Adam Haggerty's Lich's Mastery
 
Type: Deck Idea
Format (invalid) staStandard
Approx. Value:
$300.23

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Avg. CMC 2.92
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Main Deck - 60 cards, 31 distinct
Columns
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Creature (4)
2 Doom Whisperer
$1.84 Creature - Nightmare Demon
2 Vampire Neonate
$0.06 Creature - Vampire
Instant (18)
3 Assassin's Trophy
$2.51 Instant
4 Chance for Glory
$0.96 Instant
4 Revitalize
$0.04 Instant
4 Ritual of Rejuvenation
$0.03 Instant
3 Settle the Wreckage
$2.67 Instant
Sorcery (7)
3 Gaea's Blessing
$0.28 Sorcery
4 Scheming Symmetry
$5.80 Sorcery
Artifact (2)
2 Chromatic Lantern
$2.97 Artifact
Enchantment (5)
2 Gift of Paradise
$0.03 Enchantment - Aura
3 Lich's Mastery
$0.58 Legendary Enchantment
Land (24)
1 Dragonskull Summit
$1.21 Land
1 Drowned Catacomb
$2.00 Land
1 Emergence Zone
$1.89 Land
1 Field of Ruin
$0.21 Land
1 Field of the Dead
$29.89 Land
1 Hinterland Harbor
$0.86 Land
1 Island
$0.12 Basic Land - Island
4 Isolated Chapel
$1.53 Land
3 Overgrown Tomb
$11.65 Land - Swamp Forest
1 Plains
$0.06 Basic Land - Plains
1 Reliquary Tower
$2.13 Land
1 Sacred Foundry
$18.40 Land - Mountain Plains
1 Steam Vents
$12.74 Land - Island Mountain
1 Sulfur Falls
$0.80 Land
1 Sunpetal Grove
$2.32 Land
1 Swamp
$1.85 Basic Land - Swamp
1 Temple Garden
$11.58 Land - Forest Plains
1 Watery Grave
$12.97 Land - Island Swamp
1 Woodland Cemetery
$0.98 Land
Sideboard - 88 cards, 43 distinct
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Creature (18)
1 Ajani's Pridemate
$0.16 Creature - Cat Soldier
1 Angel of Vitality
$1.08 Creature - Angel
1 Basilica Bell-Haunt
$0.12 Creature - Spirit
4 Blood Operative
$0.15 Creature - Vampire Assassin
4 Diamond Mare
$0.18 Artifact Creature - Horse
2 Knight of Autumn
$0.42 Creature - Dryad Knight
1 Knight of the Ebon Legion
$1.62 Creature - Vampire Knight
1 Lyra Dawnbringer
$4.62 Legendary Creature - Angel
1 Resplendent Angel
$4.21 Creature - Angel
1 Vampire of the Dire Moon
$2.25 Creature - Vampire
1 Vona, Butcher of Magan
$0.36 Legendary Creature - Vampire Knight
Instant (15)
1 Absorb
$0.32 Instant
1 Chemister's Insight
$0.05 Instant
1 Consecrate // Consume
$0.12 Instant // Sorcery //
2 Dovin's Veto
$3.61 Instant
1 Expansion // Explosion
$0.47 Instant // Instant //
1 Healing Grace
$0.04 Instant
1 Moment of Craving
$0.04 Instant
4 Nightmare's Thirst
$0.05 Instant
3 Vraska's Contempt
$0.35 Instant
Sorcery (25)
1 Arterial Flow
$0.26 Sorcery
2 Cleansing Nova
$0.40 Sorcery
1 Deafening Clarion
$0.24 Sorcery
4 Discovery // Dispersal
$0.12 Sorcery // Instant //
4 Duress
$0.04 Sorcery
1 Enter the God-Eternals
$0.32 Sorcery
2 Kaya's Wrath
$0.29 Sorcery
2 Mastermind's Acquisition
$0.99 Sorcery
4 Thought Erasure
$0.17 Sorcery
4 Vicious Rumors
$0.21 Sorcery
Artifact (13)
4 Fountain of Renewal
$0.34 Artifact
4 Guild Globe
$0.04 Artifact
1 Navigator's Compass
$0.04 Artifact
1 Sorcerous Spyglass
$0.19 Artifact
1 Thaumatic Compass // Spires of Orazca
$2.59 Artifact // Land
2 The Immortal Sun
$14.55 Legendary Artifact
Enchantment (10)
4 Leyline of Sanctity
$0.71 Enchantment
4 Oath of Kaya
$0.24 Legendary Enchantment
2 Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin
$2.23 Legendary Enchantment // Legendary Land
Planeswalker (7)
1 Ajani, Strength of the Pride
$2.73 Legendary Planeswalker - Ajani
1 Davriel, Rogue Shadowmage
$0.19 Legendary Planeswalker - Davriel
1 Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
$12.74 Legendary Planeswalker - Sorin
4 Teferi, Time Raveler
$3.53 Legendary Planeswalker - Teferi

Notes
 
This deck had a ton of buzz about it when Ali was developing, easy tournament crusher with a bad matchup to control. I wonder if the deck could be updated, there is so much new tech available, and a lot of unexplored territory.

There is the citadel list from todd too to draw from, and esper control I think. A combo version that's 5 c, a control version with teferi and rule of law. Flood of tears is the only problem I think? Realized citadel and mastery are non-bow.

In my mega dive there is an artifact version, a lifegain replacement package, a lifegain discard package, a vampire package, and a bunch of lifegain matters cards. Nailing the most efficient functional list is step two.

So far I've explored the combo package, the discard package, the surveil package, and the vampire package. What I've encountered is that the core really is Lich's Mastery/Chance for Glory/Revitalize/Ritual of Rejuvanation, and that the deck is base orshov. Both thought erausre and vicious rumors are desirable for the deck to grind our opponent out of resources and dig deeper into the deck, vicious rumors also acts as a win con. It is unclear how much scheming symetery pulls the deck together, but it should be by a fair amount. and increases the desire for little Teferi a whole lot. It is clear mana is the biggest consideration, as easy ramp is yet to be figured out. Doom whisperer+Lich with gaea's blessing and chance for glory in the deck should lead to immediate infinite turns, which should win through creature combat and vicious rumor loops. A lite splash of red, green, and blue is a somewhat challenge. Also a question is can we play enhanced surveillance over blessing. It's state based effect is pretty good with our plan, but it doesn't replace itself, it might let us cut green, but it's reshuffle might not be a guaranteed loop. 5 mana is what's needed to go infinite, although there is some variance with blessing draw sequences. If there are 30 or more black cards, then the diamond cards get real attractive. Vampire neonate is also interesting to stymie early aggression, have a non targeted win con and a guaranteed card draw every turn which smooths potential awkwardness. It also is another card that turns on arterial flow, an already attractive target.
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