Olivia Crimson Bride Deck by bryant_14

Format: Commander

Commander: Olivia, Crimson Bride

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck combines traditional Rakdos Vampire tribal synergies with a reanimator core led by Olivia, Crimson Bride. Early turns focus on establishing mana rocks and binning large Vampire payoffs such as Vein Ripper, Necropolis Regent, and Shadowgrange Archfiend through discard outlets and graveyard tutors. By turn 5, casting Olivia allows an immediate haste attack that brings back a high-impact creature tapped and attacking. The deck leverages tribal anthems, counter growth, and aristocrat drain triggers to defeat the table over two to three combat turns. It features potent asymmetric creature suppression through cards like Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet and Butcher of Malakir, effectively punishing opposing creature decks. However, the strategy relies heavily on the graveyard and remains vulnerable to instant-speed removal targeting Olivia before a secondary legendary Vampire is established.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Anje's Ravager
  • 1 Anowon, the Ruin Sage
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodline Keeper // Lord of Lineage
  • 1 Bloodline Necromancer
  • 1 Bloodtithe Harvester
  • 1 Bloodtracker
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Butcher of Malakir
  • 1 Captivating Vampire
  • 1 Chainer, Dementia Master
  • 1 Champion of Dusk
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Cordial Vampire
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
  • 1 Kamber, the Plunderer
  • 1 Laurine, the Diversion
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Malakir Bloodwitch
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Markov Enforcer
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Necropolis Regent
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nirkana Revenant
  • 1 Olivia Voldaren
  • 1 Olivia's Wrath
  • 1 Olivia, Crimson Bride
  • 1 Olivia, Mobilized for War
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Patron of the Vein
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rakish Heir
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Sanctum Seeker
  • 1 Scion of Opulence
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Shadowgrange Archfiend
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stromkirk Captain
  • 14 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Timothar, Baron of Bats
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Twilight Prophet
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Underworld Connections
  • 1 Urge to Feed
  • 1 Vampire Nighthawk
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vein Ripper
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Whip of Erebos