Moseo, Vein's New Dean

Flying When Moseo enters, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "Whenever this token attacks, you gain 1 life." Infusion — At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, return up to one target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.

ReanimationLifegainBirdSkeletonWarlockPestCreature tokensEvasionETB valueAttack triggersLegends matter

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Core themes

What the commander does best.

Dean of the Second Chance

Gain life all turn, then bring back your best fallen creature at end step.

ReanimationLifegainSelf mill

342 cards fit this theme

Pest Control Seminar

Swarm the board with Pests and other tokens, gaining life with every swing and sacrifice.

Creature tokensLifegainGo wideAttack triggers

480 cards fit this theme

Witherbloom Drain Thesis

Every life point gained fuels drains and payoffs, while bigger gains return costlier creatures.

LifegainDrainDeath trigger

453 cards fit this theme

Stretch themes

Off the beaten path, but they work.

Second Lecture, Same Value

Reanimate and reuse creatures with big enter-the-battlefield effects, stacking value with every return.

ETB valueReanimationSac outletsSac fodder

563 cards fit this theme

Warlock's Blood Tithe

Pay life freely, knowing lifegain will bring back what you spend it on.

Pay lifeLifegainCard drawWarlock

271 cards fit this theme