The Clericals of Life & Death by Tokage

Format: Commander

Commander: Orah, Skyclave Hierophant

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov Cleric Tribal and Aristocrats Reanimator deck led by Orah, Skyclave Hierophant. The strategy uses a stepped mana curve of Clerics ranging from 1 to 6 mana value. Whenever a Cleric dies, Orah returns a Cleric with lesser mana value from the graveyard to the battlefield, creating resilient recursion chains. Early turns focus on filling the graveyard with Entomb, Buried Alive, or Pyre of Heroes while deploying lifegain enablers like Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim and Righteous Valkyrie. By Turn 6, the deck converts this board into a decisive threat through mass reanimation spells like Command the Dreadhorde or Awakening Hall, draining opponents with life-loss triggers while attacking with buffed creatures. High-utility Orzhov removal spells such as Deadly Rollick, Swords to Plowshares, and Farewell keep opposing threats in check, while backup win conditions like Approach of the Second Sun and Aetherflux Reservoir provide reliable closing power.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Angel of Destiny
  • 1 Angelic Renewal
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
  • 1 Bishop of Rebirth
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Breach the Multiverse
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cemetery Tampering
  • 1 Cleric of Life's Bond
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Command the Dreadhorde
  • 1 Corpse Churn
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Debtors' Knell
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Doomed Necromancer
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Edgewalker
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Ever After
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Firja, Judge of Valor
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Lifeline
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Orah, Skyclave Hierophant
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Pontiff of Blight
  • 1 Pyre of Heroes
  • 1 Ravos, Soultender
  • 1 Righteous Valkyrie
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Sister Hospitaller
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starlit Sanctum
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 The Book of Exalted Deeds
  • 1 Tragic Arrogance
  • 1 Twilight Diviner
  • 1 Unburial Rites
  • 1 Valgavoth's Faithful
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vengeful Reaper
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Whip of Erebos