Blood Bending - Awaken the Avatar

Commander / EDH* Aristocrats Casual Haste Multiplayer RBW (Mardu) Sacrifice Tokens Tokens Value Engine

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Land (36)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Blightstep Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Emeria's Call  ^Flip
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Haunted Ridge
• 1x Kher Keep
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 2x Mountain
• 2x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Shattered Sanctum
• 1x Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
• 1x Spectator Seating
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Sundown Pass
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Valakut Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Ramp (9)

• 1x Impulsive Pilferer
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Prosperous Partnership
• 1x Seize the Spotlight
• 1x Master of Ceremonies
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Black Market

Tokens (28)

• 1x Secure the Wastes
• 1x Ajani, Nacatl Pariah  ^Flip
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Charismatic Conqueror
• 1x Dreadhorde Invasion
• 1x Grand Crescendo
• 1x Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
• 1x Martial Coup
• 1x Skrelv's Hive
• 1x Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
• 1x Anax, Hardened in the Forge
• 1x Call the Coppercoats
• 1x Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
• 1x Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
• 1x Monastery Mentor
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Promise of Bunrei
• 1x Prosperous Partnership
• 1x Sedgemoor Witch
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Master of Ceremonies
• 1x Outlaws' Merriment
• 1x Queen Marchesa
• 1x Sram's Expertise
• 1x Uchuulon
• 1x Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Synergy (13)

• 1x Wake the Reflections
• 1x Determined Iteration
• 1x Ghired's Belligerence
• 1x The Meathook Massacre
• 1x Fable of the Mirror-Breaker  ^Flip
• 1x Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
• 1x Rootborn Defenses
• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Arena Rector
• 1x City on Fire
• 1x Fury Storm
• 1x Nesting Dovehawk
• 1x Teysa Karlov

Commander (1)

 ^Flip

Removal (14)

• 1x Chandra's Incinerator
• 1x Claim the Firstborn
• 1x Embereth Shieldbreaker
• 1x Ajani, Nacatl Pariah  ^Flip
• 1x Ghired's Belligerence
• 1x Heliod's Intervention
• 1x Juri, Master of the Revue
• 1x Martial Coup
• 1x The Meathook Massacre
• 1x Dismantling Wave
• 1x Mardu Charm
• 1x Mayhem Devil
• 1x Mythos of Snapdax
• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Draw (13)

• 1x Valakut Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Body Count
• 1x Corrupted Conviction
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Village Rites
• 1x Idol of Oblivion
• 1x Plumb the Forbidden
• 1x Fable of the Mirror-Breaker  ^Flip
• 1x Flamekin Herald
• 1x Florian, Voldaren Scion
• 1x Seize the Spotlight
• 1x Queen Marchesa
• 1x Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools

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Sideboard

Other (2)

• 1x Afterlife Insurance
• 1x Caesar, Legion's Emperor

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Maybeboard

Tokens (26)

• 1x Rise of the Dread Marn
• 1x Hidden Stockpile
• 1x Mogg War Marshal
• 1x Orzhov Enforcer
• 1x Doomed Artisan
• 1x Goblin Assault
• 1x Goblin Rabblemaster
• 1x Hallowed Spiritkeeper
• 1x Legion Warboss
• 1x Lord Skitter, Sewer King
• 1x Ministrant of Obligation
• 1x Molten Birth
• 1x Priest of the Blessed Graf
• 1x Seasoned Pyromancer
• 1x Thraben Doomsayer
• 1x White Sun's Zenith
• 1x Zurzoth, Chaos Rider
• 1x Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip
• 1x Keeper of the Accord
• 1x Krenko, Mob Boss
• 1x Rite of Belzenlok
• 1x Stensia Uprising
• 1x Assemble the Legion
• 1x Rabble Rousing
• 1x Szat's Will
• 1x Thalisse, Reverent Medium

Synergy (17)

• 1x Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
• 1x Promise of Aclazotz
• 1x Reverberate
• 1x Spellbinding Soprano
• 1x Weatherlight Compleated
• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Isshin, Two Heavens as One
• 1x Lagomos, Hand of Hatred
• 1x Warleader's Call
• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Iroas, God of Victory
• 1x Mondrak, Glory Dominus
• 1x Skyfire Phoenix
• 1x Divine Visitation
• 1x Pyromancer's Goggles
• 1x Fiery Emancipation
• 1x Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation  ^Flip

Draw (7)

• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Black Market Connections
• 1x Blood for the Blood God!
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Morbid Opportunist
• 1x Court of Grace
• 1x Species Specialist

Removal (4)

• 1x Hour of Reckoning
• 1x Make an Example
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Ruinous Ultimatum

NotCastingThis (1)

• 1x Extus, Oriq Overlord  ^Flip

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Started out as a heavily modified Justin Parnell's list from Commander VS. Make tokens, sac them for your commander. There's a lot of crazy synergies that you'll find with blood avatar attacks.

Notes: Current land color production count is 19 capable of red, 20 black, 19 white (ignore what the pie chart says).

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position overall 2 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	2 weeks
Exclude colors	UG
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 1 Mythic Rares 64 - 0 Rares 12 - 1 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.64
Tokens	Angel Warrior 4/4 W, Assassin 1/1 B w/ Haste, Avatar 3/6 BR, Citizen 1/1 GW, Copy Clone, Eldrazi 10/10 C, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Goblin 1/1 R, Goblin Shaman, Human 1/1 W, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Human Cleric 2/1 RW, Human Rogue 1/2 RW, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Human Warrior 3/1 RW, Kobold 0/1 R, Monk 1/1 W, Pest 1/1 BG, Phyrexian Mite 1/1 C, Satyr 1/1 R, Servo 1/1 C, Snake 1/1 B, Soldier 1/1 RW, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 WB, Monarch Emblem, Thrull 0/1 B, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 W, Warrior 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B w/ Decayed, Zombie Army 0/0 B
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