Bloodchief Ascension

Enchantment

At the beginning of each end step, if an opponent lost 2 or more life this turn, you may put a quest counter on Bloodchief Ascension. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, if Bloodchief Ascension has three or more quest counters on it, you may have that player lose 2 life. If you do, you gain 2 life.

Combos

• Bloodchief Ascension + Mindcrank
• Bloodchief Ascension + Nemesis of Reason
• Bloodchief Ascension + Duress

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

dantekee on The Big Black Succ

1 week ago

Hey Goldberserkerdragon, loved this deck! I was looking to upgrade my Konrad deck and came across this one also: Ladies & Gentlemen, Mister Konrad Twitty... Could I ask what you think of it? Is there any cards or strategies worth merging with your deck? I found Bloodchief Ascension and Liliana of the Dark Realms kinda interesing. Anyway, awesome that you're still updating the deck! Cheers!

RiotRunner789 on How Good is Tyrannize?

4 months ago

In commander, I'd play Lava Axe over this. Mostly it'd be for a laugh but ideally you play neither. Bloodchief Ascension for life loss or Mind Twist for targeted discard would probably be better.

_Kane_ on Valgavoth, Harrower of souls (HF-1)

5 months ago

Hey, welcome to TappedOut.net! I would recommend listing you basic lands under one art image so the counts are more accurate. We can chat about the mana base another time.

Here are a few quick suggestions;

Sulfurous Springs - Replace Ash Barrens

Basilisk Collar - Lifelink to keep your HP at a healthy amount and deathtouch for a decent chump-blocker.

Razorkin Needlehead - Ping dmg on opp turns.

Blasphemous Edict - Board wipes are needed along with targeted removal.

Stormfist Crusader - Card draw

Roiling Vortex - This reads, "Yes, yes, and more please."

Scrawling Crawler - Yes, you have your opps drawing more cards, but they will pay for it with their life. You will also draw more cards. Taking advantage of the "symmetric" card draw by making it weighted in your favor.

Florian, Voldaren Scion - Card selection and Card draw.

Underworld Dreams - Ping dmg on opp turns.

Withering Torment - Enchantment removal is extremely rare in Rakdos Colors.

Ankh of Mishra - Ping dmg on opp turns.

Rug of Smothering - Ping dmg on opp turns.

Nightshade Harvester - Ping dmg on opp turns.

Magebane Lizard - Ping dmg on opp turns and keeps spell decks in check.

Cemetery Gatekeeper - Exile someone's fetch land from a GY. Then, whenever a player play a land you ping for 2 dmg.

Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip - A tapped land with a great spell on the backside.

Reanimate - Any graveyard...

I believe you opened a Bloodthirsty Conqueror!!

Expensive:

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Bloodchief Ascension

Orcish Bowmasters

Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin

Deflecting Swat

Jeska's Will

Deadly Rollick

Solphim, Mayhem Dominus

Zo-Zu the Punisher - I may have one of these for trade. I'll check.

Dauthi Voidwalker

Opposition Agent

As far a cuts:

Vile Entomber - Easy cut.

Olivia, Crimson Bride I would lose the graveyard reanimator subtheme.

Valgavoth's Lair - With your deck only being in two colors and with no add value for the land being an enchantment (the extra card type becomes more of a risk than reward), I would cut this land.

Enchanter's Bane - Just not strong enough and the damage isn't on your opponents turns.

Mask of Griselbrand - Too expensive to cast/equip and requires the creature to die for the card draw to trigger.

Temple of the False God - Easy cut. The pay off isn't there and the number of times you won't be able to tap this land for mana isn't worth the upside.

Light Up the Stage - There is better card draw.

Braids, Arisen Nightmare - The group slug effect is nice, but a potential cut due to being non-targeted removal/group sacrifice.

Massacre Girl - Black has better board wipes that can't miss.

Ash Barrens - Easy cut for a land more suited to your deck build.

Bloodfell Caves - Easy cut for a land more suited to your deck build.

Xalor90 on Set You Off Like a Spark, Into Oblivion

6 months ago

Hornetsting86 I really don’t want any tap lands due to the nature of this deck. I do have Bloodchief Ascension to help regain some life when my opponent discards, but the self-shocking really is worth the risk when you play your cards right.

DreadKhan on Any discard payoffs on mono …

8 months ago

It's hard to find a better payoff for discard than Bloodchief Ascension, but it will attract a TON of attention, most of it very negative, fortunately if you're making people discard you're gaining plenty of life! You can throw in stuff like Exquisite Blood even without both halves of the combo just for the life gain.

Nobody has mentioned Court of Ambition, this card shines brightest if you can get in for damage regularly, or if people will struggle to attack (see my next suggestion).

If you end up using Rack effects then I strongly recommend Static Orb and it's whole family of cards, hard stax are your friend IMHO, if people can't effectively attack then your Racks look a LOT better, because Rack effects want a long boring game, and Stax offers exactly that! Also, if you're already salting the bejeebus out of everyone with a Rack deck then how much angrier will they be when you drop something like Meekstone?

RiotRunner789 on Any discard payoffs on mono …

8 months ago

Bandit's Talent is the newest payoff. Each level is great but you don't get resources till 3.

Asylum Visitor for tons of cards.

Sangromancer for stupid amounts of life.

Technically reanimate spells are also payoffs and even Bloodchief Ascension for incremental life gain.

DreadKhan on Eye for Mischief

8 months ago

If you can get copies I feel like Exquisite Blood and Bloodchief Ascension would generate a ton of life with your Goading stuff, the risk of these cards is that you get targeted early, Goad helps offset this nicely I'd wager. It's a bit janky, but Elemental Mastery would be a nifty way to technically swing at each opponent while your Commander is out without risking anything of any value. Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer seems interesting if you can count on having lots of stuff Goaded, he also makes it hard for someone to stockpile weenies to Craterhoof you later (I checked and you can get other versions for cheaper, I just can't seem to link to them!). Professional Face-Breaker is a nice option if you think you can get in for damage.

I absolutely love Ghoulish Impetus in a deck that wants to see people swinging, makes a whole bunch of dead stuff surprisingly quickly if you pick your creatures well.

I think if you really want to run something like Spiteful Visions I'd consider something like Fate Unraveler or even Underworld Dreams, these reinforce the effect. Another card that'd be amazing with it would be Exquisite Blood that I mentioned earlier. Temple Bell or Humble Defector are some draw effects that might synergize with what you're doing, adding political draw effects.

Oh yeah, if you like to sow Chaos, I love how much you can do with Dauthi Embrace. If you like Varchild, maybe Varchild's War-Riders? I remember finding one of these in a store's binder and picking it up, it worked well in 1v1, but if you can goad them all they won't be a problem until late (when you're 1v1), at which point the card lets you sacrifice it.

I bet this deck is a blast to play!

Necramus on Davros, the Dastardly Dalek [Group Slug EDH]

8 months ago

Out of curiosity, how do you feel about Bloodchief Ascension? Considering the game plan is to make sure they're losing at least 3 life, it seems pertinent. Also, I've seen this card single handedly whittle down players to nothing!