Lathiel by helmingher

Format: Commander

Commander: Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

This Selesnya lifegain deck uses Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn to convert every life-gain event into +1/+1 counters on the team. The primary plan is to accelerate with mana dorks, build a board of creature tokens, gain life through Soul Warden/Essence Warden triggers, and then finish with a massive flying token swing from Storm Herd or White Sun's Zenith. Secondary paths include commander damage via a Light of Promise-pumped Lathiel and incremental Angelic Accord angel tokens. The deck races rather than controls, using lifegain as a buffer and token density as its win condition, but it has very little stack interaction and almost no protection against board wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Battle Priest
  • 1 Acidic Slime
  • 1 Ageless Entity
  • 1 Akroma's Vengeance
  • 1 Angel of Vitality
  • 1 Angelic Accord
  • 1 Angelic Skirmisher
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Armorcraft Judge
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Blighted Steppe
  • 1 Blossoming Sands
  • 1 Blunt the Assault
  • 1 Bond of Discipline
  • 1 Boon Reflection
  • 1 Camaraderie
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conclave Mentor
  • 1 Congregate
  • 1 Divine Offering
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Emmara, Soul of the Accord
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Evra, Halcyon Witness
  • 1 Exile
  • 1 Faith's Fetters
  • 14 Forest
  • 1 Fountain of Renewal
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Garruk, Primal Hunter
  • 1 Graypelt Refuge
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Harvest Season
  • 1 Healer's Hawk
  • 1 Heroes' Reunion
  • 1 Ilysian Caryatid
  • 1 Increasing Devotion
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Kabira Crossroads
  • 1 Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn
  • 1 Leafkin Druid
  • 1 Light of Promise
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 March of the Multitudes
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Mentor of the Meek
  • 1 Momentous Fall
  • 1 Mouth // Feed
  • 1 Murder Investigation
  • 1 Paradise Druid
  • 14 Plains
  • 1 Pledge of Unity
  • 1 Pounce
  • 1 Prey Upon
  • 1 Pristine Talisman
  • 1 Radiant Fountain
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Sandwurm Convergence
  • 1 Sanguine Sacrament
  • 1 Selesnya Charm
  • 1 Selesnya Guildgate
  • 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Offering
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Might
  • 1 Squire's Devotion
  • 1 Storm Herd
  • 1 Survival Cache
  • 1 Terashi's Grasp
  • 1 Wall of Reverence
  • 1 War Report
  • 1 White Sun's Zenith