Olivia Voldaren by goodgrief123

Format: Commander

Commander: Olivia Voldaren

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos Vampire kindred midrange strategy helmed by Olivia Voldaren. The primary game plan revolves around curving out evasive Vampire creatures, buffing them with kindred lords such as Stromkirk Captain, Captivating Vampire, and Bloodline Keeper, and leveraging life-drain triggers from Sanctum Seeker and Blood Artist. Olivia Voldaren serves as a versatile mana sink in the command zone, pinging utility creatures and stealing opposing threats after converting them to Vampires. The deck transitions into a lethal threat around Turn 6 by deploying exponential force multipliers like Coat of Arms or mass drain engines, closing games via combat damage over two response cycles. A secondary infinite drain combo exists between Exquisite Blood and Sanguine Bond, though the absence of tutors requires drawing both naturally. The deck excels at creature-centric combat and attrition but remains vulnerable to mass board wipes and noncreature permanents due to a lack of stack protection and enchantment removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anje, Maid of Dishonor
  • 1 Anowon, the Ruin Sage
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blade of the Bloodchief
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bloodline Keeper // Lord of Lineage
  • 1 Bloodlord of Vaasgoth
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Adversary
  • 1 Boots of Speed
  • 1 Butcher of Malakir
  • 1 Call the Bloodline
  • 1 Captivating Vampire
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Cordial Vampire
  • 1 Creeping Bloodsucker
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
  • 1 Drana, the Last Bloodchief
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Feast of Blood
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Gluttonous Guest
  • 1 Gorgon's Head
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Innocent Traveler // Malicious Invader
  • 1 Kalastria Highborn
  • 14 Mountain
  • 1 Nighthawk Scavenger
  • 1 Olivia Voldaren
  • 1 Olivia's Wrath
  • 1 Olivia, Crimson Bride
  • 1 Olivia, Mobilized for War
  • 1 Orcish Medicine
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Rakdos Cluestone
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rakish Heir
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rising of the Day
  • 1 Sanctum Seeker
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Stensia Banquet
  • 1 Stensia Bloodhall
  • 1 Stensia Masquerade
  • 1 Strefan, Maurer Progenitor
  • 1 Stromkirk Bloodthief
  • 1 Stromkirk Captain
  • 1 Stromkirk Occultist
  • 14 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 Terminal Agony
  • 1 Vampire Nighthawk
  • 1 Vampire's Kiss
  • 1 Vampires' Vengeance
  • 1 Vampiric Fury
  • 1 Vampiric Link
  • 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Voldaren Bloodcaster // Bloodbat Summoner
  • 1 Voldaren Estate
  • 1 Wedding Invitation
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak