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I started trying to build a "whenever" deck, or one full of cards with ability's like "whenever you gain life, put a +1+1 on X" and other things relating to gaining life or any other common occourance that would create lots of loops of triggerd abilitys for crazy combos, then when i wanted to make it standard, i combined 'whenever' with sacrifice cards like Glissa, the Traitor

What I came up with feels like it has potential for things like inf. creature kills, + mana + life, but i want to make it more consistent, and cut out some of the stuff thats slowing the deck down (its 90+ cards), possibly add anything anyone can think of that fits the strategy more.

The deck list so far is:



Lands
5 [R] Forest (2)
1 [US] Mountain (4)
4 [LRW] Plains (3)
4 Swamp (1)
4 [NPH] Phyrexia's Core
4 [ZEN] Arid Mesa
4 [ZEN] Marsh Flats
4 [ZEN] Verdant Catacombs
4 [SOM] Glimmerpost

Creatures
1 [M10] Platinum Angel
3 [SOM] Kuldotha Forgemaster
4 [R] Ornithopter
1 [SOM] Molder Beast
1 [MBS] Fangren Marauder
4 [M11] Ajani's Pridemate
1 [ROE] Spawnsire of Ulamog
1 [ROE] Rapacious One
2 [DS] Ageless Entity
1 [SOM] Lifesmith
1 [SOM] Myrsmith
4 [NPH] Puresteel Paladin
3 [ROE] Mortician Beetle
2 [M11] Bloodthrone Vampire
4 [ROE] Pawn of Ulamog
4 [WWK] Butcher of Malakir
4 [MBS] Glissa, the Traitor

Spells
2 [SOM] Golem's Heart
2 [MBS] Mirrorworks
1 [SOM] Culling Dais
4 [ZEN] Blade of the Bloodchief
2 [MBS] Sword of Feast and Famine
4 [SOM] Sylvok Lifestaff
1 [WWK] Basilisk Collar
1 [ROE] Bear Umbra
1 [ZEN] Celestial Mantle
4 [SOM] Mox Opal

Sideboard
SB: 1 [ROE] It That Betrays
SB: 3 [ROE] Artisan of Kozilek
SB: 3 [GTW] Pathrazer of Ulamog
SB: 1 [ROE] Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
SB: 1 [PRE] Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
SB: 1 [ROE] Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
SB: 4 [ROE] Not of This World
SB: 1 [ROE] All Is Dust

*You dont need to read this if you get it, but some of the combos im going for here are-
1- Glissa, the Traitor+Butcher+ornithopter for;
inf forced sacs
+2/0's for Moulder
+5*[opponents creature count] life with Fangreen

2- Sylvok+[any creature or token]+puresteel for lifegain while sacrificing
3- lots of "if i can life"+counters for my starter, ajani or ageless



EDIT: so ive moved away from the whole life gain aspect of this deck as i feel its trying to do too much. The newer, condensed version of this deck---

// Lands
4 [ZEN] Marsh Flats
4 [M10] Sunpetal Grove
4 [NPH] Phyrexia's Core
4 [ZEN] Verdant Catacombs
4 Swamp (1)
4 [LRW] Plains (3)

// Creatures
4 [MBS] Glissa, the Traitor
2 [WWK] Butcher of Malakir
4 [ROE] Pawn of Ulamog
3 [ROE] Mortician Beetle
4 [NPH] Puresteel Paladin
1 [ROE] Spawnsire of Ulamog
4 [R] Ornithopter
2 [SOM] Memnite

// Spells
4 [SOM] Mox Opal
2 [SOM] Sylvok Lifestaff
2 [MBS] Sword of Feast and Famine
4 [ROE] Prophetic Prism

// Sideboard
SB: 1 [ROE] All Is Dust
SB: 4 [ROE] Not of This World
SB: 1 [PRE] Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
SB: 1 [ROE] Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
SB: 1 [ROE] Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
SB: 1 [ROE] It That Betrays
SB: 3 [ROE] Artisan of Kozilek
SB: 3 [GTW] Pathrazer of Ulamog