Deck Doctors: Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim | The Command Zone 116

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Deck Doctors has RETURNED! Josh and Jimmy revisit Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim to give her a proper rebuild and go deep on some deckbuilding strategy and theory.

Original Decklist: https://www.archidekt.com/decks/4663703/ayli_100th_cmdzone_episode

Card Draw: 4 Mana Ramp: 6 Single Target Removal: 4 Board Wipes: 2 Lifegain: 8 Defender/Walls: 8 Token/Creature makers: 3 Sacrifice Effects: 5

Cards we probably would take out: Dark Imposter Nantuko Husk Mother of Runes Skirsdag Priest Fortified Rampart Shield Sphere Thief of Blood Wall of Essence Wall of Hope Wall of Junk Wall of Souls Cathar’s Crusade (maybe) Cradle of Vitality Mind Slash Elixir of Immortality Rebuff the Wicked Victimize Utter End Anguished Unmaking

Cards we would consider adding: Card Draw: Mind’s Eye Necropotence Phyrexian Arena Alhammarret’s Archive Skull Clamp Greed

Mana Ramp: Orzhov Signet Pristine Talisman Sword of the Animist Commander’s Sphere Worn Powerstone

Lifegain: Souls Attendant Kokusho, the Evening Star Rhox Faithmender Proper Burial (maybe) Soul’s Attendant

Weaponizing Lifegain: Felidar Sovereign (Test of Endurance?) Angelic Accord Cliffhaven Vampire Archangel of Thune (maybe) Storm Herd

Creatures to Sacrifice: Solemn Simulacrum Wurmoil Engine Elspeth, Sun’s Champion Sorin, Lord of Innistrad Bitterblossom Elspeth Tirel Trading Post Spirit Mirror (maybe) Phyrexian Processor (maybe)

Recursion: Dawn of the Dead Shirei, Shizo’s Caretaker (maybe) Gift of Immortality Mimic Vat (maybe) Debtors’ Knell (maybe) Rally the Ancestors (maybe)

Protection: Righteous Aura

Misc: Austere Command Retribution of the Meek Merciless Eviction Illusionist’s Bracers

What We Mentioned in The End Step: Books: THE WARDED MAN by Peter V. Brett (The Demon Cycle series) THE BLACK PRISM by Brent Weeks (The Lightbringer series) IN THE NAME OF THE WIND by Patrick Rothfuss (Kingkiller Chronicles series) THE WHEEL OF TIME by Robert Jordan GAME OF THRONES by George RR Martin RED RISING by Pierce Brown ENDER’S GAME by Orson Scott Card READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cline SNOWCRASH by Neal Stephenson

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