Astarion's Tax by user8601903

Format: Commander

Commander: Astarion, the Decadent

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov lifegain combo-control strategy led by Astarion, the Decadent. The primary objective is assembling a two-card infinite drain loop by pairing a lifegain-to-damage converter like Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Sanguine Bond, or Enduring Tenacity with a damage-to-lifegain converter like Exquisite Blood or Bloodthirsty Conqueror. Once both pieces are on the battlefield, any point of life gain or loss triggers an immediate cycle that drains all three opponents to zero in a single turn. The deck supports this strategy with a robust defensive shell. Passive taxing pieces like Authority of the Consuls, Ghostly Prison, and Charismatic Conqueror delay aggressive opponents and generate lifelink tokens. Meanwhile, card draw engines like Welcoming Vampire, Dawn of Hope, and Well of Lost Dreams maintain steady hand advantage. Powerful protection spells including Teferi's Protection and Flare of Fortitude ensure the combo survives opposing interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Angel of Vitality
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Astarion, the Decadent
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Beacon of Immortality
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Blossoming Calm
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Butcher of Malakir
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dawn of Hope
  • 1 Defiling Daemogoth
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
  • 1 Dusk Legion Zealot
  • 1 Elenda's Hierophant
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Everybody Lives!
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Falkenrath Noble
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Foulmire Knight // Profane Insight
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Giant Killer // Chop Down
  • 1 Gifted Aetherborn
  • 1 Guide of Souls
  • 1 Heliod's Intervention
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Lich's Relic
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mazemind Tome
  • 1 Mind's Eye
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nighthawk Scavenger
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Oubliette
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phyrexian Vindicator
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Bonds
  • 1 Return to Dust
  • 1 Revival // Revenge
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Twilight Prophet
  • 1 Typhoid Rats
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Vampire Nighthawk
  • 1 Vampire of the Dire Moon
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Void Winnower
  • 1 Voldaren Estate
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Well of Lost Dreams
  • 1 Whip of Erebos
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan