Blood Rites / Upgraded by user5361654

Format: Commander

Commander: Clavileño, First of the Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Orzhov Vampire Aristocrats midrange build commanded by Clavileño, First of the Blessed. The primary game plan revolves around casting low-cost Vampires in the early turns, casting Clavileño on curve, and attacking to convert small creatures into Demons that replace themselves with a fresh card and a 4/3 flying Vampire Demon token when they die. The deck leverages sacrifice outlets like Bartolomé del Presidio and Yahenni, Undying Partisan alongside drain engines such as Blood Artist, Cruel Celebrant, and Bastion of Remembrance to grind down opposing life totals. As the aerial token army accumulates, cards like Bloodletter of Aclazotz and Sanctum Seeker accelerate the clock, closing out the table around Turn 8. It also includes an incidental two-card infinite combo with Exquisite Blood and Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose. The deck features efficient removal but has minimal protection against exile-based board wipes.

Decklist (101 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Blade of the Bloodchief
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodline Necromancer
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Captivating Vampire
  • 1 Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Champion of Dusk
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Clavileño, First of the Blessed
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Cordial Vampire
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
  • 1 Dusk Legion Sergeant
  • 1 Dusk Legion Zealot
  • 1 Edgar, Charmed Groom // Edgar Markov's Coffin
  • 1 Elenda's Hierophant
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Falkenrath Noble
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Forerunner of the Legion
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Indulgent Aristocrat
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kindred Judgment
  • 1 Legion Lieutenant
  • 1 Martyr of Dusk
  • 1 Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nighthawk Scavenger
  • 1 Olivia's Wrath
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Patron of the Vein
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Preacher of the Schism
  • 1 Redemption Choir
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sanctum Seeker
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
  • 12 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 Tragic Slip
  • 1 Twilight Prophet
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Vampiric Rites
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Voldaren Estate
  • 1 Vraan, Executioner Thane
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan