B/R - Strahd by user8567639

Format: Commander

Commander: Strefan, Maurer Progenitor

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This Rakdos deck is commanded by Strefan, Maurer Progenitor, focusing on a tribal synergy that converts combat and incidental damage into Blood tokens. It accelerates high-cost, menacing Vampires into play ahead of curve by sacrificing Blood tokens during attack steps. The deck pairs early life-loss enablers like Creeping Bloodsucker and Voldaren Epicure with heavy payoffs such as Bloodthirsty Conqueror, Vein Ripper, and Olivia's Attendants. Beyond heavy combat pressure, the list harbors a potent two-card infinite combo between Bloodthirsty Conqueror and Marauding Blight-Priest, allowing any life change to drain the entire table. Graveyard recursion through spells like Victimize, Bloodline Necromancer, and Olivia, Crimson Bride ensures the deck recovers smoothly from board wipes and spot removal. With versatile targeted answers and asymmetric taxing effects, the deck maintains steady pressure while assembling decisive finishing lines.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Duneyard
  • 1 Anje, Maid of Dishonor
  • 1 Anowon, the Ruin Sage
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arterial Alchemy
  • 1 Barbarian Ring
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Belligerent Guest
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodline Necromancer
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Butcher of Malakir
  • 1 Champion of Dusk
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cordial Vampire
  • 1 Creeping Bloodsucker
  • 1 Crossway Troublemakers
  • 1 Cryptic Caves
  • 1 Dark Fortress
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dogged Pursuit
  • 1 Dreadbore
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 End the Festivities
  • 1 Falkenrath Forebear
  • 1 Final Act
  • 1 Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
  • 1 Glass-Cast Heart
  • 1 Grab the Prize
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hawkeye's Bow
  • 1 Ifnir Deadlands
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Kamber, the Plunderer
  • 1 Lich-Knights' Conquest
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Magnetic Theft
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Markov Enforcer
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Necropolis Regent
  • 1 Nirkana Revenant
  • 1 Olivia's Attendants
  • 1 Olivia, Crimson Bride
  • 1 Painful Quandary
  • 1 Patron of the Vein
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Queen's Bay Paladin
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Ramunap Ruins
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sanctum Seeker
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stensia Masquerade
  • 1 Strefan, Maurer Progenitor
  • 1 Stromkirk Captain
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Underworld Connections
  • 1 Vampires' Vengeance
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vein Ripper
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Voldaren Bloodcaster // Bloodbat Summoner
  • 1 Voldaren Epicure