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K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

life-payment combo · Commander / EDH deck · shared by billiam

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Game Plan

K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth turns life payment into a spell-chain engine that assembles compact two- and three-card combos for instant wins. The deck chains cheap tutors (Demonic Tutor, Diabolic Intent, Wishclaw Talisman, Entomb) and fast mana (Lotus Petal, Mana Vault, Sol Ring, Mox Amber) to find and cast Bloodchief Ascension + Mindcrank (infinite mill and lifegain triggers), Sensei's Divining Top + Aetherflux Reservoir + Bolas's Citadel (infinite draw and damage), or Walking Ballista + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed (infinite death triggers). K'rrik's life-payment ability compresses mana costs, letting you cast multiple spells per turn and fuel the commander itself with +1/+1 counters.

How It Wins

Fast mana shell: Lotus Petal, Mana Vault, Sol Ring, and Mox Amber deploy the engine by turn 2, often with K'rrik in play. Tutor density: Demonic Tutor, Diabolic Intent, Wishclaw Talisman, Entomb, and Buried Alive find missing combo pieces or tutors themselves, creating a chain that assembles a kill within 2–3 turns. Life-payment compression: K'rrik's ability lets you pay 2 life instead of {B} for each black mana in a cost—Necropotence, Bolas's Citadel, and Peer into the Abyss convert life into cards and mana, while Vilis, Broker of Blood and Sheoldred, the Apocalypse turn that life loss into card draw and opponent drain. The Sensei's Divining Top + Sheoldred, the Apocalypse + Bolas's Citadel loop produces Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite lifegain, Near-infinite lifegain triggers on its own — it needs a separate finisher to actually win. Conversion finishers: Torment of Hailfire and Toxic Deluge close out games with infinite mana or storm count, while Tainted Pact and Peer into the Abyss generate card advantage that fuels the next spell chain.

Decklist (100 cards)

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