Average Deck for The Shadow Lord - Budget Lifedrain

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Nick Benstead
Dec 2, 2025
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Average Decklist

Ayara, First of Locthwain
Ayara, First of Locthwain
Basilica Screecher
Basilica Screecher
Battlefly Swarm
Battlefly Swarm
Boggart Trawler
Boggart Trawler
Changeling Outcast
Changeling Outcast
Clackbridge Troll
Clackbridge Troll
Crypt Ghast
Crypt Ghast
Defiler of Flesh
Defiler of Flesh
Drana, Liberator of Malakir
Drana, Liberator of Malakir
Etherium Pteramander
Etherium Pteramander
Gingerbrute
Gingerbrute
Gixian Puppeteer
Gixian Puppeteer
Gonti, Night Minister
Gonti, Night Minister
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Massacre Wurm
Massacre Wurm
Nether Traitor
Nether Traitor
Nighthawk Scavenger
Nighthawk Scavenger
Nirkana Revenant
Nirkana Revenant
Ophiomancer
Ophiomancer
Rot-Curse Rakshasa
Rot-Curse Rakshasa
Shadow Alley Denizen
Shadow Alley Denizen
Sheoldred
Sheoldred
Slaughter Specialist
Slaughter Specialist
Starscream, Power Hungry
Starscream, Power Hungry
Stirge
Stirge
Tormented Soul
Tormented Soul
Vampire Cutthroat
Vampire Cutthroat
Vampire of the Dire Moon
Vampire of the Dire Moon
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
Vashta Nerada
Vashta Nerada
Vault Skirge
Vault Skirge
Instants (6)
Baleful Mastery
Baleful Mastery
Bitter Triumph
Bitter Triumph
Consuming Corruption
Consuming Corruption
Murder
Murder
Not Dead After All
Not Dead After All
Tendrils of Corruption
Tendrils of Corruption
Sorceries (10)
Ashes to Ashes
Ashes to Ashes
Bubbling Muck
Bubbling Muck
Damnable Pact
Damnable Pact
Exsanguinate
Exsanguinate
Feed the Swarm
Feed the Swarm
Peer into the Abyss
Peer into the Abyss
Scheming Symmetry
Scheming Symmetry
Sickening Dreams
Sickening Dreams
Unearth
Unearth
Virtus's Maneuver
Virtus's Maneuver
Artifacts (8)
Arcane Signet
Arcane Signet
Caged Sun
Caged Sun
Decanter of Endless Water
Decanter of Endless Water
Gauntlet of Power
Gauntlet of Power
Genesis Chamber
Genesis Chamber
Library of Leng
Library of Leng
Sol Ring
Sol Ring
Wishclaw Talisman
Wishclaw Talisman
Enchantments (7)
Font of Agonies
Font of Agonies
Kaya's Ghostform
Kaya's Ghostform
Koskun Falls
Koskun Falls
No Mercy
No Mercy
Sanguine Bond
Sanguine Bond
Tribute to Horobi
Tribute to Horobi
Underworld Dreams
Underworld Dreams
Lands (8)
Barren Moor
Barren Moor
Bojuka Bog
Bojuka Bog
Memorial to Folly
Memorial to Folly
Mortuary Mire
Mortuary Mire
Myriad Landscape
Myriad Landscape
Realm of Koh
Realm of Koh
Urza's Cave
Urza's Cave
Witch's Cottage
Witch's Cottage
Basics (1)
Swamp
29 Swamps