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Ayara, First of Locthwain · B · 100 cards · 37 lands
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Bracket 3 - UpgradedCommander 1Creatures 41Instants 8Sorceries 7Artifacts 5Enchantments 1Lands 37
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Strategy
Ayara, First of Locthwain leads a deck built from the cards players most often run with it, sacrificing its own creatures for value and draining the table. The list holds 12 ramp pieces, 9 pieces of targeted interaction, 2 board wipes and 9 sources of card draw, at an average mana value of 2.98.
Early: Use the early turns on mana. Pitiless Plunderer and the rest of the 12 ramp pieces are what let the deck cast Ayara, First of Locthwain on curve and keep casting after it.
Mid: Once the commander is down, the deck wants to be doing two things at once: advancing its own board and answering everyone else's. Feed the Swarm is the first answer you will usually reach for, and Skullclamp keeps the hand full while you do it.
Late: Hold Massacre Wurm for the turn the table gets ahead of you - with 2 in the deck you can afford to use one early and still have an answer later. At 2.98 average mana value the top end is middling, which means most turns hold two spells.
Win conditions: Wins by draining life a few points at a time while the board keeps recurring.
- Ophiomancer - Core to the plan
- Zulaport Cutthroat - Core to the plan
- Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia - Core to the plan
- Abhorrent Overlord - Core to the plan
- Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder - Core to the plan
- Reassembling Skeleton - Core to the plan
- Blood Artist - Core to the plan
- Army of the Damned - Core to the plan
~$502.96
estimated to build this deck
Commander (1)
Ayara, First of Locthwain
Legendary Creature — Elf Noble
Whenever Ayara or another black creature you control enters, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
{T}, Sacrifice another black creature: Draw a card.
Creatures (41)
Ophiomancer
Creature — Human Shaman
$0.95
At the beginning of each upkeep, if you control no Snakes, create a 1/1 black Snake creature token with deathtouch.
Zulaport Cutthroat
Creature — Human Rogue Ally
$1.02
Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
$1.21
At the beginning of your end step, if you control no creatures with decayed, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with decayed. (It can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)
Abhorrent Overlord
Creature — Demon
$0.42
Flying
When this creature enters, create a number of 1/1 black Harpy creature tokens with flying equal to your devotion to black. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature.
Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
$1.82
Whenever you cast a creature spell, create X 1/1 black Thrull creature tokens, where X is that spell's mana value.
When you control seven or more Thrulls, sacrifice Endrek Sahr.
Reassembling Skeleton
Creature — Skeleton Warrior
$0.22
{1}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Blood Artist
Creature — Vampire
$2.67
Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Pitiless Plunderer
Creature — Human Pirate
$3.75
Whenever another creature you control dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Viscera Seer
Creature — Vampire Wizard
$0.42
Sacrifice a creature: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Creature — Zombie
$1.08
When this creature enters, each opponent loses X life, where X is your devotion to black. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
Crypt Ghast
Creature — Spirit
$12.01
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Whenever you tap a Swamp for mana, add an additional {B}.
Morbid Opportunist
Creature — Human Rogue
$0.23
Whenever one or more other creatures die, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Syr Konrad, the Grim
Legendary Creature — Human Knight
$1.21
Whenever another creature dies, or a creature card is put into a graveyard from anywhere other than the battlefield, or a creature card leaves your graveyard, Syr Konrad deals 1 damage to each opponent.
{1}{B}: Each player mills a card. (They each put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
Gravecrawler
Creature — Zombie
$1.29
This creature can't block.
You may cast this card from your graveyard as long as you control a Zombie.
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
Legendary Creature — Nightmare
$4.18
At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice an artifact, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker. If you do, each opponent may sacrifice a permanent of their choice that shares a card type with it. For each opponent who doesn't, that player loses 2 life and you draw a card.
Bloodghast
Creature — Vampire Spirit
$0.93
This creature can't block.
This creature has haste as long as an opponent has 10 or less life.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Carrion Feeder
Creature — Zombie
$3.84
This creature can't block.
Sacrifice a creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Warren Soultrader
Creature — Zombie Goblin Wizard
$16.4
Pay 1 life, Sacrifice another creature: Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Chittering Witch
Creature — Human Warlock
$0.28
When this creature enters, create a number of 1/1 black Rat creature tokens equal to the number of opponents you have.
{1}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
Marauding Blight-Priest
Creature — Vampire Cleric
$0.19
Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.
Sengir Autocrat
Creature — Human
$0.26
When this creature enters, create three 0/1 black Serf creature tokens.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, exile all Serf tokens.
Priest of Forgotten Gods
Creature — Human Cleric
$0.6
{T}, Sacrifice two other creatures: Any number of target players each lose 2 life and sacrifice a creature of their choice. You add {B}{B} and draw a card. (Activate only as an instant.)
Starscape Cleric
Creature — Bat Cleric
$1.04
Offspring {2}{B} (You may pay an additional {2}{B} as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.)
Flying
This creature can't block.
Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.
Midnight Reaper
Creature — Zombie Knight
$0.23
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, this creature deals 1 damage to you and you draw a card.
Nine-Lives Familiar
Creature — Cat
$1.83
This creature enters with eight revival counters on it if you cast it.
When this creature dies, if it had a revival counter on it, return it to the battlefield with one fewer revival counter on it at the beginning of the next end step.
Mirkwood Bats
Creature — Bat
$0.91
Flying
Whenever you create or sacrifice a token, each opponent loses 1 life.
Grave Titan
Creature — Giant
$0.37
Deathtouch
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, create two 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
Legendary Creature — Vampire Cleric
$9.79
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
{3}{B}{B}: Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.
Lord Skitter, Sewer King
Legendary Creature — Rat Noble
$4.38
Whenever another Rat you control enters, exile up to one target card from an opponent's graveyard.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token with "This token can't block."
Accursed Marauder
Creature — Zombie Warrior
$0.28
When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice.
Bitterbloom Bearer
Creature — Faerie Rogue
$13.76
Flash
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life and create a 1/1 blue and black Faerie creature token with flying.
Grim Haruspex
Creature — Human Wizard
$2.61
Morph {B} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, draw a card.
Witch of the Moors
Creature — Human Warlock
$0.38
Deathtouch
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice and you return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Plaguecrafter
Creature — Human Shaman
$0.36
When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice. Each player who can't discards a card.
Massacre Wurm
Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
$1.81
When this creature enters, creatures your opponents control get -2/-2 until end of turn.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, that player loses 2 life.
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
$25.13
Protection from Humans
Pay 1 life, Sacrifice another creature: Put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature and draw a card.
{B}{B}, Discard a card: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Fleshbag Marauder
Creature — Zombie Warrior
$0.19
When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Pawn of Ulamog
Creature — Vampire Shaman
$0.52
Whenever this creature or another nontoken creature you control dies, you may create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."
Ravenous Chupacabra
Creature — Beast Horror
$0.41
When this creature enters, destroy target creature an opponent controls.
Dread Presence
Creature — Nightmare
$3.42
Whenever a Swamp you control enters, choose one —
• You draw a card and you lose 1 life.
• This creature deals 2 damage to any target and you gain 2 life.
Solemn Simulacrum
Artifact Creature — Golem
$0.27
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
When this creature dies, you may draw a card.
Instants (8)
Vampiric Tutor
Instant
$51
Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.
Village Rites
Instant
$0.28
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw two cards.
Deadly Dispute
Instant
$0.29
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature.
Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Culling the Weak
Instant
$6.88
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Add {B}{B}{B}{B}.
Corrupted Conviction
Instant
$0.37
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw two cards.
Plumb the Forbidden
Instant
$0.37
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice one or more creatures. When you do, copy this spell for each creature sacrificed this way.
You draw a card and lose 1 life.
Cabal Ritual
Instant
$14.59
Add {B}{B}{B}.
Threshold — Add {B}{B}{B}{B}{B} instead if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.
Sorceries (7)
Army of the Damned
Sorcery
$1.06
Create thirteen tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.
Flashback {7}{B}{B}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Feed the Swarm
Sorcery
$0.22
Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.
Victimize
Sorcery
$0.55
Choose two target creature cards in your graveyard. Sacrifice a creature. If you do, return the chosen cards to the battlefield tapped.
Demonic Tutor
Sorcery
$62.17
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
Toxic Deluge
Sorcery
$4.23
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.
Bubbling Muck
Sorcery
$2.24
Until end of turn, whenever a player taps a Swamp for mana, that player adds an additional {B}.
Artifacts (5)
Bontu's Monument
Legendary Artifact
$3.74
Black creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Whenever you cast a creature spell, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Skullclamp
Artifact — Equipment
$4.82
Equipped creature gets +1/-1.
Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards.
Equip {1}
Bolas's Citadel
Legendary Artifact
$9.05
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.
{T}, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.
Enchantments (1)
Bastion of Remembrance
Enchantment
$0.27
When this enchantment enters, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Lands (37)
Bojuka Bog
Land
$1.24
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.
{T}: Add {B}.
Witch's Cottage
Land — Swamp
$0.87
({T}: Add {B}.)
This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Swamps.
When this land enters untapped, you may put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Cabal Stronghold
Land
$12.5
{T}: Add {C}.
{3}, {T}: Add {B} for each basic Swamp you control.
Phyrexian Tower
Legendary Land
$28.43
{T}: Add {C}.
{T}, Sacrifice a creature: Add {B}{B}.
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Legendary Land
$53.08
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to your devotion to that color. (Your devotion to a color is the number of mana symbols of that color in the mana costs of permanents you control.)
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Legendary Land
$55.46
Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.
Castle Locthwain
Land
$4.07
This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp.
{T}: Add {B}.
{1}{B}{B}, {T}: Draw a card, then you lose life equal to the number of cards in your hand.
Mortuary Mire
Land
$0.29
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you may put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.
{T}: Add {B}.
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
Legendary Land
$11.85
{T}: Add {B}.
Channel — {3}{B}, Discard this card: Mill three cards, then return a creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Crypt of Agadeem
Land
$4.05
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {B}.
{2}, {T}: Add {B} for each black creature card in your graveyard.
Basic lands: 25 Swamp
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