Batty

The "Batty" deck is an Orzhov (black and white) Commander deck focused on life drain and sacrifice synergies, with bats as a thematic sub-theme. The deck is built around generating incremental advantage through life drain effects, such as those from Blood Artist and Zulaport Cutthroat, combined with sacrifice engines like Ayara, First of Locthwain and Grave Pact. These cards allow the deck to control the board by forcing opponents to sacrifice creatures while gaining life and draining opponents.

Key synergies include using token generators like Skeletal Vampire and Bat Whisperer to fuel sacrifice outlets, and cards like Dictate of Erebos and Grave Pact to punish opponents for creature losses. The deck also includes a suite of removal spells (e.g., Path to Exile, Swords to Plowshares) and board wipes (e.g., Damnation, Wrath of God) to maintain control over the battlefield.

The deck aims to win by draining opponents' life totals through mass life drain spells like Exsanguinate, leveraging its life gain and drain synergies to outlast opponents. Card draw from Phyrexian Arena and repeatable effects from creatures like Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet, help maintain a steady