I am taking Black & White Aggro into another spin in M15 Standard. I have posted before a Humans list. This time, the M15 reprint that I am trying to build around is Ajani’s Pridemate. Here is the decklist I have come up with:

Lands
5 Plains
4 Swamp
4 Godless Shrine
4 Caves of Koilos
2 Temple of Silence
2 Mana Confluence
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Creatures
4 Ajani’s Pridemate
1 Banisher Priest
4 Gnarled Scarhide
4 Herald of Torment
4 Pain Seer
4 Soldier of the Pantheon
3 Tithe Drinker
4 Underworld Coinsmith

Spells
1 Ultimate Price
2 Orzhov Charm
1 Spear of Heliod
1 Blind Obedience
4 Thoughtseize
1 Hero’s Downfall

Sideboard
SB: 2 Fiendslayer Paladin
SB: 1 Banishing Light
SB: 2 Doom Blade
SB: 1 Duress
SB: 1 Keening Apparition
SB: 1 Last Breath
SB: 2 Lifebane Zombie
SB: 3 Sin Collector
SB: 1 Profit/Loss
SB: 1 Ultimate Price

A few of the card choices looks subpar, but I wanted cheap-casting aggressive creatures that at the same time interacts with the cat soldier.

One of the key interacting cards here is Underworld Coinsmith. Its Constellation trigger gives a +1/+1 counter on the pridemate and you have ten more enchantments in the deck to do it again. Another card for the lifegain trigger enabler is Extort and Tithe Drinker looks to be right creature for that, not to mention that it has also Lifelink. Blind Obedience, another Extort enabler, as a one-of can at times benefit on delaying opponents’ blockers by making them tap.

Herald of Torment is deck’s late game drop with bestow on your best creature. As a bonus, Orzhov Charm can save it and the enchanted creature from spot removals. The rest of the Instant removals in the deck are variance on certain matchups. Thoughtseize is of course the one-mana removal and in effect gets you knowledge on your plays on the next turns.

The deck’s current sideboard list is not that refined and is solely based on what the expected local metagame will become. I think the generic card inclusions would be Doom Blade, Lifebane Zombie and Sin Collector.

Your suggestions on the deck will be surely appreciated so just feel free to comment below.

That is about it for BW Ajani Lifegain Aggro, until next post.