26 life gain by user9360202

Format: Commander

Commander: Linden, the Steadfast Queen

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

This is a mono-white lifegain and +1/+1 counter deck built around Linden, the Steadfast Queen. The plan is to cast Linden early, attack with every white creature possible, and convert the resulting life-gain triggers into board-wide growth via Ajani's Pridemate, Dawnstrike Vanguard, and Dazzling Angel. Token generators like Hop to It and Rayblade Trooper widen the attack, while counter distributors like Ironpaw Aspirant, Aerie Auxiliary, and Weftblade Enhancer turn a small board into a serious combat threat. The deck has no infinite combos; it wins through incremental life-gain value, recursion from Abiding Grace and Scout for Survivors, and efficient conditional removal. Finishers include an enormous Ajani's Pridemate, evasive angel beatdown from Radiant, Serra Archangel, and the indestructible double-strike of Zetalpa, Primal Dawn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abiding Grace
  • 1 Aerie Auxiliary
  • 1 Ajani's Pridemate
  • 1 Ajani's Response
  • 1 Angel of Finality
  • 1 Ascendant Dustspeaker
  • 1 Banishing Light
  • 1 Cloudbound Moogle
  • 1 Codespell Cleric
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Costume Closet
  • 1 Daily Bugle Reporters
  • 1 Dawnstrike Vanguard
  • 1 Dazzling Angel
  • 1 Dig Site Inventory
  • 1 Divine Arrow
  • 1 Dockworker Drone
  • 1 Dual-Sun Technique
  • 1 Etched Oracle
  • 1 Evershrike's Gift
  • 1 Expel the Interlopers
  • 1 Featherbrained Filcher
  • 1 Graduation Day
  • 1 Greatsword of Tyr
  • 1 Hop to It
  • 1 Inspiring Paladin
  • 1 Ironpaw Aspirant
  • 1 Jeong Jeong's Deserters
  • 1 Linden, the Steadfast Queen
  • 1 Luxknight Breacher
  • 1 Make Your Move
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mindless Automaton
  • 1 Mirage Mirror
  • 1 Pileated Provisioner
  • 38 Plains
  • 1 Protective Response
  • 1 Radiant Strike
  • 1 Radiant, Serra Archangel
  • 1 Raffine's Guidance
  • 1 Rayblade Trooper
  • 1 Recommission
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Reroute Systems
  • 1 Scout for Survivors
  • 1 Seam Rip
  • 1 Selfless Police Captain
  • 1 Shattered Acolyte
  • 1 Silverbeak Griffin
  • 1 Slash of Light
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectacular Tactics
  • 1 Squire's Lightblade
  • 1 Stand Up for Yourself
  • 1 Stirring Hopesinger
  • 1 Stormwild Capridor
  • 1 Sunstar Lightsmith
  • 1 Tale of Tinúviel
  • 1 Web Up
  • 1 Weftblade Enhancer
  • 1 World Map
  • 1 Zack Fair
  • 1 Zetalpa, Primal Dawn