Blood Rites deck

From The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander set

Format: Commander

Clavileño, First of the Blessed

Clavileño, First of the Blessed

Creatures 36

1 Bartolomé del Presidio
1 Blood Artist
Blood Artist

Creature — Vampire

0/1

Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
If Blood Artist and one or more other creatures die at the same time, its ability will trigger for each of those creatures.
1 Bloodghast
Bloodghast

Creature — Vampire Spirit

2/1

This creature can't block.
This creature has haste as long as an opponent has 10 or less life.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Whenever a land you control enters, each landfall ability of permanents you control will trigger. You can put them on the stack in any order. The last ability you put on the stack will be the first one to resolve. As a result, you can have those abilities resolve in the order of your choosing.

A landfall ability triggers whenever a land you control enters for any reason. It triggers whenever you play a land, as well as whenever a spell or ability puts a land onto the battlefield under your control.

A landfall ability doesn't trigger if a permanent already on the battlefield becomes a land.

Bloodghast's landfall ability triggers only if it's already in your graveyard at the time a land enters under your control.
1 Bloodline Necromancer
1 Bloodtracker
Bloodtracker

Creature — Vampire Wizard

2/2

Flying
, Pay 2 life: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, draw a card for each +1/+1 counter on it.
If enough -1/-1 counters are put on Bloodtracker at the same time to make its toughness 0 or less, the number of +1/+1 counters on it before it got any -1/-1 counters will be used to determine how many cards you draw. For example, if there are three +1/+1 counters on Bloodtracker and it gets six -1/-1 counters, you'll draw three cards. That's because Bloodtracker's triggered ability checks the creature's existence just before it leaves the battlefield, and it still has all those counters on it at that point.
1 Butcher of Malakir
Butcher of Malakir

Creature — Vampire Warrior

5/4

Flying
Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice.
When the triggered ability resolves, first the player whose turn it is (if that player is an opponent) chooses which creature they will sacrifice, then each other opponent in turn order does the same, then all chosen creatures are sacrificed at the same time.

If multiple creatures you control (possibly including Butcher of Malakir itself) are put into their owners' graveyards at the same time, Butcher of Malakir's triggered ability will trigger that many times.

If you control more than one Butcher of Malakir and a creature you control is put into a graveyard, each of those Butchers' abilities will trigger. Each opponent will sacrifice a creature each time one of those abilities resolves.

If you and an opponent each control a Butcher of Malakir and a creature is put into a graveyard, a chain reaction happens. First the ability of one player's Butcher will trigger, causing each opponent to sacrifice a creature. That sacrifice causes the ability of the other player's Butcher to trigger, and so on.
1 Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher

Legendary Creature — Vampire Soldier

2/2

Flying
Whenever a player sacrifices a permanent, put a +1/+1 counter on Carmen and you gain 1 life.
Whenever Carmen attacks, return up to one target permanent card with mana value less than or equal to Carmen's power from your graveyard to the battlefield.
If a permanent is sacrificed to pay a cost of a spell or ability, Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher's second ability will resolve before that spell or ability. Conversely, if a permanent is sacrificed during the resolution of a spell or ability, that spell or ability will finish resolving before Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher's second ability is put onto the stack.

If you sacrifice Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher, its second ability will still trigger.

If another effect causes Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher's power to be less than the mana value of the target card as its last ability tries to resolve, the target is illegal. You won't return the target card to the battlefield.
1 Champion of Dusk
Champion of Dusk

Creature — Vampire Knight

4/4

When this creature enters, you draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the number of Vampires you control.
The number of Vampires you control is counted only as Champion of Dusk's ability resolves. If Champion of Dusk is still on the battlefield, it'll count itself.
1 Charismatic Conqueror
Charismatic Conqueror

Creature — Vampire Soldier

2/2

Vigilance
Whenever an artifact or creature an opponent controls enters untapped, they may tap that permanent. If they don't, you create a 1/1 white Vampire creature token with lifelink.
If the permanent is tapped as the ability resolves, the opponent can't choose to tap it, so you'll create a Vampire token. Similarly, if it's no longer on the battlefield as the ability resolves, they can't choose to tap it, and you'll create a Vampire token.
1 Clavileño, First of the Blessed
1 Cordial Vampire
Cordial Vampire

Creature — Vampire

1/1

Whenever this creature or another creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on each Vampire you control.
If Cordial Vampire dies at the same time as one or more other creatures, its ability triggers for each of them.

If a Vampire you control is dealt lethal damage at the same time as another creature, they die at the same time. That Vampire can't receive a counter from Cordial Vampire's ability in time to save it.
1 Crossway Troublemakers
Crossway Troublemakers

Creature — Vampire

5/5

Attacking Vampires you control have deathtouch and lifelink. (Any amount of damage they deal to a creature is enough to destroy it. Damage dealt by those creatures also causes their controller to gain that much life.)
Whenever a Vampire you control dies, you may pay 2 life. If you do, draw a card.
You may pay 2 life only once for each Vampire that dies. You can't pay multiple times for the same triggered ability and draw multiple cards.
1 Cruel Celebrant
Cruel Celebrant

Creature — Vampire

1/2

Whenever this creature or another creature or planeswalker you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
If Cruel Celebrant dies at the same time as one or more other creatures and/or planeswalkers you control, its ability triggers for each of them.

If a planeswalker that's also a creature dies, Cruel Celebrant's ability triggers only once.

In a Two-Headed Giant game, Cruel Celebrant's ability causes the opposing team to lose 2 life and you gain 1 life.
1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
Drana, Liberator of Malakir

Legendary Creature — Vampire Ally

2/3

Flying, first strike
Whenever Drana deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on each attacking creature you control.
Drana's last ability triggers after combat damage has been dealt, so only attacking creatures that survive the combat damage step in which Drana deals combat damage will have +1/+1 counters put on them.

The +1/+1 counter won't change how much damage Drana or any other attacking creature with first strike or double strike deals during that combat damage step. However, the +1/+1 counters that are put on attacking creatures without first strike will affect the damage those creatures deal during the regular combat damage step.
1 Dusk Legion Sergeant
Dusk Legion Sergeant

Creature — Vampire Soldier

2/2

Menace
, Sacrifice this creature: Each nontoken Vampire creature you control gains persist until end of turn. (When it dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
If a card with persist is removed from the graveyard after it dies but before the ability trigger resolves, it won't be returned to the battlefield.

Once persist returns the creature, it's considered a new object with no relation to the object that it was. Auras that were attached to it won't return to the battlefield. Equipment that was attached to it will remain unattached. Any counters that were on it won't be put on the new creature.

If a creature has +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters on it, state-based actions remove the same number of each so that it has only one kind of those counters on it. A creature's persist ability can bring it back again if its -1/-1 counters are removed this way.

If a creature with persist that has +1/+1 counters on it receives enough -1/-1 counters to cause it to be destroyed by lethal damage or put into its owner's graveyard for having 0 or less toughness, persist won't trigger and the card won't return to the battlefield. That's because persist checks the creature as it last existed on the battlefield, and it still had -1/-1 counters on it at that point.
1 Dusk Legion Zealot
1 Elenda's Hierophant
Elenda's Hierophant

Creature — Vampire Cleric

1/1

Flying
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature dies, create X 1/1 white Vampire creature tokens with lifelink, where X is its power.
The second ability of Elenda's Hierophant triggers just once for each life-gaining event, no matter how much life was gained.

If Elenda's Hierophant is dealt lethal damage at the same time that you gain life, it won't receive a counter from its second ability in time to save it.

Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, Elenda's Hierophant's second ability will trigger twice. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, and/or planeswalkers at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.

If you gain an amount of life "for each" of something, that life is gained as one event and the second ability of Elenda's Hierophant triggers only once.

In a Two-Headed Giant game, life gained by your teammate won't cause the second ability of Elenda's Hierophant to trigger even though it caused your team's life total to increase.
1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
Elenda, the Dusk Rose

Legendary Creature — Vampire Knight

1/1

Lifelink
Whenever another creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Elenda.
When Elenda dies, create X 1/1 white Vampire creature tokens with lifelink, where X is Elenda's power.
If Elenda dies at the same time as another creature, both of its triggered abilities trigger. However, the first one won't do anything since you can't put a +1/+1 counter on Elenda.

To determine how many Vampire tokens are created, use Elenda's power as it last existed on the battlefield.
1 Falkenrath Noble
Falkenrath Noble

Creature — Vampire Noble

2/2

Flying
Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
If Falkenrath Noble and another creature die at the same time, Falkenrath Noble's triggered ability will trigger for each of them.
1 Indulgent Aristocrat
Indulgent Aristocrat

Creature — Vampire Noble

1/1

Lifelink
, Sacrifice a creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on each Vampire you control.
You can sacrifice Indulgent Aristocrat to pay the cost of its own activated ability.
1 Legion Lieutenant
Legion Lieutenant

Creature — Vampire Knight

2/2

Other Vampires you control get +1/+1.
Because damage remains marked on a creature until it's removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to another Vampire you control may become lethal if Legion Lieutenant leaves the battlefield during that turn.
1 Martyr of Dusk
1 Master of Dark Rites
1 Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle

Legendary Creature — Vampire Cleric

2/2

Whenever one or more nontoken Vampires you control attack, create a 1/1 white Vampire creature token with lifelink.
Once you attack with one or more nontoken Vampires, Mavren Fein's ability will create a Vampire token even if some or all of those Vampires leave the battlefield or are removed from combat.
1 Nighthawk Scavenger
Nighthawk Scavenger

Creature — Vampire Rogue

1+*/3

Flying, deathtouch, lifelink
Nighthawk Scavenger's power is equal to 1 plus the number of card types among cards in your opponents' graveyards.
The ability that defines Nighthawk Scavenger's power applies in all zones, not just the battlefield.

Nighthawk Scavenger counts card types, not cards. If the only card in your opponents' graveyards is a single artifact creature card, Nighthawk Scavenger will be 3/3. If the only cards in those graveyards are ten artifact cards and ten creature cards, Nighthawk Scavenger will still be 3/3.

Card types that can appear on cards in a graveyard include artifact, creature, enchantment, instant, land, planeswalker, and sorcery. Legendary, basic, and snow are supertypes, not card types; Vampire and Rogue are subtypes, not card types.
1 Oathsworn Vampire
Oathsworn Vampire

Creature — Vampire Knight

2/2

This creature enters tapped.
You may cast this card from your graveyard if you gained life this turn.
Oathsworn Vampire's last ability cares only whether you gained life in the turn, even if Oathsworn Vampire wasn't in your graveyard when that happened. It doesn't care how much you gained, whether you also lost life, or even whether you lost more life than you gained.

Casting Oathsworn Vampire from your graveyard follows the normal rules for casting that card. You must pay its costs, and you must follow all applicable timing rules.
1 Order of Sacred Dusk
Order of Sacred Dusk

Creature — Vampire Knight

5/5

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)
Flying, lifelink, haste
Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Other Vampires you control have exalted.
When calculating a spell's total cost, include any alternative costs, additional costs, or anything else that increases or reduces the cost to cast the spell. Convoke applies after the total cost is calculated. Convoke doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value.

You can tap any untapped creature you control to convoke a spell, even one you haven't controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn.

Tapping an untapped creature that's attacking or blocking to convoke a spell won't cause that creature to stop attacking or blocking.

Tapping a multicolored creature using convoke will pay for or one mana of your choice of any of that creature's colors.

If a creature you control has a mana ability with in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell with convoke will result in the creature being tapped before you pay the spell's costs. You won't be able to tap it again for convoke. Similarly, if you sacrifice a creature to activate a mana ability while casting a spell with convoke, that creature won't be on the battlefield when you pay the spell's costs, so you won't be able to tap it for convoke.

Because convoke isn't an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs.

A creature attacks alone if it's the only creature declared as an attacker during the declare attackers step (including creatures controlled by your teammates, if applicable). For example, exalted won't trigger if you attack with multiple creatures and all but one of them are removed from combat.
1 Patron of the Vein
Patron of the Vein

Creature — Vampire Shaman

4/4

Flying
When this creature enters, destroy target creature an opponent controls.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, exile it and put a +1/+1 counter on each Vampire you control.
Destroying a creature with Patron of the Vein's first ability causes its last ability to trigger if Patron of the Vein is still on the battlefield.

Patron of the Vein's last ability puts a +1/+1 counter on each Vampire you control, including itself, even if the creature that died can't be exiled (most likely because it was a token).

If Patron of the Vein and a creature an opponent controls die simultaneously (perhaps because they fought or were in combat together), Patron of the Vein's last ability triggers, but Patron of the Vein won't be on the battlefield as that ability resolves. It can't be saved by the +1/+1 counter that would have been put on it. The same is true of any other Vampires you control that die at the same time. Your remaining Vampires will each get a +1/+1 counter.
1 Redemption Choir
Redemption Choir

Creature — Vampire Cleric

3/3

Lifelink
Coven — Whenever this creature enters or attacks, if you control three or more creatures with different powers, return target permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
For three creatures to have different powers from one another, each of their powers needs to be different. A 1/1 creature, a 2/1 creature, and another 2/1 creature aren't three creatures with different powers, even though both 2/1 creatures have different power than the 1/1 creature.

You must control three or more creatures with different powers at the time the coven ability triggers and at the time the ability tries to resolve. They do not, however, need to be the same set of creatures in both cases.
1 Sanctum Seeker
Sanctum Seeker

Creature — Vampire Knight

3/4

Whenever a Vampire you control attacks, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
In a Two-Headed Giant game, Sanctum Seeker's ability causes the opposing team to lose 2 life and you to gain 1 life.
1 Timothar, Baron of Bats
Timothar, Baron of Bats

Legendary Creature — Vampire Noble

4/4

Ward—Discard a card.
Whenever another nontoken Vampire you control dies, you may pay and exile it. If you do, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying. It gains "When this token deals combat damage to a player, sacrifice it and return the exiled card to the battlefield tapped."
Timothar's last ability is linked to the ability it grants the Bat token. If a replacement effect causes you to create more than one Bat token with this effect, they will all have that linked ability, and the exiled card will be returned to the battlefield if any of them deals combat damage to a player.

If the exiled card is somehow no longer in exile when the Bat token's triggered ability resolves, you will still sacrifice the Bat token.

If another creature enters the battlefield as a copy of the Bat token or another effect creates a copy of the Bat token, it will not have the triggered ability granted by Timothar.

The ability of each Bat token you create refers only to the card you exile during the resolution of the ability that created that token. When it deals combat damage to a player, you return only that card to the battlefield, not any other card exiled by Timothar.

If you can't exile the card, perhaps because another effect moved the card before the triggered ability started resolving, you can't pay and won't create a token.

Timothar's last ability triggers when any nontoken Vampire you control dies, not just nontoken Vampires you own. If you control Timothar and another player's nontoken Vampire and that Vampire dies, you may pay to exile that card from their graveyard.

The controller of the Bat token as it deals combat damage to a player will be the controller of its triggered ability, and the exiled card will be returned to the battlefield under that player's control.
1 Twilight Prophet
Twilight Prophet

Creature — Vampire Cleric

2/4

Flying
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have the city's blessing, reveal the top card of your library and put it into your hand. Each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is that card's mana value.
If the mana cost of the revealed card includes , X is considered to be 0.

If the revealed card doesn't have a mana cost (because it's a land card, for example), its mana value is 0.

The mana value of a split card, such as cards with aftermath from the Amonkhet block, is based on the combined mana cost of its two halves.

In a Two-Headed Giant game, Twilight Prophet's last ability causes the opposing team to lose twice X life and you gain X life.

Once you have the city's blessing, you have it for the rest of the game, even if you lose control of some or all of your permanents. The city's blessing isn't a permanent itself and can't be removed by any effect.

A permanent is any object on the battlefield, including tokens and lands. Spells and emblems aren't permanents.

If you cast a spell with ascend, you don't get the city's blessing until it resolves. Players may respond to that spell by trying to change whether you get the city's blessing.

If you control ten permanents but don't control a permanent or resolving spell with ascend, you don't get the city's blessing. For example, if you control ten permanents, lose control of one, then cast Golden Demise, you won't have the city's blessing and the spell will affect creatures you control.

If your tenth permanent enters the battlefield and then a permanent leaves the battlefield immediately afterwards (most likely due to the "Legend Rule" or due to being a creature with 0 toughness), you get the city's blessing before it leaves the battlefield.

Ascend on a permanent isn't a triggered ability and doesn't use the stack. Players can respond to a spell that will give you your tenth permanent, but they can't respond to getting the city's blessing once you control that tenth permanent. This means that if your tenth permanent is a land you play, players can't respond before you get the city's blessing.

Some cards have triggered abilities with an intervening "if" clause that checks whether you have the city's blessing. These are worded "[Trigger condition], if you have the city's blessing, [effect]." You must already have the city's blessing in order for these abilities to trigger; otherwise they do nothing. In other words, there's no way to have the ability trigger if you don't have the city's blessing, even if you intend to get it in response to the triggered ability.
1 Viscera Seer
Viscera Seer

Creature — Vampire Wizard

1/1

Sacrifice a creature: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
You can sacrifice Viscera Seer to activate its own ability.

If you sacrifice an attacking or blocking creature during the declare blockers step, it won't deal combat damage. If you wait until the combat damage step, but that creature is dealt lethal damage, it'll be destroyed before you get a chance to sacrifice it.
1 Vona, Butcher of Magan
Vona, Butcher of Magan

Legendary Creature — Vampire Knight

4/4

Vigilance, lifelink
, Pay 7 life: Destroy target nonland permanent. Activate only during your turn.
Vona's last ability can be activated during any step or phase of your turn, including the combat phase. It's possible to attack with Vona and then activate its ability before blockers are declared. Doing so won't remove Vona from combat.
1 Welcoming Vampire
Welcoming Vampire

Creature — Vampire

2/3

Flying
Whenever one or more other creatures you control with power 2 or less enter, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Welcoming Vampire's ability checks the power of the other creatures only as they enter the battlefield. If one of those creatures has power 2 or less, the ability will trigger. Once the ability triggers, raising that creature's power above 2 won't affect that ability. Similarly, reducing a creature's power to 2 or less after it enters the battlefield won't cause the ability to trigger.

If creatures enter the battlefield with +1/+1 counters or a continuous effect such as that of Wedding Festivity will apply to the creatures on the battlefield, those effects apply when checking to see if Welcoming Vampire's ability will trigger.
1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Legendary Creature — Aetherborn Vampire

2/2

Haste
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Yahenni.
Sacrifice another creature: Yahenni gains indestructible until end of turn.
If Yahenni and a creature an opponent controls die simultaneously (perhaps because they fought or were in combat together), Yahenni won't be on the battlefield as its triggered ability resolves. It can't be saved by the +1/+1 counter that would have been put on it.

Planeswalkers 1

1 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
Sorin, Lord of Innistrad

Legendary Planeswalker — Sorin

+1: Create a 1/1 black Vampire creature token with lifelink.
−2: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control get +1/+0."
−6: Destroy up to three target creatures and/or other planeswalkers. Return each card put into a graveyard this way to the battlefield under your control.
The emblems are cumulative. If you get two of them, creatures you control will get +2/+0.

You can target a token creature with Sorin, Lord of Innistrad's third ability, but it won't return to the battlefield.

If a creature with undying is destroyed by Sorin, Lord of Innistrad's third ability, the undying ability will trigger, but the creature will already have been returned to the battlefield by Sorin. The undying ability won't do anything when it resolves.

If Sorin, Lord of Innistrad somehow becomes a creature, it can be chosen as a target of its own third ability. If Sorin, Lord of Innistrad is still on the battlefield when that ability resolves, it will then destroy Sorin and return him to the battlefield under your control.

Instants 4

Sorceries 6

Artifacts 11

Enchantments 5

Lands 37

White 12

Black 30

Multicolor 11

Colorless 10

Lands 37

1 8

2 19

3 13

4 11

5 6

6 4

7+ 2

Lands 37

Clavileño, First of the Blessed

Plains

8×

Swamp

13×

Bojuka Bog

Command Tower

Isolated Chapel

Myriad Landscape

Orzhov Basilica

Path of Ancestry

Rogue's Passage

Secluded Courtyard

Shineshadow Snarl

Tainted Field

Temple of Silence

Temple of the False God

Unclaimed Territory

Vault of the Archangel

Voldaren Estate

Windbrisk Heights

Bartolomé del Presidio

Blood Artist

Bloodghast

Bloodline Necromancer

Bloodtracker

Butcher of Malakir

Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher

Champion of Dusk

Charismatic Conqueror

Cordial Vampire

Crossway Troublemakers

Cruel Celebrant

Drana, Liberator of Malakir

Dusk Legion Sergeant

Dusk Legion Zealot

Elenda's Hierophant

Elenda, the Dusk Rose

Falkenrath Noble

Indulgent Aristocrat

Legion Lieutenant

Martyr of Dusk

Master of Dark Rites

Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle

Nighthawk Scavenger

Oathsworn Vampire

Order of Sacred Dusk

Patron of the Vein

Redemption Choir

Sanctum Seeker

Timothar, Baron of Bats

Twilight Prophet

Viscera Seer

Vona, Butcher of Magan

Welcoming Vampire

Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Austere Command

Damn

New Blood

Olivia's Wrath

Pact of the Serpent

Return to Dust

Swords to Plowshares

Utter End

Village Rites

Arcane Signet

Blade of the Bloodchief

Commander's Sphere

Etchings of the Chosen

Exquisite Blood

Glass-Cast Heart

Heirloom Blade

Kindred Boon

March of the Canonized

Mind Stone

Orzhov Signet

Promise of Aclazotz // Foul Rebirth

Radiant Destiny

Sol Ring

Sorin, Lord of Innistrad

Swiftfoot Boots

Talisman of Hierarchy

Wayfarer's Bauble