Hilay Lifegain by Cosmany

Format: Commander

Commander: Haliya, Guided by Light

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a mono-white lifegain/token deck helmed by Haliya, Guided by Light. The goal is to chain cheap creatures, artifacts, and token spells to stack multiple "gain life" triggers, turn on Haliya's end-step draw, and grow a wide board with +1/+1 counters. Wins come from combat, usually after a force multiplier like True Conviction or Exalted Sunborn turns the token swarm into a double-striking, lifelinking army. The deck also has a solid recursion layer with Ascend from Avernus, Return to the Ranks, and Continue? to rebuild after wipes. There are no infinite combos; the plan is incremental board advantage, lifegain inevitability, and mass token beats, with Gandalf the White acting as a "hidden commander" that doubles Haliya's triggers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aang's Defense
  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 Ajani's Pridemate
  • 1 Ajani, Outland Chaperone
  • 1 Ascend from Avernus
  • 1 Astelli Reclaimer
  • 1 Aunt May
  • 1 Baird, Steward of Argive
  • 1 Battle Menu
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Brilliant Wings
  • 1 Cartographer's Hawk
  • 1 Celestial Unicorn
  • 1 Chrome Companion
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Continue?
  • 1 Dazzling Angel
  • 1 Deep Gnome Terramancer
  • 1 Duty Beyond Death
  • 1 Eiganjo Castle
  • 1 Emeritus of Truce // Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Erase
  • 1 Eriette's Lullaby
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Exalted Sunborn
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Field of Ruin
  • 1 Friendly Neighborhood
  • 1 Gandalf the White
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Helping Hand
  • 1 Honor
  • 1 Hop to It
  • 1 Judgment of Alexander
  • 1 Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion
  • 1 Leonardo, Cutting Edge
  • 1 Leonardo, Sewer Samurai
  • 1 Lifecreed Duo
  • 1 Lightstall Inquisitor
  • 1 Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom
  • 1 MJ, Rising Star
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Marble Diamond
  • 1 Martyr's Bond
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 31 Plains
  • 1 Pristine Talisman
  • 1 Repel Calamity
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Return to the Ranks
  • 1 Righteous Fury
  • 1 Shelter
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectacular Tactics
  • 1 Starfield Shepherd
  • 1 Take Up the Shield
  • 1 The Crystal's Chosen
  • 1 The Eternity Elevator
  • 1 The Immortal Sun
  • 1 The Seriema
  • 1 Thraben Charm
  • 1 True Conviction
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 United Front
  • 1 Venat, Heart of Hydaelyn // Hydaelyn, the Mothercrystal
  • 1 Wanderbrine Preacher
  • 1 Wedding Announcement // Wedding Festivity