Vampire by Superj29

Format: Commander

Commander: Clavileño, First of the Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This Orzhov deck is commanded by Clavileño, First of the Blessed, operating as an aggressive tribal aristocrats engine that converts expendable Vampires into evasive 4/3 flying Vampire Demons and card advantage. The strategy opens by deploying low-cost Vampire creatures and mana acceleration such as Sol Ring, Mox Amber, and Arcane Signet. Once Clavileño attacks alongside a Vampire, it blesses that creature, granting it a death trigger that replaces itself with a flying Demon token while drawing a card. Free sacrifice outlets like Bartolomé del Presidio, Viscera Seer, and Yahenni, Undying Partisan allow instant conversion of blessed attackers into midair threats and card flow. The deck establishes lethal table pressure around Turn 5 by layering damage amplifiers like Bloodletter of Aclazotz and drain engines like Sanctum Seeker or Blood Artist. Evasive aerial beatdown combined with aristocrat attrition closes games around Turn 7 while Grave Pact and Charismatic Conqueror continually suppress opposing development.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodline Keeper // Lord of Lineage
  • 1 Bloodline Necromancer
  • 1 Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Call to the Feast
  • 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 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Cordial Vampire
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Drana and Linvala
  • 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
  • 1 Dusk Legion Zealot
  • 1 Edgar, Charmed Groom // Edgar Markov's Coffin
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Henrika Domnathi // Henrika, Infernal Seer
  • 1 Indulgent Aristocrat
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Legion's Landing // Adanto, the First Fort
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Malakir Bloodwitch
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 March of the Canonized
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Martyr of Dusk
  • 1 Master of Dark Rites
  • 1 Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Oathsworn Vampire
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Pact of the Serpent
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Patron of the Vein
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Promise of Aclazotz // Foul Rebirth
  • 1 Pyre of Heroes
  • 1 Radiant Destiny
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Ruthless Lawbringer
  • 1 Sanctum Seeker
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vampire of the Dire Moon
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vito, Fanatic of Aclazotz
  • 1 Voldaren Estate
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan