I Am The Ancient by user2037101

Format: Commander

Commander: Strefan, Maurer Progenitor

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This Rakdos deck is commanded by Strefan, Maurer Progenitor, focusing on generating Blood tokens through consistent global life loss and sacrificing them to cheat massive Vampire threats directly into combat with indestructible. The deck pairs early pingers like Creeping Bloodsucker and Voldaren Epicure with heavy game-ending payoffs such as Olivia's Attendants, Bloodletter of Aclazotz, Necropolis Regent, and Vein Ripper. Beyond heavy combat swings, the deck leverages aristocrat drain mechanics with Blood Artist, The Meathook Massacre, and Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, alongside an infinite life-drain combo between Bloodthirsty Conqueror and Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose. Blood tokens double as high-velocity looting engines to dig past land pockets and find answers. While the deck possesses strong board resilience and high offensive velocity, its reliance on combat connections and lack of enchantment removal or stack interaction require proactive sequencing and well-timed aggression.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Duneyard
  • 1 Anowon, the Ruin Sage
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Barbarian Ring
  • 1 Belligerent Guest
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Blood Fountain
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving
  • 1 Bloodsoaked Insight // Sanguine Morass
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bloody Betrayal
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Butcher of Malakir
  • 1 Cabal Pit
  • 1 Call to the Netherworld
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Champion of Dusk
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cranial Plating
  • 1 Cranial Ram
  • 1 Creeping Bloodsucker
  • 1 Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 End the Festivities
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Falkenrath Gorger
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Ghirapur Aether Grid
  • 1 Glass-Cast Heart
  • 1 Grab the Prize
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Ifnir Deadlands
  • 1 Ivora, Insatiable Heir
  • 1 Kamber, the Plunderer
  • 1 Laurine, the Diversion
  • 1 Leechridden Swamp
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Markov Baron
  • 1 Markov Enforcer
  • 1 Midnight Arsonist
  • 1 Monument to Endurance
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Necropolis Regent
  • 1 Olivia's Attendants
  • 1 Patron of the Vein
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Ramunap Ruins
  • 1 Risky Shortcut
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Shadowgrange Archfiend
  • 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
  • 1 Strefan, Maurer Progenitor
  • 1 Strionic Resonator
  • 1 Stromkirk Captain
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Supper for Spiders
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Tarrian's Journal // The Tomb of Aclazotz
  • 1 Terminal Agony
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Underhanded Designs
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampire's Kiss
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vein Ripper
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Voldaren Bloodcaster // Bloodbat Summoner
  • 1 Voldaren Epicure
  • 1 Voldaren Estate