Dance Dance Lifegainlution by Truss49

Format: Commander

Commander: Trelasarra, Moon Dancer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is a Selesnya midrange strategy commanded by Trelasarra, Moon Dancer. The primary game plan revolves around deploying low-cost lifegain enablers such as Soul Warden, Essence Warden, and Guide of Souls to repeatedly trigger Trelasarra's ability. Each lifegain event grows your creatures with +1/+1 counters and provides repeatable scrying to smooth out future draws. As the board develops, mid-game payoffs like Archangel of Thune, Voice of the Blessed, Nykthos Paragon, and Blossoming Bogbeast turn incidental life accumulation into overwhelming combat damage. The deck relies on targeted evasion and trample to push past blockers while using a compact package of instant-speed protection spells like Heroic Intervention and Tamiyo's Safekeeping to preserve board presence. While the list lacks infinite combos and heavy control elements, it presents a resilient clock through redundant threats and high life totals.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accomplished Alchemist
  • 1 Aerith Gainsborough
  • 1 Aerith, Last Ancient
  • 1 Angel of Destiny
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Thune
  • 1 Armadillo Cloak
  • 1 Attended Healer
  • 1 Auriok Champion
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloombrute
  • 1 Blossoming Bogbeast
  • 1 Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway
  • 1 Brokers Hideout
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Celestine, the Living Saint
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cosmic Rebirth
  • 1 Duskshell Crawler
  • 1 Elenda's Hierophant
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Envoy of the Ancestors
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Follow the Lumarets
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Gala Greeters
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Greenhouse Propagator
  • 1 Guide of Souls
  • 1 Gwaihir, Greatest of the Eagles
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Kabira Crossroads
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Kwia Vigorbloom
  • 1 Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn
  • 1 Leonardo, Cutting Edge
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order
  • 1 Minwu, White Mage
  • 1 Nykthos Paragon
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 11 Plains
  • 1 Planetarium of Wan Shi Tong
  • 1 Pristine Talisman
  • 1 Qala, Ajani's Pridemate
  • 1 Radiant Fountain
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Revitalize
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Sapseep Forest
  • 1 Scavenging Ooze
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Silkguard
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Spectrum Sentinel
  • 1 Sun Droplet
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Sunscorch Regent
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 The Gaffer
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Tigra, Feline Fury
  • 1 Trelasarra, Moon Dancer
  • 1 Virulent Emissary
  • 1 Voice of the Blessed
  • 1 Well of Lost Dreams