Orzhov Lifelink Vampires by Moogle89

Format: Commander

Commander: Amalia Benavides Aguirre

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is an Orzhov Vampire lifegain/drain deck built around Amalia Benavides Aguirre. The plan is to curve out cheap Vampires, gain life through lifelink and incidental triggers, and convert every point of life gained into damage via Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Sanguine Bond, Starscape Cleric, Marauding Blight-Priest, and Indulging Patrician. Amalia herself turns each life-gain event into an explore, slowly growing into a one-sided board wipe when her power reaches 20. The deck closes games through evasive combat, True Conviction double-strike turns, and grindy recursion with Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord and Debtors' Knell. There is no fast infinite combo; this is an incremental, board-presence-driven strategy that wins through attrition and explosive life swings.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Altar's Reap
  • 1 Amalia Benavides Aguirre
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Blood Pact
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Aerialist
  • 1 Breathe Your Last
  • 1 Captivating Vampire
  • 1 Celestial Flare
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Consecrate // Consume
  • 1 Consumed by Greed
  • 1 Cordial Vampire
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Debtors' Knell
  • 1 Defiant Bloodlord
  • 1 Divinity of Pride
  • 1 Drana's Emissary
  • 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Eternal Thirst
  • 1 Forerunner of the Legion
  • 1 Forsaken Sanctuary
  • 1 Gift of Orzhova
  • 1 Gravebreaker Lamia
  • 1 Healing Hands
  • 1 Heliod's Intervention
  • 1 High-Society Hunter
  • 1 Indulging Patrician
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kaya's Guile
  • 1 Lunar Convocation
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Markov Purifier
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Nighthawk Scavenger
  • 1 Orzhov Cluestone
  • 1 Orzhov Guildgate
  • 1 Orzhov Keyrune
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 13 Plains
  • 1 Qarsi Revenant
  • 1 Radiant Grace // Radiant Restraints
  • 1 Resurrection
  • 1 Revival // Revenge
  • 1 Ruthless Lawbringer
  • 1 Sanctify
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Sanguine Sacrament
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 18 Swamp
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 True Conviction
  • 1 Undying Malice
  • 1 Utter End
  • 1 Vampire Envoy
  • 1 Vampire Nighthawk
  • 1 Vampire of the Dire Moon
  • 1 Veinwitch Coven
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Vizkopa Guildmage
  • 1 Vona, Butcher of Magan
  • 1 Wander in Death
  • 1 Wedding Announcement // Wedding Festivity
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Well of Lost Dreams
  • 1 Witch's Cottage