Aerith Gainsborough

Aerith is a scaling engine that turns your life gain into growing threats. She naturally accumulates +1/+1 counters every time you gain life, becoming a legitimate threat herself while feeding value to your other legendary creatures when she inevitably dies. The deck revolves around efficient life gain sources—both incidental (lifelink creatures, Soul Warden effects) and intentional (cards like Suture Priest, Archangel of Thune)—to pump Aerith while building a board of legendary creatures that benefit from her death trigger.

When Aerith dies (whether by sacrifice or removal), she acts as a finishing tool by pumping all your other legendary creatures with her accumulated counters. This creates explosive turns where a small board suddenly becomes lethal through commander damage or a swarm of legendary flyers. The deck plays as a midrange value engine that scales with each life gain trigger, rewarding you for playing naturally synergistic cards.

Your gameplan is simple: enable life gain, grow Aerith, protect or sacrifice her strategically, and watch your legends turn sideways for the win. This is especially potent in multiplayer where life gain sources are abundant.

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