A Gentleman's Rise 🪦 by FomTooleries

Format: Commander

Commander: Hildibrand Manderville // Gentleman's Rise

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This Orzhov aristocrats deck helmed by Hildibrand Manderville // Gentleman's Rise focuses on generating a steady stream of creature tokens, sacrificing them for value, and draining opponents incrementally. The commander provides a minor anthem for tokens and a one-shot token via its Adventure half, but the real work is done by the 99-Bastion of Remembrance, Marionette Apprentice, and Dramatic Finale convert deaths into life loss, while Priest of Forgotten Gods, Yawgmoth, Thran Physician, and Yahenni, Undying Partisan serve as repeatable sacrifice outlets that generate card advantage or mana. The deck lacks infinite combos, instead winning through attrition: grinding out opponents with multiple drain triggers per turn, recurring key pieces via Lively Dirge and Sevinne's Reclamation, and eventually overwhelming with a wide board of tokens. Secondary paths include Liliana, Dreadhorde General's ultimate or transforming Westvale Abbey into Ormendahl, Profane Prince. It is a value-oriented, midrange strategy that excels in prolonged games but struggles to close quickly.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Aligned Heart
  • 1 Altar of Bhaal // Bone Offering
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Archway
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Bennie Bracks, Zoologist
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Champions from Beyond
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Culling Dais
  • 1 Curse of Disturbance
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Desert of the True
  • 1 Dramatic Finale
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Forlorn Flats
  • 1 Fountainport
  • 1 Grave Venerations
  • 1 Hidden Stockpile
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Hildibrand Manderville // Gentleman's Rise
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kabira Takedown // Kabira Plateau
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Keeper of the Accord
  • 1 Lazotep Quarry
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Lively Dirge
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Loyal Warhound
  • 1 Lucky Clover
  • 1 Make an Example
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nasty End
  • 1 Oketra's Monument
  • 1 On Wings of Gold
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phoenix Fleet Airship
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
  • 1 Promise of Aclazotz // Foul Rebirth
  • 1 Rammas Echor, Ancient Shield
  • 1 Rankle, Master of Pranks
  • 1 Ratadrabik of Urborg
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Rite of Oblivion
  • 1 Sand Scout
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Skirsdag High Priest
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Snowfield Sinkhole
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spawning Pit
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 1 Staff of the Storyteller
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
  • 1 Szat's Will
  • 1 Séance Board
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Tarrian's Journal // The Tomb of Aclazotz
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Teval's Judgment
  • 1 The Restoration of Eiganjo // Architect of Restoration
  • 1 Tocasia's Welcome
  • 1 Tome of Legends
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vona's Hunger
  • 1 Wand of the Worldsoul
  • 1 Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zahur, Glory's Past