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Here is my third Commander deck, this time featuring my most beloved tribe: Vampires. I bought the new Ixalan precon with Clavileno, First of the Blessed and made some adjustments

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Clavileno, First of the Blessed found himself increasingly disappointed with his Church and Crown. Over the years, they had turned into institutions dedicated not to the expansion of the vampiric empire and dogma, but to power plays, debauchery, conspiracy, betrayal and personal advancement. The Queen and most of her court now had more in common with the prey than the hunters. Realizing these critical flaws, and under the guidance of his now reclusive mentor Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, he devised a clandestine expedition to the primal and mysterious lands of Ixalan, previously ravaged by their once glorious civilization, with the few remaining forces and beacons of the race that still held true to their faith. Those would include the wandering priest Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle, beloved by the masses, the great general Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher, scourge of countless battlefields, and even the fair princess Elenda, the Dusk Rose herself. They united to shift the vampires back towards their original purpose: the dominion over Life and Death

While there are many among the cattle that is mankind that also desire to unravel the mysteries of the vital and deathly forces, very few are worthy of such forbidden knowledge. The human Teysa Karlov is one of the rare exceptions, and Clavileño arranged for her to be smuggled aboard his flagship and accompany the expedition as an advisor, providing fresh and insightful prespectives to it. Princess Elenda would grant her personal protection to Teysa, ensuring she did not become a Feast of Blood for the more thirsty and savage members of the expedition. Some might argue that bringing a human to this unholiest of crusades is vampiric heresy, but the true blasphemy is, in fact, the complacency and degradation that the Dusk Empire allowed itself to drown in

As if by divine will, Clavileño and Vito had been receiving visions from the imprisoned ancient Bat God Aclazotz, connected with the origins of vampirism. After secretly communing with his proxy Bloodletter of Aclazotz and being promised an Age of Everflowing Blood, not to mention power leagues beyond that of common vampires, if they unleashed the ravenous God upon the world once again, they set sail towards familiar but ever dangerous shores, in order to meet, at last, their ultimate destiny. Such devotion caught the attention of the Legendary Planeswalker Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord, revered by the Children of Night across the multiverse. He made use of his unique powers to summon many vampiric allies and reveal long forgotten secrets from ages both past and parallel to bolster the cause. With this final boon, riding out from their original Ixalanian staging ground of Adanto, the First Fort  , the Blessed will only relent when they find either ascension or extinction

The deck is centered around agressive attacks so that Clavileño can bless creatures to be reborn as demons through sacrifice or combat. It also has a lot of Aristocrat influence, and this life-draining strategy will complement the offensive, speeding up the opponents' demise and providing resilience and longevity

Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher is perhaps the most important figure to join Clavileño's crusade. Not only did she muster many troops with her status and charisma, she also has very synergic abilities with Clavileño. Ideally, we want to have both of them in play in every game, so Clavileño can set up creatures to be sacrificed or to have value upon death, and Carmen will not only power herself up, ping for Life, but most importantly bring back fallen permanents. With these two, creatures like Elenda's Hierophant, Elenda, the Dusk Rose, Dusk Legion Zealot and Martyr of Dusk, among others, will gain much more value

The cherry on top is also having Roaming Throne deployed, since we can now double our effects. Bringing Teysa Karlov to the field will grant another source of effect doubling and fortify our tokens. Other than these main goals, the deck offers a bit of everything that makes vampires so cool: token generation, sacrifice strategies, drawing extra cards, reanimating losses, syphoning life from enemies and, of course, tribal buffs. All of this complemented by nice interaction, ramp and other especially useful spells

After embracing their original purpose, the true vampires were gifted with wisdom and cunning that transcend their plane

Clavileño's sect is well versed in devastating rituals and spells

Clavileño and his entourage, like proper vampires, drain the life essence of lesser beings

After being chosen by both Aclazotz and Sorin, Clavileño's forces were granted access to incredible unholy might

Clavileño uses ancient rites, amassed wealth and unique relics to fund and maintain his expedition

The Blessed walk the line between Life and Death, and can bypass some of its boundaries

As a dark god, Aclazotz demands blood sacrifices to fuel his power and influence

The most zealous legions of the imperial army, led by inspiring figures, joined the expedition, refusing to accept the complacence of Queen and Court

Thank you for your time looking up this deck. Any help appreciated!

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Date added 10 months
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Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

14 - 0 Mythic Rares

51 - 0 Rares

16 - 0 Uncommons

11 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 2.62
Tokens Blood, City's Blessing, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Knight 2/2 WU, Shapeshifter 3/2 C, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 W, Vampire 2/2 B, Vampire Demon 4/3 WB
Folders Commander/EDH, EDH Decks, Interesting Decks, tabletop, OwO
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