Wbg Life.deck

[gvbarroso]

So I decided to build a legacy version of the life.deck, which featured the extended tournaments of 2003/2004. Back then I used to play a powerful Aluren list, so infinite life was not much of a problem. However, in the current legacy metagame, there's no infinite combo around, and I thought maybe this archetype could be viable. I chose it to be BW at the beginning, but then a friend looked up for life.decks on deckcheck and saw a couple of GW lists. I decided to keep the 8 balck cards, plus 4 Living wish, and ended up with the following 75:

37 Spells

4 Nomads en-kor
4 Shaman en-kor
3 Daru Spiritualist
4 Task Force

2 Sensei's Divining Top
4 Aether Vial
4 Duress
4 Thoughtseize
4 Living Wish
4 Condemn
3 Worthy Cause

20 Lands

4 Windsweapt Heath
4 Marsh Flats
2 Verdant Catacombs
1 Bayou
1 Savannah
4 Scrubland
3 Starlit Sanctum
1 Plains

Sideboard

1 Warrior en-kor
1 Daru Spiritualist
1 Miren, the Moaning Well
1 Felidar Sovereign
1 Doran, the Siege Tower
1 Harmonic Sliver
1 Gaddock Teeg/Ethersworn Cannonist
1 Bone Shredder
3 Krosan Grip
4 Tormod's Crypt

There's no win condition on the mainboard, as you can see. The plan is to get infinite life and aether vial on the battlefield, and the draw cards until eventually you get enough disruption and a living wish, which you can play after cleaning the opponent's hand, getting felidar sovereign on the battlefield through aether vial.
I only had the opportunity to play against 3 decks so far: Goblins, Berserk Stompy and MUC, and they were all favorable, thanks mostly to Thoughtseize and Duress. Although more testing is still needed, I believe the 8 disruption spells can make the deck competitive.

I've been trying to find slots for Eladamri's Call, but that is not an easy task.
I don't wanna get rid of SDT. It plays a very important role (and it's the main reason why I run 10 fetches.)

Now I need your comments on what can be improved.

PS: I can't afford Diamond Valleys at the momment :rolleyes:

[Moczoc]

A strong win condition is really important for serious tournament play, you can't rely on Living Wish (btw you lose against Meddling Mage on Wish) and even Wish + Rector MD + Test o. E. MD was low for me. I've played many draws.

Diamond Valley is good as a single Wishtarget, not needed Maindeck.
You should also consider:

- Shuko
- Unspeakable Symbol

[gvbarroso]

The funny thing is that they don't know I don't have a win condition maindeck. :tongue: Also, who plays meddling mage nowadays?

I don't like shuko...if I were to add some permanents to target the creatures, I would put in some warriors en-kor, because they are very useful aggains aggro, unlike shuko.

What are the bad matchups? Landstill, Countertop, Solidarity...?

[Moczoc]

But competetive players won't give up, they will stall your attacks and disrupt your win condititions.
And yeah, I played Shuko against Needle. Meddling Mage was played MD by Fish that days ;)
I think you can go down to 6 discard for 1 mana. And Sylvan Library would be very good in the slot of SDT because you can draw into your win fast having infinite life.
You should play more tutors than 4 Living Wish, thats right. But the bad thing about Eladamri's Call is that it can't tutor for a sac-card. Maybe the deck could be more black to support Beseech the Queen. (Urborg+Starlit)

As longer as I think about it the more I like Unspeakable Symbol over Test of Endurance. It's 1 mana cheaper, immune to Pridemage, Grip (but not to Needle ;)) if you don't pass prioritiy .. it does win directly if you control more creatures wich won't be hard drawing 3 every turn, or you use the other sac ability of Starlit Sanctum.


Just out of my head now:

Creatures
3 Task Force
3 Nomads en-Kor
3 Daru Spiritualist
3 Shaman en-Kor

Spells
2 Worthy Cause
4 Condemn
4 Living Wish
4 AEther Vial
2 Unspeakable Symbol
3 Sylvan Library
3 Beseech the Queen
4 Duress
2 Thoughtseize

Lands
3 Starlit Sanctum
3 Scrubland
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Marsh Flats
1 Swamp
1 Plains
2 Bayou


SB:
1 Task Force
1 Nomads en-Kor
1 Daru Spiritualist
1 Shaman en-Kor
1 Academy Rector
1 Diamond Valley
1 Eternal Witness
4 Xantid Swarm
1 Felidar Sovereign
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Gaddock Teeg
1 Doran, the Siege Tower