Blood rites (actual) by Drawdeth

Format: Commander

Commander: Clavileño, First of the Blessed

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Clavileno, First of the Blessed leads an aggressive Orzhov Vampire deck that wins by grinding through attacks and death triggers. The commander turns an attacking Vampire into a Demon that draws a card and makes a 4/3 flying token on death. Cheap lords and drain effects stack on that trigger, while Teysa Karlov, Blood Artist, and Cruel Celebrant turn each death into a life-loss engine. The deck has no infinite combo; its realistic finish is a large board state plus Sanctum Seeker, Malakir Bloodwitch, or an Exsanguinate adventure. Secondary token plan via Renewed Solidarity and Foul Rebirth, and recursion from Bloodghast/Carmen keep the deck resilient after wipes. There is no hidden commander; Clavileno is the primary engine.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bloodline Necromancer
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Clavileño, First of the Blessed
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cordial Vampire
  • 1 Crossway Troublemakers
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
  • 1 Dreaded Bat-Cloud
  • 1 Dusk Legion Sergeant
  • 1 Duty Beyond Death
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Edgar, Charmed Groom // Edgar Markov's Coffin
  • 1 Elenda's Hierophant
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fix What's Broken
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Flare of Malice
  • 1 Gifted Aetherborn
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Heirloom Blade
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Indulgent Aristocrat
  • 1 Indulging Patrician
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Legion Lieutenant
  • 1 Malakir Bloodwitch
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Master of Dark Rites
  • 1 Mirror Entity
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Nighthawk Scavenger
  • 1 Nullpriest of Oblivion
  • 1 Olivia's Wrath
  • 1 Pact of the Serpent
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Patron of the Vein
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Preacher of the Schism
  • 1 Promise of Aclazotz // Foul Rebirth
  • 1 Qarsi Revenant
  • 1 Rabid Attack
  • 1 Redemption Choir
  • 1 Renewed Solidarity
  • 1 Rite of Oblivion
  • 1 Sanctum Seeker
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Silversmote Ghoul
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 Tithe Drinker
  • 1 Treacherous Greed
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Twilight Prophet
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Vampire of the Dire Moon
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan