Even if you are attacked, getting that life buffer means its easier to absorb the hits and keep on playing
Creatures (21) 3 Ayara, First of Locthwain 1 Lampad of Death's Vigil 3 Serrated Scorpion 4 Whisper Squad 3 Skyclave Shade 3 Extus, Oriq Overlord 4 Eyetwitch Lands (22) Spells (17) Taking a list I talked about a couple of months ago when Blightstep Pathway was first previewed and splicing in Awaken the Blood Avatar and learn cards brings you this mostly black Mardu Sacrifice deck
Illustrated by Anson Maddocks Standard Not Legal Alchemy Not Legal Pioneer Not Legal Historic Not Legal Modern Not Legal Brawl Not Legal Legacy Legal Comp
Most Aggro decks will love to turn their extra lands into Relentless Assaults, thereby hitting for a ton of damage over and over again
It is a cool take on a stealing deck where Etali, Primal Storm and Lonis, Cryptozoologist would find a home (some of Lonis cards would be at home in there too), but in this deck it provides some treasure tokens for Gimbal, color fixing and can probably cast some really big stuff if you get lucky
This means we can expect Avatar: The Last Airbenders spoiler season to begin on November 4th, 2025
