Bellend Witblums Cavalcade of Lifegain, Thermonuclear Annihilation, Tea Parties and Blood Magic (EDH / Commander)

Welcome to a Deck that is probably tier 6, which makes it at least 10 tiers better than any deck with willowdusk as the commander.

this deck focuses on Sac and LTBs for lifegain, capitalizing on Beledros' passive, which triggers on EVERYONES upkeep. it alsto utilizes LTBs as a deterrent for players considering a boardwipe.

the strat: Ramp as hard as you can until you hit 7 mana. if you got a good draw you might be able to get beledros out ~turn 4 to start bringing out the stars of the show: Pests

Once Beledros is out, things are going to start speeding up real quick, so you may want to make some social plays by not using Beledros as an attacker, this will give you a chance to fade into the background and build your boardstate, hopefully while not appearing as a major threat despite having an army of 1/1's that benefit you if they march to their deaths

as soon as you start creating pests, your next primary focus is keeping beledros (or at least one token Generator, such as Tevesh, Awakening zone or Creakwood Liege) alive and generating. during this time you'll want to be fishing either for sac outlets (such as the ever popular skullclamp) as well as LTB and lifegain triggers.

the pinnacle end state is having sanguine bond/Marauding blight-priest, exquisite blood and a sac outlet out, and pinging a single pest to cause an infinite combo that machinegun leeches every player sequentially.

the next best option is to slowly ramp up your lifegain until it gets to an exponential point where you can start nuking opponents with Aetherflux reservoir. do note that if you have enough health to activate the reservoir you are likely to become a major target, and you will be guaranteed public enemy number one once it is out. It is recommended to keep it in hand until right before your first activation of it, nuking the biggest threat on the board, then rapidly recycling as much as you can for lifegain to do it again. if you've reached the point where you're at ~90 life, you should have a boardstate that allows you to crank the reservoir twice.

Why is there a 150 card sideboard? this deck is designed for casual comp games with friends, in which we dont really mind Infinites, as long as they're not cEDH turn 3 k'rrik-doomsday level horsesh*t. in public matches, trying to Sanguine/exquisite can be debatably simple, especially with enough tutors, and you will probably be quite unpopular for it, but if you're dealing with golos players, the option is there to ruin their day. the sideboard is my list of cards that are options to swap out not only for players looking to do this deck on a "budget" (its $530, c'mon), but also for players who are looking for other specific tactics to deal with consistent problems.

got a bunch of players who are obsessed with that cancerous copy deck from strixhaven? add more boardwipes and winnows
Got players who like to steal your effects? maybe consider leaving tainted remedy out
got players who think a mana curve of elf is the dominant strategy? add more ramp, swap out those LTBs for staying power, token upcyclers and pump artifacts and start mashing their faces with 7/7 flying deathtouch lifelink indestructible trample demons.
got a player who thinks they can one-up you at the lifegain game? tainted remedy and ruin their day.

This sideboard is not intended to be used as a between pool sideboard. it is a maybeboard for when you're at home tuning your deck up. The reson I haven't moved these cards to the maybeboard category is because im using that to mark out cards i don't presently own and are considering for addition to the deck.

this deck does not prioritize combat, ideally you should avoid swinging so you can use your pests as blockers. using gravity well or Eldrazi monument gives them a bit more range, so you can keep them sitting there as a wall, while your opponents refrain from boardwiping, lest all your LTB triggers activate at once and cause them to regret it. the focus is using Blood Magic; lifegain via enchantments and passive effects. so while the other three are busy aggroing one another and trying to fish for ulamog, you can sit down and have a nice tea party with your pests and Beledros until the time comes to invoke the nuclear option.