Sometimes...Life's a Mitch! | Trelasarra, Moon Dancer | Commander Deck Tech | EDH | MTG

The Commander's Quarters is your Magic the Gathering source that helps you Command Your Budget! Life's a Mitch! Today Mitch walks you through his exciting Deck Tech on Trelasarra, Moon Dancer!
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[@WayfarersBauble]

My lowest TCGPlayer market price is currently my pre-sale price of $1.98 for my upcoming Commander: Streets of New Capenna printing; otherwise, it's $2.08 for my Modern Masters 2015 printing.

[@TheTonyG67]

Goat Status 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@GoshDangDingus]

You should do a break the bank on this one. I am so happy to see Her getting the love she has deserved. its one of my strongest decks. Surestrike trident is a hidden gem. Mark of sakiko goes Brrrrr, rishkars expertise is the best draw spell. Voice of the blessed is just another Trelasarra

[@kylekane150]

It's my strongest deck and has not lost in one on one, but I spent all the $$$$ on it as well. People don't see her enough or at all and they underestimate her when I play new people at the card shop. My friends know it well lol

[@felipepennacchi9716]

Do you have the decklist?

[@kylekane150]

@@felipepennacchi9716 I can gather the cards and list them here when I get bavk home today!

[@vampiricknight82]

Break the bank on this one please Mitch!!! I want to see how yours compares to my idea brewing currently.

[@ethanhughes3515]

Also if you have cleric class adding scurry oak is a 34 cents infinite combo if you have one of your gain life of creature enters the battlefield out. INFINITE SQUIRRELS

[@MrMeeseeksthe1st]

I just built a trelasarra deck and Relic vial is very powerful in the deck, the card draw is good, you get an ability(life drain) normally only in W/B in G/W and a counter on your commander, plus it can be a win con if you have a sac outlet.

[@TheArcSet]

Thanks for this cool deck. All I'd suggest is 1G _Voracious Wurm._ "Enters with x +1/+1 counter, where x is the life you've gained this turn".

[@chrisvasseur-landriault7757]

In my G/W Soul Sisters Modern deck, this can actually come in on turn 3 as a 20/20 b/c of Martyr of Sands and Squadron Hawk.

[@TheArcSet]

@@chrisvasseur-landriault7757 Oh, a nice idea. I normally go the Ordeal of Heliod, Predator's Rapport, or the "Spend all life"-"regain all life lost this turn" route.

[@serenitysilvermoon]

Had to check this out as soon as I saw this! Trelasara is one of the first decks I build coming back to commander!

[@matthewhalsan6459]

I love sunscorch regent, used to play it when I first got into magic during dragons of tarkir. While it's a target for removal, it's hysterical how big it can get, I've easily gotten it to like 12 or 13.

[@elisec5999]

Sun Scorch is fun!

[@alexanderboswell9671]

So true, I have sunscorch in my Liesa and I’ve once managed to get it to a 48! Of course it was removed before I could even swing with it but it does provide a good distraction against the life drain effect of Liesa

[@benjaminblyth2679]

Iridescent hornbeetle should work quite well in this deck, especially in combination with the whenever a creature attacks you gain a life as it just makes a bunch of disposable 1/1s

[@QuantumRunnerXX]

I assume that Heliod, Sun Crowned wasn’t mentioned for budget reasons, but anyone who can spare the change for it will be well rewarded. Not only does it distribute counters for your team, but it also can give something lifelink in the event your running low on life gain effects

[@Microcosmk]

I'd consider adding Shield of the Oversoul to make your commander bigger, indestructible, and evasive (flying). I've got it in my Jetmir deck and it is a great and underused card.

[@j1nchuika]

I built this deck when AFR came out. It swings for 14 with trample in no time. Really funny mechanic

[@flyingblind5677]

The ozilith would be a great artifact in this deck, so many counters

[@2ogres1cup50]

Yes, just not budget

[@NegRiskr]

In my deck for Trelasarra I use Angel's Feather, a 2 cost artifact that gives you 1 life anytime a Player casts a white spell. And its quite cheap too!

[@Themadwollf]

I actually just switched out Angel's Feather for Golem's Heart

[@jcalendar882]

Resourceful defense is a new upcoming card that you can put in it as well. Umezawa's jitte is also good. So apparently it synergizes with the other artifact where you take damage remove charge counter by moving all those charge counters with resourceful defense onto jitte and removing counters from jitte to gain life in instances. Combined with a shadowspear and it's gg. Just know that resourceful defense could move counters so you can swing in with lethal with other creatures and sneak in damage.

[@mrboot6444]

Nice

[@jettblade]

I was just thinking about making a pauper commander deck with Trelasarra. GW is one of the few combinations of colors I don't have a deck for.

[@roytuazon4254]

Built the same except instead I have Lathiel as the cmdr. Could swap between cmdrs since I have Trelasara as part of the 99. All cards work the same for either cmdr.

[@brianbishop5322]

Prosperous Innkeeper? Scute Swarm? Ajani's Welcome?

[@SSolemn]

none under a dollar xD But good cards tho

[@chiuka0]

Nice deck tech Mitch!

[@nelsonmarques6732]

Great deck, Mitch!

[@justinjacobs1501]

I'm a sucker for low cost commanders. currently running Karlov, Norin, and Lonis. I try more expensive commanders but with the exception of the coin flip twins I don't think I run anything over four mana.

[@memelorddavid2938]

Damn it...ok ill built it,lol 5000 commander decks later,lol

[@declanalchin7791]

Adding Ashnod’s Alter gives you an infinite life combo with impassioned orator and trudge garden. (In case you want to do that)

[@jimbosax]

Do you play the other sides of Skyclave Cleric and Sejiri Shelter as lands for this deck? I assume so since they are not mentioned in the video and they appear under “Lands” in the deck list. But why bother since they come in tapped? Why not just play basic lands instead?

[@adamsherwani3971]

Honestly I'm really hoping you do a Xander Comander tech video

[@connorl0204]

Patron of the kitsune would be tight af in this deck too

[@spencerschmidt-rundell1612]

A lifegain deck to rival my brother's lifegain deck! Can't wait

[@lumorowenamooncaller9811]

I'm tinkering with the concept of building a tiny leaders deck with Trelesara that can be converted into a commander deck and vice versa. Just take out all the ramp and cards over 3 cmc. Would be kinda difficult to pull off, but what's more budget than two decks in one?

[@safertobeanonymous2224]

Just a suggestion. Roots of life. You will gain a lot of life in individual increments.

[@jamakasi8168]

I would love to see a break the bank for this deck :D

[@ethanhughes3515]

I have this deck but I have upgrades a little so my budget is closer to 60$ I admit. But for under 1$ cards I recommend unquestioned authority, attended healer (my favorite card in the deck and only 8 cents) Fa’adiyah seer, nyx fleece ram, invigorating surge, brave the elements, verdant command, rogue’s passage, and soulmender to name a few. If nothing else attended healer is super super powerful and needs more love

[@lauravturner]

Basilisk Collar would be great here. Really underused card. With it's reprints, it has to be a 5p card.

[@johnprince9262]

Question cause I am fine tuning a deck with her with riot control does each opponent creature count for a separate instance of gaining life?

[@waletantowale]

I got Dragonlord Dromoka, seems nice for this one. What should I remove from the decklist if I want to play him?

[@Sagittarial-A-]

If you're deadset on Dromoka, a safe bet is probably the Nectarpot. Already has 2 other alternatives doing the same thing for the deck to retain consistency, so not a massive blow to the current list as it stands.

[@Sagittarial-A-]

Or Lathiel

[@waletantowale]

@@Sagittarial-A- it's like 7 years that I got Dromoka and never used it lol thank u!

[@MassEffectFan113]

@@waletantowale Dromoka is stupid powerful. Love that card.

[@Randomperson-pk3ce]

Please show the cost of each card pls I need it so much..

[@elisec5999]

The TCG Player links have costs if you add them to a cart. You can always delete things from your cart or use the optimizer option. Picked mine up for cheaper than the cost of a precon deck on TCG.

[@doc6427]

Do you think drizzt makes the cut in this deck?

[@MassEffectFan113]

but how are you going to protect your commander?

[@michaelbecker1093]

Break the bank! Break the bank! Break the bank! Please 🙏

[@KidDarkness83]

whenever i try to buy these decks on tcg, it separates them into a billion different venders and I would end up paying 35 dollars for cards and 80 dollars for shipping, anyone know how i get around that?

[@jacobh4077]

That is why I stopped using TCGPlayer unfortunately. Unless you get all the cards from a single vendor and cut shipping down to just 1 shipper, I dont think there is a way around it. I go through card kingdom now because even with the mark up, it's cheaper, faster, and less packages.

[@KidDarkness83]

@@jacobh4077 dang thats rough then, thanks for the reply tho cause i was wondering if i was just inputting them wrong! card kingdom it is then

[@elisec5999]

If you use the cart optimizer and turn "keep seller" on, it will narrow it down to way less packages. I can usually get mine down to 2-3 packages. You save BIG on shipping doing this.

[@KidDarkness83]

@@elisec5999 oh my gosh thank you!!!!! at first the cards were 35 dollars and 80 dollars for shipping but now i can get them all for 45!! huge tip thank you so much

[@AvtarRekhi]

Does anyone have the decklist for this?

[@christianhaibt4627]

It's in the description

[@benzpinto]

y no soul warden and essence warden?

[@reytal496]

Out of budget probably

[@suenldspker]

they are above the budget I believe they are 3 to 5 dollars each, but they are great cards to add

[@FenrirEX]

That poor son of a Mitch.

[@bigp0006]

Nice deck. But its not Gerrek!!!!

[@draketheduelist]

The problem with lifegain... How much life do you need to gain to not die to infinite damage? ...Yeah, that's what I thought.

[@benzpinto]

the purpose of the lifegain in this deck is not just purely to extend your life but to grow you commander and access better cards via scry so you can quickly end the game with commander damage, hopefully.

[@Irydion]

And then you die from commander damage...

[@jcalendar882]

Life gain isn't about becoming huge with life but using that life for other things. Gaining a lot of life and one shotting people with aetherflux resorvoir is always an option. Most of the time people will end up comboing you out instead of hitting you because you have so much life.

[@Themadwollf]

@@jcalendar882 or they just kill you with commander damage or infect.

[@tntturbo4034]

I HATED this card in arena

[@ericorange2654]

Whoever suggested this card BOOOOOO! You all all the other monsters who always play boring life gain decks in Arena. Life gain is for the most part bad, you don’t win by gaining life most of the time you are just stalling with it. “Oh but what about Aetherflux Reservoir and Felidar Sovereign” Yea yea them and the other exceptions cool, life gain is bad. I’m sorry you have been tricked into thinking having more life means you are winning. Wizards keeps printing more and more life gain mechanics in standard to try and make the bad strategy work because new players are attracted to it. Stalling out games with life gain and half a dozen triggers per life gain is not a direction magic should be going.

[@Themadwollf]

especially in commander (which this is designed for) there are so many ways to win besides getting them to 0 life... also, it's very easy to have Trelasarra as a 21/21 by turn 5 or 6, and then swing in for lethal unblockable/trample commander damage.

[@elisec5999]

There are some fun win cons in this one. Mitch and Eddie build excellent decks! There are also many ways to beat life gain decks. Commander damage or an aristocrats strategy are good ones. Maybe exchange life totals with them with Beledros Witherbloom and spend all their life to untap your lands over and over.