclusions: 1 game changer (Enlightened Tutor), 1 alternate win condition (Felidar Sovereign), and 1 extra-turn spell (Temporal Extortion). This deck is currently Commander-legal on TableCommander.

COMMANDER

Commander

CREATURE(27)

ARTIFACT(17)

ENCHANTMENT(7)

INSTANT(10)

SORCERY(7)

LAND(31)

7×

7×

7×

TOKENS(4)

100

Total

Creatures

Spells

Lands

Bracket

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Why bracket 3? — Upgraded

6 two-card combos: Defiant Bloodlord + Exquisite Blood, Drogskol Reaver + Queza, Augur of Agonies and 4 more

Two cards that together form an infinite combo (data from Commander Spellbook). Bracket 2 decks are expected not to run any; late-game combos are at home in Bracket 3.

1 Game Changer

Cards on WotC's official Game Changers list. Any puts a deck at Bracket 3 or above; more than three means Bracket 4.

Enlightened Tutor

1 alternate wincon

"You win the game" cards. Any puts a deck at Bracket 3; combined with heavy fast mana it means Bracket 4.

Felidar Sovereign

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CURVE

COLORS

3759%

1016%

1625%

COMBOS

Combos

Early

2-Card

3+ Card

Game-Ending

Sanguine Bond+

Exquisite Blood

Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain

Prerequisites

You have a way to gain life.

Steps

Gain life.
Sanguine Bond triggers, causing an opponent to lose 1 life.
Exquisite Blood triggers, causing you to gain 1 life.
Repeat from step 2.

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Marauding Blight-Priest+

Exquisite Blood

Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain

Prerequisites

You have a way to gain life.

Steps

Gain life.
Marauding Blight-Priest triggers, causing each opponent to lose 1 life.
Exquisite Blood triggers for each opponent that lost life.
Resolve a Exquisite Blood trigger, gaining 1 life.
Repeat from step 2.

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Sanguine Bond+

Beacon of Immortality

Target opponent loses the game

Prerequisites

You have an equal or higher life total than an opponent.

Steps

Cast Beacon of Immortality by paying 5W, doubling your life total and shuffling Beacon of Immortality into your library.
Sanguine Bond triggers, causing target opponent who had an equal of lower life total than you to lose life equal to the life you gained.
The opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.

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Defiant Bloodlord+

Exquisite Blood

Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain

Prerequisites

You have a way to gain life.

Steps

Gain life.
Defiant Bloodlord triggers, causing an opponent to lose 1 life.
Exquisite Blood triggers, causing you to gain 1 life.
Repeat from step 2.

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Drogskol Reaver+

Queza, Augur of Agonies

Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite lifegain, Near-infinite lifegain triggers, Near-infinite lifeloss

Prerequisites

You have a way to draw a card.
Your deck size is greater than your opponents' combined life totals.

Steps

Draw a card.
Queza triggers, causing target opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life.
Drogskol Reaver triggers, causing you to draw a card.
Repeat from step 2.

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Exquisite Blood+

Epicure of Blood

Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain

Prerequisites

You have a way to gain life.

Steps

Gain life.
Epicure of Blood triggers, causing each opponent to lose 1 life.
Exquisite Blood triggers for each opponent that lost life.
Resolve a Exquisite Blood trigger, gaining 1 life.
Repeat from step 2.

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Combo data from Commander Spellbook. “Early” two-card combos (cheap enough to win in the first few turns) put a deck at Bracket 4; other two-card combos are at home in Bracket 3.

Valid

Legality

This deck currently passes the commander checks.

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