Tithes of Gold and Blood

Commander / EDH Aristocrats Casual Sacrifice Tokens WB (Orzhov)

Sutki

Creature (34)

• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Oreskos Explorer
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Remorseful Cleric
• 1x Soldevi Adnate
• 1x Tithe Taker
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat
• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Liliana's Standard Bearer
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Ministrant of Obligation
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Teysa, Orzhov Scion
• 1x Twilight Drover
• 1x Woe Strider
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• 1x Nightmare Shepherd
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Archon of Justice
• 1x Krav, the Unredeemed
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star

Land (36)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Castle Ardenvale
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x High Market
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 7x Plains
• 1x Silent Clearing
• 10x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Oversold Cemetery
• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Dictate of Erebos

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Slaughter the Strong
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Merciless Eviction

Commander (1)

Artifact (9)

• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Spawning Pit
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Oketra's Monument
• 1x Bolas's Citadel

Instant (7)

• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Village Rites
• 1x Despark
• 1x Heliod's Intervention
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Utter End

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General

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Maybeboard

Creature (13)

• 1x Bloodsoaked Champion
• 1x Orzhov Enforcer
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Boreas Charger
• 1x Dutiful Attendant
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Reliquary Monk
• 1x Corpse Augur
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Sifter of Skulls
• 1x Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Sun Titan

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Tortured Existence
• 1x Mind Slash
• 1x Martyr's Bond

Instant (1)

• 1x Rally the Ancestors

Artifact (2)

• 1x Jar of Eyeballs
• 1x Mimic Vat

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Martial Coup

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Sin is debt, and absolution is paid in tithes of gold and blood.

Teysa Karlov has taken over the aristocrat theme with a storm, and I for one am in love with her. This deck relies on death triggers and sacrifice synergies to build a value engine and take over the game. The synergies are strong enough to make the deck work on its own, but Teysa throws the whole thing into overdrive, giving us massive value.

This deck usually wins by draining opponents with various Blood Artist -type effects. This is made more potent by several convoluted combos that allow infinite death triggers for massive damage. Here are some of the more typical ones:

Reassembling Skeleton + Ashnod's Altar + Pitiless Plunderer + a blood artist

Reassembling Skeleton + Teysa Karlov + Pitiless Plunderer + any free sac outlet + a blood artist

Reassembling Skeleton + Pawn of Ulamog + Pitiless Plunderer + any free sac outlet + a blood artist

Twilight Drover + Ashnod's Altar + Pitiless Plunderer + a blood artist

Twilight Drover + Teysa Karlov + Pitiless Plunderer + any free sac outlet + a blood artist

All Twilight Drover combos require the Drover to have at least one +1/+1 counter at the start. I thoroughly enjoy aristocrat and sacrifice strategies, so unsurprisingly this deck has become one of my favourites over time.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 28 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.92
Tokens	2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Copy Clone, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Elephant 3-3 G, Goat 0/1 W, Human 1/1 W, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Morph 2/2 C, Spirit 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 WB, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 W, Warrior 1/1 W w/ Vigilance, Zombie 2/2 B