Touch of Life

by raggedjoe on 19 December 2010

Main Deck (60 cards)

Instants (4)


Planeswalkers (2)


Enchantments (6)


Land (22)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Instants (2)


Planeswalkers (2)


Enchantments (2)

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Deck Description

Likelink may be one of the most underrated keyword abilities in the game. People say that gaining life is a waste because all it does is stall the game out. But what about decks with late-game winners? The ability to gain life whenever your creatures attack can be the difference between losing on turn 5 and on turn 8.

Deck Tags

  • Life Drain

Deck at a Glance

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Mana Symbol Occurrence

2002600

Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Touch of Life

what about transcendent master as a second win option power him up then hit hard

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Posted 19 December 2010 at 11:35

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I thought about him, but I decided he wasn't worth the mana investment. He is not really that useful until you level him up a lot, and a Transcendent Master with say 4 level tokens is a prime target for burn or removal. Thanks for the suggestion!

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Posted 19 December 2010 at 12:00

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too much land for how many cheap drops you have toss some draw card or somethin in there to keep keep cards moving around.

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Posted 19 December 2010 at 11:59

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http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=120981
come check out this little something that im quite proud of. in my community, its undefeated in best of 3 matches, and its played a shit ton of matches.

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Posted 19 December 2010 at 12:02

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Nice idea mate. I haven't had a chance to playtest this deck yet, but I see your point, and threw in 4x Preordain, and adjusted the mana base a bit. What do you think now?

Also, I'll check out your deck right away.

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Posted 19 December 2010 at 12:06

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I have no clue what do put on the SB... any ideas?

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Posted 19 December 2010 at 12:43

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Whenever someone says the classic "Life gain sucks" line, I flat-out laugh in their face.

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Posted 19 December 2010 at 23:06

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Oh damn, I meant to put this in the first post. Ditch the Child of Night(s), frickin' terrible vampire card (sorry, it just is). In their place put in Ajani's Pridemate. Those dudes with the "Soul Sisters" get MASSIVE very fast.

Also, you should look into adding in Ajani's Mantra. Personally, I think your best bet for this is to lose the blue stuff altogether. =]

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Posted 19 December 2010 at 23:10

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Thanks for the tips man. I've ended up dropping Blue as ou suggested, and while refilling m deck I came across a few interesting things. If I'm gaining a good amount of life, why not have Lacerators? Or Sign in Blood? Those cards get much better from the point of view of having 30 life than having 20. Also, I replaced Grave Titan with Baneslayer. It may seem a bit odd, but in my play-testing 5 mana seems to be the peak. Out of 50 games, I hit 6 mana by turn 8 only 11 times, while I hit 5 mana a whopping 35 times! The difference there is rediculous. I'm also concidering dropping the Wurmcoils for Baneslaer, but Wurmcoil is too damn epic...

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Posted 21 December 2010 at 21:42

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I'd stay away from using BS angels. It might just be in my play-group, but people just love to blast her out of the sky.

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Posted 23 December 2010 at 15:07

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Good call. What do you think now?

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Posted 24 December 2010 at 12:46

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The Planeswakers have come to join the fight! What do you guys think now?

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Posted 24 December 2010 at 06:15

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I think you should only keep the Ajani's, take out your Basilisk Collars, and add in 4 Ajani's Mantra. That card is WAAAAAAAAY better than people think (especially when used with Ajani's Pridemate).

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Posted 24 December 2010 at 13:54

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I must say I have never been impressed with the Mantra until I playtested it in this deck. Wow.

Also, Dark Tutilage is awesome in this deck.

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Posted 26 December 2010 at 00:38

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Not sure I like how Wurmcoil streatches out the mana curve.... any repacement ideas?

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Posted 26 December 2010 at 00:44

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Nah, keep them. It works as a great bomb, and won't hurt "too" much from the Tutalage. Plus, they're sort of the thing that ties the whole deck together. =]

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Posted 26 December 2010 at 02:18

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Yea... I wish they were 5 drops is all. But ya, they r awesome.

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Posted 27 December 2010 at 20:18

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