EDH Lorehold by user3258104

Format: Commander

Commander: Lorehold, the Historian

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Boros spells-matter deck helmed by Lorehold, the Historian is built around the "whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard" trigger. The commander grants miracle {2} to every instant and sorcery in hand - making spells like Approach of the Second Sun and Apex of Power nearly free - and filters by discarding and drawing each opponent's upkeep. The core engine is the graveyard-leaves payoff: Quintorius, Field Historian, Quintorius, History Chaser, Ark of Hunger, Advanced Reconstruction, Hardened Academic, and Spirit Mascot all reward exiling cards from the graveyard. The deck mills itself (Perpetual Timepiece, Ark of Hunger, Fields of Strife), then exiles cards via flashback, Practiced Scrollsmith, and Quintorius, Loremaster to trigger payoffs, generating Spirit tokens and draining opponents. Win conditions include Spirit swarm combat, Ark of Hunger/Advanced Reconstruction drain, and a miracle-cast Approach of the Second Sun.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Advanced Reconstruction
  • 1 Antiquities on the Loose
  • 1 Apex of Power
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Ark of Hunger
  • 1 Aziza, Mage Tower Captain
  • 1 Balefire Liege
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus
  • 1 Blazing Firesinger // Seething Song
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Borrowed Knowledge
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Daydream
  • 1 Deflecting Palm
  • 1 Emeria, the Sky Ruin
  • 1 Excava, the Risen Past
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fields of Strife
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glittering Massif
  • 1 Great Hall of the Biblioplex
  • 1 Hardened Academic
  • 1 Improvisation Capstone
  • 1 Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch
  • 1 Library of Leng
  • 1 Lorehold Archivist // Restore Relic
  • 1 Lorehold Campus
  • 1 Lorehold Charm
  • 1 Lorehold Command
  • 1 Lorehold, the Historian
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mistveil Plains
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Naktamun Lorespinner // Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Path of the Pyromancer
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Perpetual Timepiece
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Practiced Scrollsmith
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Pursue the Past
  • 1 Quintorius, Field Historian
  • 1 Quintorius, History Chaser
  • 1 Quintorius, Loremaster
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Reconstruct History
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Restoration Seminar
  • 1 Rip Apart
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Peaks
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Semester's End
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spirit Mascot
  • 1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
  • 1 Staff of the Storyteller
  • 1 Storm Herd
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 1 Suspend Aggression
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Dawning Archaic
  • 1 Thrilling Discovery
  • 1 Tragic Arrogance
  • 1 Turbulent Steppe
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Holy
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Velomachus Lorehold
  • 1 Venerable Warsinger
  • 1 Volcanic Vision
  • 1 Wave of Reckoning