Make the Most of Market Gnome by DRiemer

Format: Commander

Commander: Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a WB "Stargazing"-style lifegain/combo deck helmed by Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim. The core engine is the en-Kor toughness loop: free Nomads en-Kor-class redirect activations repeatedly target Task Force / Daru Spiritualist / Angelic Protector, pumping a creature's toughness to arbitrarily large numbers. That oversized body is then sacrificed through any of several outlets (Ayli's own {1}, Bushmeat Poacher, Starlit Sanctum, Arguel's Blood Fast) for massive life, which is converted into table-wide damage by Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Vizkopa Guildmage, Enduring Tenacity, and South Wind Avatar. Ayli's second ability - exile any nonland permanent once you're 10+ life above starting - turns the life buffer into a repeatable removal engine. A dense Rebel-tutor package (Lin Sivvi, Defiant Hero, Defiant Falcon) and a wall-heavy early game round out a grindy, combo-focused control shell.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Angelic Chorus
  • 1 Angelic Protector
  • 1 Arguel's Blood Fast // Temple of Aclazotz
  • 1 Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
  • 1 Bill the Pony
  • 1 Blessing of Leeches
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Bushmeat Poacher
  • 1 Children of Korlis
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Cling to Dust
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crystal Barricade
  • 1 Danse Macabre
  • 1 Daru Spiritualist
  • 1 Defiant Falcon
  • 1 Desperate Measures
  • 1 Doctor Jane Foster
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fisk Tower
  • 1 Foot Headquarters
  • 1 Foul Renewal
  • 1 Glasswing Grace // Age-Graced Chapel
  • 1 Gleaming Barrier
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grim Servant
  • 1 Invoke the Divine
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jeskai Barricade
  • 1 Kabira Takedown // Kabira Plateau
  • 1 Lin Sivvi, Defiant Hero
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Market Gnome
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Nomads en-Kor
  • 1 Outrider en-Kor
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Profane Tutor
  • 1 Proper Burial
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Revival // Revenge
  • 1 Sanctify
  • 1 Sanguine Indulgence
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Severed Strands
  • 1 Shaman en-Kor
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shred Memory
  • 1 Sidisi, Undead Vizier
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Skyclave Cleric // Skyclave Basilica
  • 1 Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate
  • 1 South Wind Avatar
  • 1 Starlit Sanctum
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Task Force
  • 1 The Birth of Meletis
  • 1 The Gaffer
  • 1 Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tree of Perdition
  • 1 Umbral Expanse
  • 1 Veinwitch Coven
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Vizkopa Guildmage
  • 1 Wall of Blood
  • 1 Wall of Glare
  • 1 Wall of Limbs
  • 1 Wall of Mourning
  • 1 Wall of Omens
  • 1 Wall of Shards
  • 1 Warrior en-Kor
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Witch of the Moors
  • 1 Zero Point Ballad
  • 1 Zof Consumption // Zof Bloodbog