c Blood Rites Upgraded by Kronter

Format: Commander

Commander: Clavileño, First of the Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov Vampire Aristocrats strategy led by Clavileño, First of the Blessed. It focuses on deploying cheap Vampires in the early turns and turning them into attacking Demons using the commander's ability. When these marked Vampires die in combat or to free sacrifice outlets like Bartolomé del Presidio and Viscera Seer, they replace themselves by drawing cards and leaving behind formidable 4/3 flying Vampire Demon tokens. The deck pairs this evasive token pressure with classic aristocrat drain engines like Blood Artist, Cruel Celebrant, and Vito, Fanatic of Aclazotz to grind down opposing life totals. It also features an instant-win infinite combo via Exquisite Blood combined with Marauding Blight-Priest or Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose. While vulnerable to mass exile effects, the deck maintains steady card flow and board presence through recursive engines and resilient death triggers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Amalia Benavides Aguirre
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Blade of the Bloodchief
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bloodline Necromancer
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 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 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 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glass-Cast Heart
  • 1 Heirloom Blade
  • 1 Indulgent Aristocrat
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kindred Boon
  • 1 Legion Lieutenant
  • 1 Legion's Landing // Adanto, the First Fort
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 March of the Canonized
  • 1 Martyr of Dusk
  • 1 Master of Dark Rites
  • 1 Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 New Blood
  • 1 Nighthawk Scavenger
  • 1 Oathsworn Vampire
  • 1 Olivia's Wrath
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Pact of the Serpent
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Patron of the Vein
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Preacher of the Schism
  • 1 Promise of Aclazotz // Foul Rebirth
  • 1 Redemption Choir
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 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 Twilight Prophet
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Utter End
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Veinwitch Coven
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vito, Fanatic of Aclazotz
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Voldaren Bloodcaster // Bloodbat Summoner
  • 1 Voldaren Estate
  • 1 Vraan, Executioner Thane
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Windbrisk Heights
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan