Bant Budget Landfall Lifegain

A budget Bant landfall deck that uses landfall creatures and ramp spells to gain life, mill the opponent with crabs, and eventually take over the game.

Risen Reef, Evolving Wilds, Brokers Hideout, Harrow, and Cultivate create multiple landfall triggers per turn. Each landfall trigger makes Ruin Crab mill three cards, while Kor Celebrant, Kazandu Nectarpot, and Impassioned Orator gain life. This gives you time to find more landfall pieces and protects you from aggressive decks.

Keep a hand with at least two lands and a landfall payoff such as Ruin Crab, Kor Celebrant, or Risen Reef. A hand with Arboreal Grazer plus a fetch land is strong because it triggers landfall immediately and fixes mana. Avoid hands with no blue source or too many lands that enter tapped.

Early: play Arboreal Grazer, Ruin Crab, or Kor Celebrant and use evolving Wilds and Brokers Hideout to trigger landfall while developing mana. Mid: resolve Risen Reef, Cultivate, and Harrow to chain landfall triggers, keep your hand full, and gain significant life. Late: use repeated landfall mill to finish the opponent while using Saw It Coming and Banishing Light to remove threats and protect your key creatures.

This deck is weak to removal that targets Ruin Crab or Kor Celebrant, and it has little interaction against fast combo decks. Many lands enter tapped, so the deck can be slower than other Timeless decks. Use the life gain to race aggressive opponents and save counterspells for game-ending cards.