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Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
Legendary Creature — Kor Cleric
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) {1}, Sacrifice another creature: You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness. {1}{W}{B}, Sacrifice another creature: Exile target nonland permanent. Activate only if you have at least 10 life more than your starting life total.
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“Lifegain sacrifice outlet that exiles threats once you're ahead.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Aristocrats drain
Aristocrats, Lifegain, Tokens, Sacrifice
Strategy
Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim is a lifegain-focused sacrifice outlet that rewards you for gaining life while providing creature removal. The deck plays small utility creatures and tokens that you sacrifice to Ayli, gaining life and eventually exiling threats once you've accumulated 10+ life above your starting total. You're essentially turning your board into a removal engine while accumulating resources—creatures with death triggers, tokens from anthems, and lifegain payoffs all fuel the same gameplan.
The core strategy is to establish a strong aristocrats shell: creatures that make tokens, cards that reward sacrifice, and effects that trigger when creatures die. Ayli sits in the command zone as a repeatable removal spell that scales with your life total, so you're never short on answers. Win by grinding value until opponents run out of threats, then finish with commander damage, tokens that went wide, or drain effects from your sacrifice synergies.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip pricey lands like Verdant Catacombs and Marsh Flats; use basic dual lands, Evolving Wilds, and Fabled Passage instead. Replace tutors like Enlightened Tutor with cheaper draw like Dark Prophecy.
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