Life Gain

by lrnjshdy on 28 July 2010

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Deck Description

Just playing this one casual.

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  • Life Gain

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Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Life Gain

I think it's a pretty cool deck, but I do have a couple suggestions.

First of all, I would whittle the land down by maybe 2 in total. And instead of Sejiri Steppe and/or Kabira Crossroads, I'd go for Emeria, The Sky Ruin.

Second, this is more personal preference, and while it's only good for another 3 months, I would add Cradle of Vitality. You've got a lot of lifegain stuff, and Cradle of Vitality would allow you to use the life you've just gained and to convert it into extra powerand toughness for your creatures.

For example, and this is of course purely hypothetical, but let's say you were wanting to get up to 30 life so your Serra Ascendant would grow wings and get big. If you continued to whittle at your opponent with a single power attacker, your life would go 20 > 21 > 22 > 23 >... etcetera, until 30. But if you had Cradle of Vitality down, you could make him bigger while you gained life, which would then gain you life faster, which would then make him even bigger, which would then gain you life even FASTER! He would basically double in size every turn. Your life total would go 20 > 21 > 23 > 27 > 35. Then by the time he gained his flying and extra 5/5, he would be 16/16 already, meaning he'd be a 21/21 flyer. Can you say OP?

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Posted 28 July 2010 at 18:18

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I like the advice and thanks for it. I considered the Cradle of Vitality, but because it was only good for another three months I ditched it to save myself the trouble of doing it later. The only reason Elspeth made it in was because she's Elspeth; too good not to put in. I have however taken your advice on the lands and I like it. Thanks again.

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Posted 07 August 2010 at 04:59

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