Dies to Removal

Deckbuilding by Iggey


This Commander deck uses Nath of the Gilt-Leaf to grind out a little card advantage while pumping considerate amounts of elf tokens. Nath may attract a little hate when he hits the board (people tend to hate discarding at random, who knew?), but the tokens/other small creatures and lifegain keep you safe most of the time.

[deck]//Commander
1 Nath of the Gilt-Leaf
//Lands
1 Rogue’s Passage
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Spawning Pool
1 Golgari Rot Farm
1 Vivid Marsh
1 Shizo, Death’s Storehouse
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Vivid Grove
1 Tainted Wood
1 Grim Backwoods
14 Forest
11 Swamp
//Creatures
1 Jagged-Scar Archers
1 Elvish Archdruid
1 Jade Mage
1
Avatar of Woe
1 Imperious Perfect
1 Vulturous Zombie
1 Verdant Force
1 Harvester of Souls
1 Chameleon Colossus
1 Deadly Recluse
1 Xathrid Gorgon
1 Nullmage Shepherd
1 Mortivore
1 Sangromancer
1 Visara the Dreadful
1 Elvish Harbinger
1 Guiltfeeder
1 Acidic Slime
1 Blood Artist
1 Scythe Specter
1 Wellwisher
1 Essence Warden
1 Reassembling Skeleton
1 Mindslicer
1 Yavimaya Elder
1 Silent Specter
1 Hornet Queen
1 Drove of Elves
1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader
1 Nissa’s Chosen
1 Joraga Warcaller
1 Royal Assassin
1 Big Game Hunter
//Artifacts
1 Geth’s Grimoire
1 Nim Deathmantle
1 Sol Ring
1 Armillary Sphere
1 Whispersilk Cloak
1 Golgari Signet
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Skullclamp
1 Howling Mine
//Enchantments
1 Asceticism
1 Gravity Well
1 Megrim
1 Attrition
//Instants
1 Snuff Out
1 Doom Blade
1 Relic Crush
1 Eyeblight’s Ending
1 Tribute to the Wild
//Sorceries
1 Cultivate
1 Unnerve
1 Overrun
1 Nature’s Spiral
1 Exsanguinate
1 Rise from the Grave
1 Diabolic Tutor
1
Syphon Mind
1 Kodama’s Reach
1 Elvish Promenade
1 Pulse of the Dross
//Planeswalkers
1 Nissa Revane
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
[/deck]

Some good, cheap (under $5) options: Raven's Crime, Mind Twist, Persecute, Animate Dead, Necromancy, Dance of the Dead, Reanimate, Distress, Duress, Bloodgift Demon, Graveborn Muse, Greater Good, Harmonize, Ambition's Cost, Decree of Pain, Mana Reflection, Beseech the Queen, Phyrexian Arena, Myojin of Night's Whisper, Necrologia*** (use this), Skeletal Scrying, Sheoldred, Underworld Connections and stuff to untap it, Viridian Zealot, Swiftfoot Boots, Mind's Eye, Phyrexian Processor, Reliquary tower.

More expensive stuff: Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, Maelstrom Pulse, Ohran Viper, Necropotence, Volrath's Stronghold, Abrupt Decay, Pernicious Deed, Vorinclex, Sword of Feast and Famine, Sword of Light and Shadow, Sword of Fire and Ice, Mask of Memory, Gaea's Cradle, Urborg/Cabal Coffers/Deserted Temple/Sylvan Scrying/Crop Rotation/Expedition Map, Kahmahl Kist of Krosa, Avenger of Zendikar, Regal Force, Eternal Witness, Grave
Titan, Lord of Extinction, Vraska the Unseen, Garruk Primal Hunter, Green Sun's Zenith, Worldly Tutor

Geth's Grimoire, Attrition, and Skullclamp are pretty sweet in here.

Thanks for the feedback! Vraska is number 1 on my wantlist:)