Bloodthirsty Aerialist

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Niko9 on Is the only problem with …

5 months ago

FormOverFunction Yep : ) My old lifegain deck does have some favorite cards like Selenia, Dark Angel but what I didn't really think about was that when I play somebody, some decks just have no answer for mass lifegain, and that feels terrible for me. It's like my opponent will either get under the soul sisters and kill me, or they won't and I eventually pump a big Bloodthirsty Aerialist, but no matter what I'm doing the same thing every time and it's super boring.

Pump effects targeting a Beloved Princess though? Just to reverse the pressure of somebody's hyper efficient new cards? I'm finding it sooooooooo useful : )

And really, a big part is probably just that I'm not buying new cards anytime soon, so I'm really getting a lot of miles out of the old binders and things, and trying things that I didn't think were very good, just to try them.

BishopAtavist on

2 years ago

Right on! Yeah, I pulled Defiler of Flesh in the DMU pre-release and was really excited... until I realized his "pay 2 life" ability, can only be used once per permanent, whereas K'rrik lets you pay life for any black symbol of any black spell. I was looking at Bloodthirsty Aerialist in mine as well. I'll see where the budget is when I get a rough draft assembled and see if I can swing to get K'rrik. Definitely someone who will go in eventually, just not sure if he'll make the initial build.

wallisface on Unconventional Lifegain

2 years ago

So, the issues I see with the deck at the moment:

• Bloodthirsty Aerialist and Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose are both basically useless without Soulfire Grand Master in play. That’s a massive issue, as you can’t reliably get it into play, and even if you do, its super-easy to kill.

• Most of your deck, outside of the gimmick, is following a pretty typical burn strategy. Burn decks run at a pace where lifegain is largely irrelevant, and it’s more important to just beat-down your opponent for a quick-win. In that vein, your gimmick-cards are at complete-odds with that, actively slowing you down and worsening your play patterns.

• added to the above, lifegain itself is pretty universally garbage, unless you can reap some kind of massive payoff for it. The payoffs you have for gaining life are all pretty average/weak, and you’re currently jumping through a lot of hoops to get those effects going… the rewards feel nowhere-near worth the effort.

Franks on Life ****ery

2 years ago

Hi jgarcia,

Woah Voice of the Blessed looks really good! Had my first play test on saturday night and I was able to get a lot of counters onto Bloodthirsty Aerialist, so I reckon it'll be a good swap - thank you for the suggestion :)

jgarcia84 on Life ****ery

2 years ago

IMHO i change Bloodthirsty Aerialist for Voice of the Blessed

Niko9 on Impactful Lifegain to improve black …

2 years ago

I do love a good lifegain deck : ) The one I built a while back is a variation of 60 card soul sisters with Soul Warden and Soul's Attendant gaining me life from Lingering Souls or afterlife creatures like Seraph of the Scales or Orzhov Enforcer all to power up a Bloodthirsty Aerialist

Revival / Revenge is a great versatile card, and my favorite lifegain combo is to use Selenia, Dark Angel with Sanguine Bond and Tainted Sigil Selenia is a great flying blocker that your opponent will never actually get rid of, bond is bond : ) and sigil can actually save you in a pinch, but when you put them all together, it's a kill one player combo. Stacking Selenia triggers can be fun when it works : )

But again, I use this in 60 card, so not sure how applicable it is to commander. I also really like Ivory Tower or Sun Droplet just for constant gain effects for Bloodthirsty Aerialist but I'm not sure if it would work in EDH.

Best of luck with the deck! Looks pretty awesome.

xlebec on

3 years ago

Update!

In

Main

• 3x Authority of the Consuls
• 2x Bloodchief's Thirst
• 4x Voice of the Blessed
• 2x Infernal Grasp
• 3x Skyclave Apparition
• 3x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

Side

• 1x Fracture
• 3x Tormod's Crypt
• 1x Drannith Magistrate

Out

Main

• 2x Ajani, Strength of the Pride
• 2x Bloodthirsty Aerialist
• 2x Murderous Rider
• 1x Castle Ardenvale
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 4x Vampire of the Dire Moon
• 3x Gods Willing
• 3x Hallowed Priest

Side

• 1x Baneslayer Angel
• 1x Consecrate / Consume
• 2x Duress
• 1x Settle the Wreckage
• 1x Phyrexian Arena

zapyourtumor on Heal to Death

3 years ago

Generally I'd say you have too much lifegain payoff and not enough straight lifegain.

Stuff like Bloodthirsty Aerialist is pretty mediocre.

Revitalize is bad. I'd cut. If you want soul sisters, I'd go up to the full playset of both Soul Warden and Soul's Attendant.

I normally remember a lot of lifegain card suggestions but i dont remember any of them rn so thats basically all I have to say