Clavileno, First of the Blessed by Tharsos

Format: Commander

Commander: Clavileño, First of the Blessed

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This Orzhov deck is a synergistic Vampire tribal and aristocrat engine commanded by Clavileño, First of the Blessed. The deck operates by developing cheap Vampires in the early turns, casting Clavileño, and turning attacking Vampires into Demons that draw cards and leave behind 4/3 flying Demon tokens when they die. Sacrificing these marked creatures via free sacrifice outlets accelerates token production, refilling your hand while establishing an imposing aerial assault. The win condition combines evasive combat damage from 4/3 flyers and tribal lords with aristocrat burn from cards like Blood Artist, Cruel Celebrant, and Sanctum Seeker. Asymmetrical sweepers such as Olivia's Wrath clear opposing blockers without harming your forces. While the deck possesses strong board-wipe resilience due to Clavileño's death triggers and built-in protection pieces like Etchings of the Chosen, it remains susceptible to mass exile effects, bounce spells, and fast combo decks that bypass creature combat entirely.

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