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Valentin, Dean of the Vein // Lisette, Dean of the Root — Commander Hub · Mythicwyrm
Legendary Creature — Vampire Warlock // Legendary Creature — Human Druid Mana value 1 EDHREC #7,616
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Win Conditions ▸ Overrun the table with trampling, counter-pumped creatures via Lisette.▸ Aristocrats drain through Blood Artist/Bastion of Remembrance off Pest deaths. ▸ Go wide with Pests then alpha strike after a single big lifegain-into-pump trigger. ▸ Grind opponents out of creatures by exiling their threats while you build inevitability.Archetypes Aristocrats — Pests are free sacrifice fodder with built-in lifegain that loops into more value. +1/+1 Counters — Lisette's side turns any lifegain into a permanent team-wide counter anthem. Tokens — Valentin churns Pest tokens off opposing creature deaths to build a wide board. Lifegain Matters — Built-in lifelink and Pest deaths let you trigger lifegain payoffs constantly. Combos No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
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Menace, lifelink
If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead. When you do, you may pay Whenever you gain life, you may pay Cast this 2-mana modal commander as Valentin to exile opposing nontoken creatures and farm Pest tokens, or as Lisette to convert lifegain into board-wide +1/+1 counters and trample for a counters/aristocrats overrun. You grind value by removing creatures, building a sacrifice engine with Pests, and snowballing your team off any lifegain trigger to swing for lethal trample damage.
Two-sided design gives flexibility: removal/value engine (Valentin) or counters anthem payoff (Lisette).
Only 2 mana, so it's easy to cast early and recast after death.
Built-in lifelink and Pest-fueled lifegain pairs perfectly with Lisette's pump engine.
Exiling opposing nontoken creatures dodges death triggers and reanimation, acting as soft removal hate.
Provides both a token base for aristocrats and a kill condition via trample anthems.
Effects are split across two sides—you can't use exile-and-Pest and the lifegain pump simultaneously.
Lisette's pump costs Vulnerable to creature removal and a low body for combat.
Wants a lot of small lifegain triggers, which can be inconsistent without setup.
No card advantage or protection built in; can stall against heavy control or wraths.
Stacks counters on top of Lisette's anthem every time a creature enters, including Pests.
Each Pest death drains opponents and triggers lifegain that feeds Lisette's pump.
Turns dying Pests into Treasure to pay the repeated A static aristocrats payoff that drains and gains life as your Pests die.
Pays life to make Fungus Beasts, weaponizing the lifegain-into-counters loop.
Draws two cards off every 1/1 Pest, fueling the whole engine.
Legendary Creature — Vampire Warlock // Legendary Creature — Human Druid
. If you do, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control and those creatures gain trample until end of turn.