Dark Cleric by AurousForged

Format: Commander

Commander: Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This Orzhov Aristocrats deck is built under the strict companion restriction of Lurrus of the Dream-Den, limiting every permanent card to mana value 2 or less. Commanded by Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim, the deck establishes a low-to-the-ground engine of sacrifice outlets, recursive creatures, and death-trigger life drain. The primary victory condition is an infinite persist loop combining Putrid Goblin, Vizier of Remedies, and any free sacrifice outlet, which drains all opponents simultaneously through Elas or redundant blood artist effects. The deck provides extreme mana efficiency, resilient graveyard recursion, and strong targeted creature removal. Because it trades high-mana stax and bomb permanents for hyper-efficient 1- and 2-drops, it relies on incremental drain, scry filtering, and mass reanimation spells like Raise the Past and Rally the Ancestors to rebuild and close out games rapidly once its pieces assemble.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Amalia Benavides Aguirre
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodthrone Vampire
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Cartel Aristocrat
  • 1 Cathar Commando
  • 1 Children of Korlis
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Cult Conscript
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dash Hopes
  • 1 Dawn Charm
  • 1 Dawn of a New Age
  • 1 Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Essence Channeler
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fleshtaker
  • 1 Ghoulish Procession
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Hanweir Militia Captain // Westvale Cult Leader
  • 1 Hidden Stockpile
  • 1 Horn of Valhalla // Ysgard's Call
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Insomnia, Crown City
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Judge Magister Gabranth
  • 1 Kami of False Hope
  • 1 Karlov of the Ghost Council
  • 1 Lash of the Balrog
  • 1 Lay Down Arms
  • 1 Lead Pipe
  • 1 Lunar Convocation
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Metastatic Evangel
  • 1 Norn's Wellspring
  • 1 Obscura Storefront
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Missionary
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
  • 1 Putrid Goblin
  • 1 Raise the Past
  • 1 Rally the Ancestors
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Recruitment Officer
  • 1 Rite of Oblivion
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Shadow Summoning
  • 1 Silverquill Campus
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 The Dross Pits
  • 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
  • 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vizier of Remedies
  • 1 Warlock Class
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat