Forbidden Blood Ritual by user3580056

Format: Commander

Commander: Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Mardu aristocrats engine helmed by Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar, almost exclusively leveraging its sorcery half. The primary game plan revolves around deploying dense, low-mana token generators—such as Bitterblossom, Charismatic Conqueror, Skrelv's Hive, and Ophiomancer—to satisfy the additional sacrifice costs of Awaken the Blood Avatar. By reducing its cost to {B}{R}, the deck reliably deploys 3/6 Avatar tokens on Turn 4, immediately edicting opposing creatures and swinging with haste for 3 direct damage to each opponent. The strategy accelerates through token multipliers like Mondrak, Glory Dominus, populate engines like Determined Iteration, and life-drain engines like Bastion of Remembrance. Supported by efficient protection spells such as Dawn's Truce and proactive turn-lockout effects like Myrel, Shield of Argive, the deck maintains steady pressure, closing games around Turn 7 through overwhelming combat damage and unavoidable table-wide burn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Body Count
  • 1 Call the Coppercoats
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cosmogrand Zenith
  • 1 Cursed Recording
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Determined Iteration
  • 1 Dollmaker's Shop // Porcelain Gallery
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
  • 1 Enduring Innocence
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Crescendo
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Insurrection
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Keeper of the Accord
  • 1 Kher Keep
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Lagomos, Hand of Hatred
  • 1 Lord Skitter, Sewer King
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mahadi, Emporium Master
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Martial Coup
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Myrel, Shield of Argive
  • 1 Ocelot Pride
  • 1 Oltec Matterweaver
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Otharri, Suns' Glory
  • 1 Overlord of the Mistmoors
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Prismari Pianist
  • 1 Pyromancer's Goggles
  • 1 Rootborn Defenses
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Secure the Wastes
  • 1 Seize the Spotlight
  • 1 Sengir Autocrat
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Shattered Landscape
  • 1 Skrelv's Hive
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 1 Sram's Expertise
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
  • 1 The Jolly Balloon Man
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Vat of Rebirth
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 White Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow