Aerith by user1458381

Format: Commander

Commander: Aerith, Last Ancient

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This Selesnya deck is a lifegain midrange strategy centered on Aerith, Last Ancient. The deck establishes an early foundation using cheap soul sisters (Soul Warden, Essence Warden, Auriok Champion) to trigger continuous lifegain whenever creatures enter the battlefield. These triggers feed growing beaters such as Voice of the Blessed, Trelasarra, Moon Dancer, and Aerith Gainsborough. The commander acts as a reliable recursion engine, returning fallen creatures to hand or directly to the battlefield when large chunks of life are gained. Acceleration is robust with abundant green ramp and dorks, enabling consistent Turn 4 deployment of the engine. The deck pressures the table by Turn 6 with massive wide pumps from Archangel of Thune and Nykthos Paragon, token armadas from Crested Sunmare, or alternate win cards like Felidar Sovereign and Aetherflux Reservoir, closing games around Turn 8.

Decklist (101 cards)

• 1 Aerith Gainsborough
• 1 Aerith, Last Ancient
• 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1 Akroma's Will
• 1 Approach of the Second Sun
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archangel of Thune
• 1 Aura Shards
• 1 Auriok Champion
• 1 Beast Whisperer
• 1 Beast Within
• 1 Birds of Paradise
• 1 Bountiful Promenade
• 1 Branching Evolution
• 1 Brushland
• 1 Canopy Vista
• 1 Cleric Class
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Cosmos Elixir
• 1 Crested Sunmare
• 1 Cultivate
• 1 Darksteel Angel
• 1 Dawn of Hope
• 1 Doubling Season
• 1 Essence Channeler
• 1 Essence Warden
• 1 Eternal Witness
• 1 Everybody Lives!
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 False Prophet
• 1 Farewell
• 1 Farseek
• 1 Felidar Sovereign
• 1 Flawless Maneuver
• 11 Forest
• 1 Fyndhorn Elves
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
• 1 Heroic Intervention
• 1 Knight of Autumn
• 1 Kodama's Reach
• 1 Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn
• 1 Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1 Llanowar Elves
• 1 Nature's Claim
• 1 Nykthos Paragon
• 1 Overgrown Farmland
• 1 Path to Exile
• 11 Plains
• 1 Prismatic Vista
• 1 Qasali Pridemage
• 1 Radiant Fountain
• 1 Rampant Growth
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1 Scavenging Ooze
• 1 Selesnya Signet
• 1 Selfless Spirit
• 1 Shamanic Revelation
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Soul Warden
• 1 Soul of the Harvest
• 1 Soul's Attendant
• 1 Speaker of the Heavens
• 1 Sun Titan
• 1 Sunpetal Grove
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Sylvan Library
• 1 Talisman of Unity
• 1 Teferi's Protection
• 1 Temple Garden
• 1 Temple of Plenty
• 1 Test of Endurance
• 1 Three Visits
• 1 Trelasarra, Moon Dancer
• 1 Valkyrie Harbinger
• 1 Voice of the Blessed
• 1 Well of Lost Dreams
• 1 Windswept Heath