Commander Oracles: The Life of the Party

Hey people its me Brandon again with another Commander article. I am going to start rotating back and forth from Standard/Historic and Commander to give us some more flavor for sure, but today is all about my favourite archetype: Life Gain.

Today will not be about any specific commander but more of a top 10 most powerful synergy cards for lifegain strategies, these are not in any particular order however so if your favourite synergy card is not on this list do not be offended, just rant to me in the comments like a good Keyboard Warrior. Without further adieu let us go off on the Top 10 Lifegain Synergy Cards.

1. Drogskol Reaver

Lifegain has a few downsides. One is that it isn’t card draw. Why wouldn’t you like a flying doublestriker that gains life and draws cards? Well the only downside to this plan is the fact that it already is in Blue so unless you are playing a constant lifegainer like Oloro, Ageless Ascetic There is really no reason to run it. But still it looks neat

2. Aetherflux Resevoir

Set the Scene. You are playing drunk magic with your buddies, You combo off making infinite tokens like a squirrel on a coffee binge but now you need to win with your 1 billion life. Maybe try nuking them with a death lazer.

3. Felidar Sovereign

Hey look, I play a big kitty, big kitty says I win. GG?

4. Archangel of Thune

When I play lifegain in monowhite I almost always do a beatdown strategy to supplement the lack of other things like card draw so a creature that can crazily buff my party with cards like Soul Warden and just swing for overwhelming amounts of damage. CRAZY.angel

5. Chalice of Death

Drink deep child, for you are one of the brood. Then pour it on everyone and laugh as they take 5 damage at a time. Its such a fun win con but will always make you the Big Bad at the table. Do not worry, it can be your secret pet card.

6. Greed

Greed is not just a deadly sin. It is also a crazy draw enchantment. Dump that black mana into it on end steps, give in to the card draw gods. Furthermore you are playing BLACK in  MTG you need to go a little crazy in life loss at some point.

7. Phyrexian Reclamation

This spell has saved me so many times. If you can make removal basically useless or exploit ETB effects whenever you want to then you can control the battlefield. Basically think of exploiting a Plaguecrafter over and over again with no downside. This card needs to be in any Bx deck with lots of lifegain.

8.Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

White Black does one thing amazingly, it turns lifegain into a weapon. Imagine just smashing your opponent every time you just gain some life. All of a sudden Revitalise becomes a better Lightning Helix. Even if you don’t have a lifelinking creature for just 5 mana it turns your whole team into them.

9. Vona, Butcher of Magan

One way of telling if a magic card is good is whether or not it becomes a bomb on a stick. Well paying 7 life to nuke anything on the battlefield is definitely a ‘Bomb’ mechanic. With a good lifegain deck and some Lightning Greaves you can easily overtake any game of commander.

10. Storm Herd

Look at my horse, my horse is amazing. Just Kidding it is actually a Herd of Pegasus. Making a mob of these will more than likely win you the game no matter what. Unless of course you do not have coverage for a Board Wipe. So keep your hooves on Pony Boy. Lets wreck some games.

In Conclusion Life Gain is VALID and if you think otherwise then 1v1 me scrub