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Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim

Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Kor Cleric · {W}{B} · Black/White commander

Deathtouch Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life. Whenever another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life.
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What Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim actually does

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What an Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim deck wants

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Best cards for Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim

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Life loss that is not combat damage — each opponent loses life, repeatably

  1. Zulaport Cutthroat2 mana
  2. Leechridden Swamp0 mana
  3. Cruel Celebrant2 mana
  4. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim2 mana
  5. Marionette Apprentice2 mana
  6. The Meathook Massacre2 mana
  7. Mirkwood Bats4 mana
  8. Ayara, First of Locthwain3 mana

A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses

  1. Bojuka Bog0 mana
  2. Chrome Mox0 mana
  3. Temple of Silence0 mana
  4. Cabaretti Courtyard0 mana
  5. Lotus Field0 mana
  6. Mortuary Mire0 mana
  7. Orzhov Basilica0 mana
  8. Riveteers Overlook0 mana

Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably

  1. Phyrexian Tower0 mana
  2. High Market0 mana
  3. Lazotep Quarry0 mana
  4. Susur Secundi, Void Altar0 mana
  5. Scavenger's Talent1 mana
  6. Hostile Hostel // Creeping Inn0 mana
  7. Miren, the Moaning Well0 mana
  8. Fain, the Broker3 mana

Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses

  1. Airbender Ascension2 mana
  2. Eldrazi Displacer3 mana
  3. Eternal Acrobat Toast0 mana
  4. Conjurer's Closet5 mana
  5. Distinguished Conjurer2 mana
  6. Felidar Guardian4 mana
  7. Restoration Angel4 mana
  8. Teleportation Circle4 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Path to Exile1 mana
  2. Swords to Plowshares1 mana
  3. Defile1 mana
  4. Tragic Slip1 mana
  5. March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
  6. Infernal Grasp2 mana
  7. Flicker of Fate2 mana
  8. Fatal Push1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Final Showdown1 mana
  2. Vanquish the Horde8 mana
  3. Amalia Benavides Aguirre2 mana
  4. Do or Die2 mana
  5. Martyr's Cry2 mana
  6. Pest Control2 mana
  7. Force of Despair3 mana
  8. Split Up3 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Demonic Tutor2 mana
  2. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  3. Vampiric Tutor1 mana
  4. Imperial Seal1 mana
  5. Insatiable Avarice1 mana
  6. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  7. Grim Tutor3 mana
  8. Liliana Vess // Liliana Vess0 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Esper Sentinel1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
  4. Black Market Connections3 mana
  5. Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
  6. Morbid Opportunist3 mana
  7. Phyrexian Arena3 mana
  8. Archivist of Oghma2 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
  2. Bastion Protector3 mana
  3. Greater Auramancy2 mana
  4. Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
  5. Cryptothrall4 mana
  6. Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
  7. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  8. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana

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