Blood Rites (Ixalan Commander) by cvest100

Format: Commander

Commander: Clavileño, First of the Blessed

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov Vampire tribal aristocrats deck commanded by Clavileño, First of the Blessed. Its game plan focuses on casting low-mana Vampires, designating them as honorary Demons with Clavileño upon attacking, and sacrificing them for profit to draw cards while generating evasive 4/3 flying Vampire Demon tokens. Backed by synergistic aristocrats payoffs like Blood Artist, Cruel Celebrant, and Sanctum Seeker, the deck steadily converts early combat chip damage into a dominant flying board state and life-drain engine. It features solid recursion and resilience against targeted removal through sac outlets like Bartolomé del Presidio and Yahenni, Undying Partisan. While lacking fast-mana acceleration or compact infinite combos, the list compensates with reliable mid-game creature generation, board-wide buffs from Cordial Vampire, and asymmetric creature wipes like Olivia's Wrath.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Blade of the Bloodchief
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bloodline Necromancer
  • 1 Bloodtracker
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Butcher of Malakir
  • 1 Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
  • 1 Champion of Dusk
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Clavileño, First of the Blessed
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Cordial Vampire
  • 1 Crossway Troublemakers
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
  • 1 Dusk Legion Sergeant
  • 1 Dusk Legion Zealot
  • 1 Elenda's Hierophant
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Etchings of the Chosen
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Falkenrath Noble
  • 1 Glass-Cast Heart
  • 1 Heirloom Blade
  • 1 Indulgent Aristocrat
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kindred Boon
  • 1 Legion Lieutenant
  • 1 March of the Canonized
  • 1 Martyr of Dusk
  • 1 Master of Dark Rites
  • 1 Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 New Blood
  • 1 Nighthawk Scavenger
  • 1 Oathsworn Vampire
  • 1 Olivia's Wrath
  • 1 Order of Sacred Dusk
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Pact of the Serpent
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Patron of the Vein
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Promise of Aclazotz // Foul Rebirth
  • 1 Radiant Destiny
  • 1 Redemption Choir
  • 1 Return to Dust
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sanctum Seeker
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Timothar, Baron of Bats
  • 1 Twilight Prophet
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Utter End
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Voldaren Estate
  • 1 Vona, Butcher of Magan
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Windbrisk Heights
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan