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Astarion, the Decadent

Legendary Creature — Vampire Elf Rogue · {4}{W}{B} · Black/White commander

Deathtouch, lifelink At the beginning of your end step, choose one — • Feed — Target opponent loses life equal to the amount of life they lost this turn. • Friends — You gain life equal to the amount of life you gained this turn.

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What Astarion, the Decadent actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

• Triggered ability · end_stepAt the beginning of your end step, choose one —
• Keyword · deathtouchdeathtouch
• Keyword · lifelinklifelink

What an Astarion, the Decadent deck needs

Plays as lifegain. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• drain and life-loss payoffs (the damage is not combat damage)
• repeatable lifegain — lifelink, gain-life triggers and Food (every life gained is its trigger)
• damage and drain every turn (its effect is sized by the life the opponents lost this turn)

The Astarion, the Decadent deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

• 19× A repeatable source of damage — a commander that adds to each damage event wants many small events, not one big one
• 22× Gain life repeatedly — for a commander that converts life gained into drain, the gain IS the damage
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 7× Refill your hand
• 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Astarion, the Decadent

Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.

Combos with Astarion, the Decadent

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Astarion, the Decadent is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

• Astarion, the Decadent + Blood Tribute6,267 decks
• Astarion, the Decadent + Tree Of Perdition2,724 decks
• Astarion, the Decadent + Unstoppable Slasher2,675 decks
• Astarion, the Decadent + Quietus Spike2,040 decks
• Astarion, the Decadent + Peer Into The Abyss1,473 decks
• Astarion, the Decadent + Fraying Omnipotence1,223 decks

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