Lila is a human planeswalker who wields black magic. She specializes in magic that poisons the body and mind--ultimately, her victims rot away from the inside out.
From the shard of Alara named Grixis, Lila showed promise in necromancy from a young age. During his invasion of Alara, Sedris stormed all hermitages close to the borders of the land--including hers. A massacre ensued, all of her relatives perishing in the attack. Her only hope for survival was to bargain with Sedris and his troops.
After two months of servitude, Lila attempted to double-cross the lichlord. He lifted her off the ground, then slammed her into a castle wall and temporarily paralyzed her mind. Deciding he didn't want to deal with her anymore, Sedris banished her to a nearby plane chosen at random.
When Lila awoke, she found herself on a corroded, metallic surface--she had been banished to Mirrodin, and became aware that other planes existed. Though the awareness ignited her Spark, she had more pressing matters at hand. The great praetor Sheoldred sensed Lila's previous insubordination, and forced her into phyresis through chaining her to the toxic dragon, Skithiryx.
Lila quickly developed phyresis, and developed symptoms more rapidly than expected. After a week or so, she looked sickly, but was still alive--and Sheoldred couldn't figure out why. She climbed up the dragon's back and broke out of the underground cell, paralyzing all the guards in her way with the dragon's poison breath. Glad to be free again, Skithiryx joined Lila, and the two fight against Phyrexia to give the praetors a taste of their own medicine.
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"No one except me truly knows what it's like to be alone. When your mother perished protecting you, and your dad nearly killed you against his own will, and you've awakened in a foreign land, then you can call yourself alone. Being alone taught me the hardest lesson life can teach you: trust is the downfall of the human race. I trusted another and nearly lost my life at the hands of the Phyrexian invaders--twice. And yet...I owe my life to them in a sick and twisted way. The Praetor of the Vault, Sheoldred, found her own secret weapon turned against her: a compleated furnace dragon by the name of Skithiryx. Sharing my anger, the two of us took to the sky. My newfound mount belched the very poison used to corrupt me all over Sheoldred and the other praetors of Phyrexia. Though they saved my life in the most passive way possible, the incurable pain I suffer every day is a stark reminder of their betrayal of trust. It is a permanent scar, reminding me that no matter how nice someone can seem on the outside, no one can be trusted. Skithiryx and I will ensure that if you betray us or cross lines with us, you will suffer the most painful and gruesome death imaginable."
Tutoring hierarchy usually goes Potence -> Tower/Journal -> Nightmare Lash. Machinations finds Necro and Scythe, House Guard finds Disk, Sever, Damnation, Snuff Out, pump effects..., Brainspoil finds Journal, Gauntlet, or my general if tucked.
Lila, Phyresis Survivor
Lila is a human planeswalker who wields black magic. She specializes in magic that poisons the body and mind--ultimately, her victims rot away from the inside out.
From the shard of Alara named Grixis, Lila showed promise in necromancy from a young age. During his invasion of Alara, Sedris stormed all hermitages close to the borders of the land--including hers. A massacre ensued, all of her relatives perishing in the attack. Her only hope for survival was to bargain with Sedris and his troops.
After two months of servitude, Lila attempted to double-cross the lichlord. He lifted her off the ground, then slammed her into a castle wall and temporarily paralyzed her mind. Deciding he didn't want to deal with her anymore, Sedris banished her to a nearby plane chosen at random.
When Lila awoke, she found herself on a corroded, metallic surface--she had been banished to Mirrodin, and became aware that other planes existed. Though the awareness ignited her Spark, she had more pressing matters at hand. The great praetor Sheoldred sensed Lila's previous insubordination, and forced her into phyresis through chaining her to the toxic dragon, Skithiryx.
Lila quickly developed phyresis, and developed symptoms more rapidly than expected. After a week or so, she looked sickly, but was still alive--and Sheoldred couldn't figure out why. She climbed up the dragon's back and broke out of the underground cell, paralyzing all the guards in her way with the dragon's poison breath. Glad to be free again, Skithiryx joined Lila, and the two fight against Phyrexia to give the praetors a taste of their own medicine.
---
"No one except me truly knows what it's like to be alone. When your mother perished protecting you, and your dad nearly killed you against his own will, and you've awakened in a foreign land, then you can call yourself alone. Being alone taught me the hardest lesson life can teach you: trust is the downfall of the human race. I trusted another and nearly lost my life at the hands of the Phyrexian invaders--twice. And yet...I owe my life to them in a sick and twisted way. The Praetor of the Vault, Sheoldred, found her own secret weapon turned against her: a compleated furnace dragon by the name of Skithiryx. Sharing my anger, the two of us took to the sky. My newfound mount belched the very poison used to corrupt me all over Sheoldred and the other praetors of Phyrexia. Though they saved my life in the most passive way possible, the incurable pain I suffer every day is a stark reminder of their betrayal of trust. It is a permanent scar, reminding me that no matter how nice someone can seem on the outside, no one can be trusted. Skithiryx and I will ensure that if you betray us or cross lines with us, you will suffer the most painful and gruesome death imaginable."
--Lila, phyresis survivor
1 Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
Discard: 10
1 Appetite for Brains
1 Duress
1 Head Games
1 Hymn to Tourach
1 Mind Shatter
1 Mind Sludge
1 Mind Twist
1 Myojin of Night's Reach
1 Persecute
1 Thoughtseize
Draw: 2
1 Greed
1 Necropotence
Extraction: 2
1 Nightmare Incursion
1 Sadistic Sacrament
X-Drain: 3
1 Consume Spirit
1 Exsanguinate
1 Profane Command
Life: 3
1 Elixir of Immortality
1 Ivory Tower
1 Venser's Journal
Tutors: 10
1 Beseech the Queen
1 Brainspoil
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Diabolic Revelation
1 Dimir House Guard
1 Dimir Machinations
1 Grim Tutor
1 Increasing Ambition
1 Liliana Vess
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Bubbling Muck
1 Caged Sun
1 Charcoal Diamond
1 Crypt Ghast
1 Gauntlet of Power
1 Magus of the Coffers
1 Nirkana Revenant
1 Sol Ring
Buffs: 3
1 Lashwrithe
1 Nightmare Lash
1 Strata Scythe
Wraths: 9
1 All Is Dust
1 Black Sun's Zenith
1 Damnation
1 Lethal Vapors
1 Life's Finale
1 Mutilate
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 Plague Wind
1 Toxic Deluge
Kill Creatures: 12
1 Chainer's Edict
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Go for the Throat
1 Hero's Downfall
1 Innocent Blood
1 Rend Flesh
1 Sever the Bloodline
1 Shriekmaw
1 Slaughter Pact
1 Snuff Out
1 Sudden Death
1 Tendrils of Corruption
1 Barren Moor
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Cabal Coffers
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Terrain Generator
1 Thespian's Stage
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Vesuva
29 Swamp
2 Surrender Your Thoughts
2 I Delight in Your Convulsions
2 A Display of My Dark Power
2 Every Hope Shall Vanish
2 Only Blood Ends Your Nightmares
2 I Call on the Ancient Magics
2 Mortal Flesh Is Weak
2 Your Puny Minds Cannot Fathom
2 All In Good Time
Tutoring hierarchy usually goes Potence -> Tower/Journal -> Nightmare Lash. Machinations finds Necro and Scythe, House Guard finds Disk, Sever, Damnation, Snuff Out, pump effects..., Brainspoil finds Journal, Gauntlet, or my general if tucked.
Changelog:
11/3/13
- Wit's End + Toxic Deluge
If infect is disliked in your playgroup, the alternate commander is Maga, Traitor to Mortals.
Emille, Seven-Sting Dancer Shalin Nariya