Life Gain by AndK

Format: Commander

Commander: Kwia Vigorbloom

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is a Selesnya Lifegain Midrange strategy commanded by Kwia Vigorbloom. It focuses on turning consistent lifegain triggers into massive mana acceleration by producing Black Lotus tokens once per turn. In the early game, cheap soul sisters and mana dorks establish the baseline engine. Once the commander arrives, the deck leverages its surplus mana to deploy game-ending lifegain payoffs such as Felidar Sovereign, Test of Endurance, and Aetherflux Reservoir, or overwhelming overrun effects like Moonshaker Cavalry and Blossoming Bogbeast. A dense suite of defensive spells, including Clever Concealment and Grand Crescendo, protects established boards from opposing sweepers and spot removal, ensuring that alternate win conditions survive a full table rotation to close out the game.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Aerith, Last Ancient
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Ajani Resolute
  • 1 Ajani, Strength of the Pride
  • 1 Ancient Cornucopia
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Bloombrute
  • 1 Blossoming Bogbeast
  • 1 Blossoming Sands
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cosmic Rebirth
  • 1 Cosmos Elixir
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Enlightened Confidant
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Excalibur II
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Felidar Sovereign
  • 1 Flickering Hound
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Gathering Place
  • 1 Genesis Wave
  • 1 Grand Crescendo
  • 1 Guide of Souls
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Kwia Vigorbloom
  • 1 Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn
  • 1 Liliana the Faultless
  • 1 Marvin, Murderous Mimic
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Ascended
  • 1 Omnipresence
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Prosperous Innkeeper
  • 1 Radiant Fountain
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Restore with Empathy
  • 1 Return to the Light Realms
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sam, Loyal Attendant
  • 1 Sapseep Forest
  • 1 Selvala, Explorer Returned
  • 1 Shattered Angel
  • 1 Simulacrum Shaper
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Spectrum Sentinel
  • 1 Storm Herd
  • 1 Strionic Resonator
  • 1 Sun Droplet
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Sunscorch Regent
  • 1 Surgical Precision
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Unity
  • 1 Test of Endurance
  • 1 The Gaffer
  • 1 The Shire
  • 1 Titanbones, Towering Heart
  • 1 Trelasarra, Moon Dancer
  • 1 Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Holy
  • 1 Vigorbloom Charm
  • 1 Way of the Mentor
  • 1 Well of Lost Dreams