[standard] Life Gain Bant

by lighteningfurie4 on 26 December 2012

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Sorceries (1)


Instants (1)


Artifacts (3)


Enchantments (2)

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Deck Description

This is a Bant deck that I win with consistently at my local FNM. It can survive aggro, out match mid-range, and creates a lot of trouble for control. Agrro is the worst matchup, but is nothing to worry about after sideboarding

How to Play

Ramp into an early Trostani or Thragtusk, and utilize centaur healers and restoration angel to survive fast aggro. Between Soul of the Harvest and Drogskol Reaver, your mid game will begin to generate massive card advantage which will beat down other mid-range decks. Chlaice of life adds a unique challenge for Control decks, as they have to handle a mid-range rush and keep your life total down or deal with Chalice the chalice, forcing them to need a variety of specific answers.

Deck Tags

  • Tournament
  • Trostani
  • Life Gain
  • Standard
  • chlice of life
  • Selesnya
  • G/W
  • Midrange
  • Ramp

Deck at a Glance

Social Stats

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

2220030

Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for [standard] Life Gain Bant

dude, this is sick... idk what to say. i like it. i like it a lot...


check out my life gain and any suggestions are very welcome!
Deck link: http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=412671

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Posted 26 December 2012 at 18:40

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Thanks, it is very fun to play with. Every card is generating a ton of value.And your late game has a lot of card advantage between Soul of the Harvest and Drogskol Reaver.

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Posted 26 December 2012 at 20:42

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nice concept, have you consider Rhox Faithmender?

check out my Selesnya budget deck and let me know what you think:
http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=417051

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Posted 26 December 2012 at 19:59

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Faithmender is good, but I always perfer a Trostani on the field instead. I'm sure you could tweak this deck to your own liking and use him to great effect though.

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Posted 26 December 2012 at 20:39

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A note on the sideboard:
Against any control deck, I bring in Oblivion Ring and Chalice of Life. Its very easy to flip a chalice, and flipped Chalice often wins that game, and if they are using detention sphere, I bring in Ray of Revelation as well. I will often bring in 1 Ray if I know my opponent plays collective blessing.
Loxodon Smiter is a great wall against aggro, and Selesnya Charm is perfect for dealing with Wolfir, Falkenrath Aristocrat, Thunder maw and opponents Angel of Serenity. Divine reckoning usually comes in as well, I perfer it to Supreme verdict because I don't run a lot of U sources.

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Posted 27 December 2012 at 15:35

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dont know if i would change a thing here. i like how strong the deck is. if anything i guess be on the look out for what goodies gatecrash can have to maybe make it better. lol.

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Posted 01 January 2013 at 00:01

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if I were you, I'd take out 1 Soul of the Harvest and 2 farseeks to add 2 Rhox Faithmenders and 1 more Craterhoof Behemoth. i hope this suggestion helps.

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Posted 06 January 2013 at 22:46

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In most scenarios when I can cast Craterhoof I already have control of the board, and essentially the game is already won. When it comes to Rhox Faithmender, the only life gian that he would be doubling aside from having a Trostani on the field would be Thragtusk, and If I play Trostani and follow with Thragtusk, I actually gain more life (8 when Thragtusk enters + 3 more when he dies so 11> 10.) Also, Trostani has Populate which can win games in itself. Obviously having a Rhox and Trostani both on the field would be ideal, but then I am casting 2 cards which do little on their own, and likely will lose a race against aggro before I can cast another creature.

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Posted 07 January 2013 at 14:17

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Rhox faithmender is very good. Even if you have one. 3 trostanis may hurt a tad. I think going down to 2 trostanis and adding one faithmender would do very good things here. Also this is a nice deck. I like decks like this and I like the use of reaver.

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Posted 06 January 2013 at 22:57

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