all for blood and blood for all by rehzik

Format: Commander

Commander: Strefan, Maurer Progenitor

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This deck is a dedicated Rakdos Vampire tribal strategy centered on Strefan, Maurer Progenitor. The game plan focuses on dealing early incidental damage through low-cost creatures and drain spells to generate Blood tokens. Once Strefan hits the battlefield on Turn 4, he weaponizes these Blood tokens on Turn 5 to cheat massive, expensive Vampires directly into combat tapped, attacking, and indestructible. Payoffs like Necropolis Regent, Patron of the Vein, and Crossway Troublemakers rapidly scale damage output and dominate combat. The deck utilizes one-sided sweepers like Olivia's Wrath and mass theft via Mob Rule to break open stalled boards. While highly synergistic and explosive in creature combat, the deck suffers from a lack of instant-speed interaction and targeted protection, making it reliant on untapping with its commander to maintain momentum.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akoum Refuge
  • 1 Ambition's Cost
  • 1 Anowon, the Ruin Sage
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arterial Alchemy
  • 1 Bad Deal
  • 1 Blood Fountain
  • 1 Blood Tithe
  • 1 Bloodcrazed Socialite
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Bloodline Necromancer
  • 1 Bloodlord of Vaasgoth
  • 1 Bloodsworn Steward
  • 1 Bloodtithe Harvester
  • 1 Bloodtracker
  • 1 Bloody Betrayal
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Butcher of Malakir
  • 1 Cast Away Doubt
  • 1 Champion of Dusk
  • 1 Crimson Honor Guard
  • 1 Crossway Troublemakers
  • 1 Dark Impostor
  • 1 Door of Destinies
  • 1 Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
  • 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Fireball
  • 1 Glass-Cast Heart
  • 1 Gluttonous Guest
  • 1 Grisly Ritual
  • 1 Kamber, the Plunderer
  • 1 Laurine, the Diversion
  • 1 Maestros Theater
  • 1 Malakir Bloodwitch
  • 1 Markov Crusader
  • 1 Markov Enforcer
  • 1 Midnight Arsonist
  • 1 Midnight Assassin
  • 1 Mob Rule
  • 1 Molten Echoes
  • 15 Mountain
  • 1 Necropolis Regent
  • 1 New Blood
  • 1 Nirkana Revenant
  • 1 Olivia's Wrath
  • 1 Patron of the Vein
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rakish Heir
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Shadowgrange Archfiend
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Skeletal Scrying
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stensia Masquerade
  • 1 Strefan, Maurer Progenitor
  • 1 Stromkirk Bloodthief
  • 1 Stromkirk Captain
  • 16 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 Timothar, Baron of Bats
  • 1 Vampire Nighthawk
  • 1 Vampire Scrivener
  • 1 Vampire Soulcaller
  • 1 Vampire's Kiss
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
  • 1 Voldaren Estate
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble