aerith is darth plagueis by user5719498

Format: Commander

Commander: Aerith, Last Ancient

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is a Selesnya Lifegain Reanimator strategy piloted by Aerith, Last Ancient. The core game plan blends incidental life gain with graveyard value. Early turns focus on ramping, establishing lifegain triggers, and discarding or cycling high-cost threats such as Angel of the Ruins and Balamb T-Rexaur. Once Aerith enters the battlefield, burst lifegain spells like Heroes' Reunion and Rest for the Weary easily surpass the 7-life threshold, cheating large threats directly onto the battlefield during each of your end steps. The deck protects its proactive turns with silence effects from Dragonlord Dromoka and Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar, while Restoration Magic and Selfless Spirit guard against board wipes. The game concludes with decisive combat overruns fueled by Blossoming Bogbeast and Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn, translating massive lifegain totals into overwhelming trample damage that eliminates the table across one to two turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Aerith, Last Ancient
  • 1 Ajani's Welcome
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Azusa's Many Journeys // Likeness of the Seeker
  • 1 Balamb T-Rexaur
  • 1 Battle Menu
  • 1 Blossoming Bogbeast
  • 1 Blossoming Sands
  • 1 Bond of Discipline
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cosmic Rebirth
  • 1 Curious Farm Animals
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Dawn Charm
  • 1 Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
  • 1 Diamond Mare
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Dragonlord Dromoka
  • 1 Elenda's Hierophant
  • 1 Evolutionary Leap
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 13 Forest
  • 1 Grapple with the Past
  • 1 Graypelt Refuge
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Heroes' Reunion
  • 1 Kabira Crossroads
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn
  • 1 Life Goes On
  • 1 Loyal Unicorn
  • 1 Loyal Warhound
  • 1 Malevolent Rumble
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Midnight Tilling
  • 1 Momentous Fall
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Peace of Mind
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Radiant Fountain
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rest for the Weary
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Ronom Unicorn
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Scavenging Ooze
  • 1 Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Selvala, Explorer Returned
  • 1 Seraphic Steed
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Splendor Mare
  • 1 Spore Frog
  • 1 Starfall Invocation
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Sunscorch Regent
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tablet of the Guilds
  • 1 Torsten, Founder of Benalia
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Virulent Emissary
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Yuna's Decision