A Commander Deck That Wins the Game by Losing the Game

This is why I don't play Magic.
Good. Hell.

Dude this is awesome, I had a similar deck with only hive mind and extra turn spells that lose you the game but I had no idea you could push it this far!

I've had a similar deck like this built around Obeka for a few months now and really enjoyed getting it to function and win, because the payoff is both unexpected and satisfying. This has given me some ideas that work with that.

if you die and one of your opponents had something that you gave them that loses the game when the exit, do they lose as well?

"I used mana vault since ... Oh mana crypt is banned"

with demonic pact if u cant lose the game, yet all options are chosen then what like no more options so does it just sit there?

I run a very similar deck, but in Mardu. The main wincon is Repay in Kind, which sets all players to the lowest life total among them. So if I can go down to 0 without losing, I can take everyone else down to 0, and they likely don't have these cards to protect them.

Also fun fact about Chance for Glory: The indestructible is just a permanent effect. If you somehow don't lose the game, you now have permanently indestructible creatures.

I really don't mean to be this guy...but I've been playing this exact deck for like 2 years and I stumble upon this video. LoL Glad someone also enjoys this deck!

DAMMIT I JUST LOST THE GAME.

I lost the game

A classic way to draw the game is to control a Lich's Mirror and a False Cure.
Donate the Mirror to someone and make them die by having <1 life.
The Mirror will go off and try to put them at 40 life, but False Cure prevents that and makes an inifite loop of someone losing the game.

"Slightly less degenerate than Mana Crypt".
And that was 3 weeks ago XDDDD

If you want to make some use with archfiend of the dross, you should also consider a metamorphic alteration. As this aura will cause a creature an opponent controls to become a copy of archfiend, but it doesn't have any counters. So on that player's upkeep archfiend will end them.

Also if you want more ways to donate cards, there is also Bazaar Trader (donates an artifact or creature or land to an opponent) and Zedruu the Greathearted (pay WUR, donate a permanent you control to an opponent.)

very funny deck, video liked

I think this deck needs a couple of ways to sacrifice permanents. Also Solemnity is great for your deck.

Phage +Hermetic study instant win combo.

Isochron scepter to recast those 2 drop take another turn and lose spells lmao go infinite with plat angel

Those odd scroll cards, that you do certain things in order as the chapters complete. I'd love to see demonic remade as one of those. You get a set of great and powerful abilities, but the last is "YOU LOSE"

equip the kirin to the abyssal persecutor

A single creature now says that nobody can win or lose

A masterpiece. Thanks for sharing

Cute deck, but really? A glass cannon combo deck with almost no interaction, and multiple extra turn spells? Not only that, but it will sometimes only take out a single opponent with its effects. Then that player has to sit for half an hour while you try to cobble together another shot. This pile would be absolutely miserable to play against.

despotic scepter?

Trying to do the same thing with laboratory maniac

Custody battle will also work well in this deck

This reminded me that I lost the game

Theres a new card that has a loss condition you may or may not wanna slap in there. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire makes it so that your health is equal to the amount of cards in your hand. Any damage you take is turned into cards discarded and gaining life is turned into drawing cards.

layed something similar its fun :D until someone exiles all echantments

I think stifle effects to counter the loose the game triggers would be super good. also nobody expects you to have an ability counter

still not sure if the deck wants to win or to lose

Somehow you made a blue-mage game, that isn't blue.

Ran this deck. Got a hive mind out because the table didn't counter it and one attempted to naturalize it, and did pact of negation in response. Table goes apeshit. I shit you not, I have never seen a table so utterly dedicated to keeping everyone alive and ensuring I died for it. Angel ints from two people, one couldn't make it and dies, comes to my turn on 4 health, Pact of the Titan on my turn at the start of upkeep, then End the turn with split second, goes back around again with a bonus 'lose the game on endstep for everyone else. Utter rage. Thank you for this gem of a deck, I love you!

Hey, have you looked at Marina Vendrell's Grimoire from Duskmourn, it would fit perfectly with the liche enchantments you have.

Also, if you wanted a commander that fits more into the theme about not dying, look at Nira, Hellkite Duelist
Nira was an employee only card exclusive card to heroes of the realm but fits perfectly into a lose the game matters deck. Nira is cheap and lets you get it out early and use your lose the game abilities with Nira. You can abuse Nira's abilities by blinking her or reanimating her. Nira can consistently keep you from losing the game and gives you lots of card draw on a massive 6/6 flying trample haste body
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Nira, Hellkite Duelist
Flash
Flying, trample, haste
When Nira, Hellkite Duelist enters the battlefield, the next time you would lose the game this turn, instead draw three cards and your life total becomes 5.

Theres actually a 2 card synergy I would run. I forget the names but one card is all lands are swamps in addition to their other types. And the other is pay 2 tap; Gain 1 black mana for each swamp you control. This has always been a solid mana count if your deck runs black regardless of deck

I got a combo out of the last few Foundations packs: Demonic Pact with Harmless Offering. Enjoy the 3 turns of Spot Removal and Card Advantage, then when you make him discard 2 cards, you play Harmless Offering to give him control of Demonic Pact. The last effect you have to choose from the Pact on upkeep is to loose the game. Now he has to choose to loose.

You NEED Isochron Scepter. Final Fortune on a stick with Platinum Angel (or similar) is infinite turns. There are plenty of other crazy OP spells to put on a stick as well such as Angel's Grace, or... you know... all five pacts!

Deck needs a divine intervention

I'm not even a Magic player, but this showed up on my feed, so I just came to say that the thumbnail made me lose the game, damn you!

I feel like Herald of Eternal Dawn is a good card for this deck, maybe you can even replace it with one of the cards that do the same. For Example Cloudsteel Kirin could be a cut instead.

I had a friend in high school (like, 20 years ago) who made a deck that could theoretically win on second draw phase with Cromat, Captain Sisay, and Coalition Victory. It wasn't good, but it was a meme.

THIS IS THE GREATEST THUMBNAIL, on any mtg content at all, what an absolute fire thumbnail

This wacky deck idea reminds me of my near death experience deck.
Focused around Angels grace, ad nauseam and near death experience. It’s basically a big dice roll on whether you win the game or die by your own hand hahaha.
Only works in vintage because of its over reliance on 0-1 cost cards and you need Mox artifacts or it’s just way too slow.
Playing it in online deck builders I’ve had people just quit when it goes off and starts going crazy haha.
Angels grace into as nauseam to draw your whole library and drop reliquary tower for your land and dropping a bunch of lotus petals and moxs while holding three more angels grace and playing near death experience with four pact of negations in your hand is hilarious.

How can you run this as a 5 Color deck with a WHITE ONLY Commander? I've always understood that the CASTING Colors are the only Colors you can have in the deck.

I would love to try this list, there is one thing that concerns me however. I feel like when my pod sees how this deck runs, everyone at the table will gun for everything I have that stops me from losing the game from the cards. And I feel like it will bite me quite often and i'll be sitting and watching a lot of games. Is this something you have ran in to?

The game CAN in fact end with the demon and angel both out. They do nothing to stop the game from ending in a draw to an infinitely looping combo or to Divine Intervention.

Would Blim, Comedic Genius fit into this deck?

You need Puca's mischief for this deck

you should add blim comedic genious

Hive mind also works well with the 'extra turn'/'you lose' spells.