Win By Life

by ZomBAlbus on 25 November 2013

Main Deck (63 cards)

Sideboard (55 cards)

Instants (4)


Planeswalkers (1)




Land (4)

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Win By Life

Very good start man. Couple things i'd suggest...

I like Goldenglow Moth over Cathedral Sanctifier. Goldenglow will give you a nice early defense against flying, and you still get a element of life gain if you need to block with it.

Remove Venser's Journel, unless you add something to draw cards, beings your deck has quite a few low casting cards I feel you won't have any use of the "No maximum hand size". So your paying {5} for a card that <span style="font-weight:bold;">could</span> gain you life depending on the number of cards in your hand. That being said, if you do add something to draw cards, you might also consider cards like <a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=74054" target="_blank">Kiyomaro, First to Stand</a>

I would swap out Solemn Offering for a cheaper removal, <a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=284488" target="_blank">Revoke Existence</a> or a more versatile one, <a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=259711" target="_blank">Oblivion Ring</a>.

<a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Advanced.aspx" target="_blank">The Gatherer</a> is a SUPER powerful search engine made by Wizards of the Coast to search the entire MTG library. You can find everything your looking for, given you know how to search for it. You can then sort the search results by "Community Rating" to see the better cards at the top. After its sorted you can pick and choose which cards will work best for the type/style of deck you want to create. On each card there is also a discussions tab where you can view peoples comments on the card, a lot of the times people post cards that work really well with or similar to the given card. If you have any questions, on using the Gatherer let me know I can help you out, its not as intuitive as it could be.

Here is a searches I did for you...
<a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?sort=rating-&action=advanced&color=%20@(|[W]|[C])&format=%20[%22Modern%22]&text=%20[gain]%20[life]" target="_blank">Modern, White or Colorless(artifacts) cards that say "Gain Life"</a>

One last thing, pay close attention to whether a card says "May" or not. In rare circumstances, <a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=rain%20of%20gore" target="_blank">you might not want to gain any life</a>. But if the card doesn't say "may" then you have to... that is the difference between Soul Warden and Soul's Attendant. So its kinda a double edge sword...





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Posted 27 November 2013 at 17:10

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Thanks for the suggestions. I made the changes you said.

Also, I was looking on the link you put from The Gatherer. I remember playing with cards that have the ability: "When you gain life, put a +1/+1 on (itself or other creatures, depending on card )". I would like to have a deck that does this. Would you suggest to add it to this deck (and take out cards as needed) or to make a deck that revolves around cards like that.
I have Ajani's Pridemate that does this to itself but I saw Archangel of Thune. Its a high mana cost but it does put a +1/+1 on all creatures.

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Posted 28 November 2013 at 19:05

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Yeah , while I definitely think a deck like that is viable, Archangel of Thune is quite pricey $$$, and I feel you would want at least 2x of her in the deck.

Cards you might look to remove:
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Venser's Journel</span> - By the time you have 5 mana, you'll be able to play all but 6 cards in your deck. That being said I doubt you'll recieve much life gain from this. Also you are paying to have the "no max hand size", which won't come into play since you can already play most your deck.
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Ajani's Sunstriker</span> - A 2/2 Lifelink for {W}{W} is kinda lack-luster, you could probably find a creature that can gain more life, or attack/defend for more.
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Ajani's Mantra</span> - While gaining 1 life per turn is nice, I think have twice as much chance drawing a <span style="font-weight:bold;">Celestial Mantle</span> would be better.

Cards you might look to add:
Martyr of Sands
Auriok Champion
Soul Warden
Children of Korlis
Noble Purpose
Cradle of Vitality
Fiendslayer Paladin
Angelic Chorus
Spirit Loop
Wall of Reverence
Suture Priest

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Posted 02 December 2013 at 19:27

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