Life by Dukekook

Format: Commander

Commander: Amalia Benavides Aguirre

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 55

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Orzhov lifegain and drain strategy commanded by Amalia Benavides Aguirre. The game plan revolves around deploying cheap 'Soul Sister' creatures such as Soul Warden, Auriok Champion, and Guide of Souls on early turns to trigger continuous explore instances with Amalia. This engine fuels rapid land drops, filters nonland draws into the graveyard, and steadily grows Amalia into a formidable threat that can trigger a one-sided creature wipe at 20 power. Meanwhile, drain pieces like Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Marauding Blight-Priest, and Sanguine Bond convert every lifegain trigger into opponent life loss. The deck culminates in a game-ending infinite combo by pairing Bloodthirsty Conqueror with any drain payoff, instantly eliminating the entire table. Robust low-cost recursion such as Dewdrop Cure and Raise the Past ensures rapid recovery against disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Amalia Benavides Aguirre
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Ascend from Avernus
  • 1 Aunt May
  • 1 Auriok Champion
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Cordial Vampire
  • 1 Council's Judgment
  • 1 Creeping Bloodsucker
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dark Tutelage
  • 1 Deathgreeter
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dewdrop Cure
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Elenda's Hierophant
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Essence Channeler
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Guide of Souls
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 11 Plains
  • 1 Profane Memento
  • 1 Qarsi Revenant
  • 1 Radiant Fountain
  • 1 Raise the Past
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Seraph Sanctuary
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Smuggler's Share
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Spectrum Sentinel
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tablet of the Guilds
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Vizkopa Guildmage
  • 1 Weathered Wayfarer
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Whip of Erebos