Vampire-Aristocrate by user8627294

Format: Commander

Commander: Clavileño, First of the Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

Clavileño, First of the Blessed leads an Orzhov Vampire aristocrats deck that turns early aggression into resilient card draw and evasive threats. The deck establishes low-cost Vampires on the first two turns, casts Clavileño on turn three, and begins attacking on turn four. By turning attacking Vampires into Demons, Clavileño ensures that whenever those attackers die in combat or to sacrifice outlets, you draw a card and create a 4/3 flying Vampire Demon token. The strategy rapidly compounds this advantage with +1/+1 counter engines like Cordial Vampire, attack drains from Sanctum Seeker, and life-loss multipliers like Bloodletter of Aclazotz. The list also includes a game-ending two-card infinite drain combo with Exquisite Blood and Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose. While vulnerable to mass exile wipes and lacking counterspells, the deck provides high tribal redundancy and strong board recovery.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Blade of the Bloodchief
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodline Keeper // Lord of Lineage
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Captivating Vampire
  • 1 Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
  • 1 Champion of Dusk
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Clavileño, First of the Blessed
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cordial Vampire
  • 1 Crossway Troublemakers
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
  • 1 Dusk Legion Sergeant
  • 1 Edgar, Charmed Groom // Edgar Markov's Coffin
  • 1 Elenda's Hierophant
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Etchings of the Chosen
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Forerunner of the Legion
  • 1 Glass-Cast Heart
  • 1 Heirloom Blade
  • 1 Indulgent Aristocrat
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Liliana's Contract
  • 1 March of the Canonized
  • 1 Master of Dark Rites
  • 1 Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 New Blood
  • 1 Oathsworn Vampire
  • 1 Olivia's Wrath
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Pact of the Serpent
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Patron of the Vein
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Preacher of the Schism
  • 1 Promise of Aclazotz // Foul Rebirth
  • 1 Radiant Destiny
  • 1 Redemption Choir
  • 1 Return to Dust
  • 1 Rite of Oblivion
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ruthless Lawbringer
  • 1 Sanctum Seeker
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Twilight Prophet
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Utter End
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Voldaren Estate
  • 1 Vraan, Executioner Thane
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Windbrisk Heights
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan