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Ajani's PridemateutilityBudget$0.20It rewards life gain by growing into a large threat, echoing Archangel of Thune's board-scaling payoff. It is cheaper and easier to deploy, but only grows itself rather than the whole team.Lunarch Veteran // Luminous PhantomutilityBudget$0.27This is a strong life-gain payoff that provides incremental value whenever you gain life, fitting lifegain engines well. It is much cheaper, though far less explosive than Archangel of Thune.Voice of the BlessedutilityBudget$1.85It turns repeated life gain into a growing evasive threat, serving as a premier lifegain payoff. It is cheaper, but affects only itself rather than your whole board.Resplendent AngelfinisherBudget$8.47It rewards life gain with extra flying threats, giving white lifegain decks a similar snowballing payoff. It costs less, but produces tokens instead of team-wide counters.Serra Ascendantfinisher$30.89It is one of the most efficient life-gain payoffs in white, quickly becoming a huge flying lifelink threat. It is much cheaper, but its payoff is self-contained rather than anthem-like.Heliod, Sun-CrownedutilityBudget$22.00Heliod converts life gain into +1/+1 counters, directly overlapping with Archangel of Thune's core mechanic. It is cheaper and more flexible, but only places counters on one creature at a time.Hallowed PriestutilityThis is a budget-friendly lifegain payoff that scales itself whenever you gain life. It is far cheaper, but does not distribute counters to your entire board.The GafferutilityBudget$11.06It generates value from life gain and helps lifegain decks maintain momentum with repeated payoffs. It is cheaper and more utility-focused, but less immediately threatening than Archangel of Thune.
