Aerith Gainsborough by Wander.Soul

Format: Commander

Commander: Aerith Gainsborough

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This mono-white deck leverages Aerith Gainsborough alongside a dense suite of Soul Sisters and lifegain payoffs to construct massive, evasive threats. The primary game plan curves a 1-drop lifegain creature into Aerith on Turn 3, stacking +1/+1 counters whenever creatures enter the battlefield or deal lifelink combat damage. By Turn 5, threats like Aerith, Voice of the Blessed, Elenda's Hierophant, and Resplendent Angel present lethal must-answer combat pressure. If Aerith is removed, her death trigger asymmetrically strengthens secondary legendary threats such as Adeline, Resplendent Cathar and Daxos, Blessed by the Sun. An elite suite of low-cost defensive spells, including Clever Concealment and Flare of Fortitude, shields the board against opposing interaction while Shadowspear and Vorrac Battlehorns punch through blockers to eliminate all three opponents around Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Aerith Gainsborough
  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Arid Archway
  • 1 Aunt May
  • 1 Auriok Champion
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Brave the Elements
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
  • 1 Duty Beyond Death
  • 1 Elenda's Hierophant
  • 1 Enduring Innocence
  • 1 Everybody Lives!
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Guide of Souls
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Hinterland Sanctifier
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Leonardo, Cutting Edge
  • 1 Liliana the Faultless
  • 1 Linden, the Steadfast Queen
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Lord Jyscal Guado
  • 1 Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Oketra's Monument
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
  • 31 Plains
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Resplendent Angel
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rhys, the Evermore
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sarah Jane Smith
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Search for Dagger
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Senu, Keen-Eyed Protector
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
  • 1 Smile at Death
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Spectacular Spider-Man
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sunscorch Regent
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 The Gaffer
  • 1 The Seriema
  • 1 Tocasia's Welcome
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Unwanted Remake
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Venat, Heart of Hydaelyn // Hydaelyn, the Mothercrystal
  • 1 Voice of the Blessed
  • 1 Vorrac Battlehorns
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
  • 1 Zack Fair