At a glance
- Format: Standard Brawl
- Commander: Bartolomé del Presidio
- Colors: White / Black (WB)
- Archetype: WB (Orzhov) Mobilize Aristocrats — go-wide aggro-midrange that floods the board and feeds deaths into drain
- Power tier: competitive
- Standard Brawl: ✅ Legal
Strategy
Bartolomé sits in the command zone as a free, repeatable sac outlet, so every mobilize Warrior token and spare body converts into +1/+1 counters and death triggers on demand. Mobilize and cheap token makers flood the board; attacking spawns disposable Warriors that die at end of combat automatically, while Vengeful Bloodwitch and Vein Ripper turn each death into life drain. Massacre Wurm doubles as a sweeper-plus-drain finisher, and recursion (Bloodghast, Zuko’s Conviction, Pull from the Grave) keeps the fodder relentless. The curve tops out at two 6-mana mythics, otherwise it’s a fast, low, sacrifice-fueled beatdown.
Upgrade path
NEW BUILD 2026-07-15 (wb-mobilize-aristocrats workflow). Two crafts required, both non-owned mobilize rares added to shore up the thin owned mobilize count: Voice of Victory (W) and Avenger of the Fallen (B). Owned rares/mythics already in the 35 (no craft needed): Midnight Reaper, Preacher of the Schism, Bloodghast, Massacre Wurm, Vein Ripper. Note: format legality (needs lowercase ‘b’) excludes the usual Blood Artist / Zulaport / Bastion drain suite, so the deck relies on Vengeful Bloodwitch + Vein Ripper. Upgrade path: if opening more wildcards, craft additional mobilize (Venerated Stormsinger, Nightblade Brigade) and cheap edict removal (Chainer’s Edict, Gatekeeper of Malakir) to replace the weakest 3-drops.
Cards
Decklist
Paste straight into MTG Arena (or Moxfield/Archidekt):
Commander
1 Bartolomé del Presidio
Deck
1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
1 Scarblade's Malice
1 Rabid Attack
1 Mintstrosity
1 Outlaw Medic
1 Midnight Reaper
1 Susurian Voidborn
1 Fiendish Panda
1 Buzzard-Wasp Colony
1 Infestation Sage
1 Callous Inspector
1 Resolute Reinforcements
1 Pretending Poxbearers
1 Voice of Victory
1 Dalkovan Packbeasts
1 Avenger of the Fallen
1 Preacher of the Schism
1 Dragonback Lancer
1 Prideful Parent
1 Vampiric Rites
1 Corrupted Conviction
1 Eaten Alive
1 Vampire Gourmand
1 Hungry Ghoul
1 Zuko's Conviction
1 Bloodghast
1 Unbury
1 Tribute to Hunger
1 Cornered by Black Mages
1 Social Snub
1 Massacre Wurm
1 Vein Ripper
1 Command Tower
1 Godless Shrine
1 Bleachbone Verge
5 Plains
15 Swamp
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Bitter Triumph
1 Sandbender Scavengers
1 Shattered Sanctum
Ideal build (upgrade target)
Ideal Orzhov mobilize floods disposable Warriors that Bartolomé sacrifices for counters and death triggers. It runs every mobilize card in the pool plus the best sac/drain payoffs, and adds real top-end: Liliana Dreadhorde General (tokens + repeatable edict), Meathook Massacre II and Massacre Wurm as sweeper-drains, and Vein Ripper as the drain finisher. Manabase runs Godless Shrine + Concealed Courtyard + Bleachbone Verge. Top craft priorities: Liliana Dreadhorde General, Vein Ripper, Meathook Massacre II, Massacre Wurm, Godless Shrine.
Crafts to reach the ideal: 4 (2 mythic, 2 rare)
- Mythic: Liliana, Dreadhorde General, Meathook Massacre II
- Rare: Concealed Courtyard, Get Lost
Full ideal list (paste into Arena):
Commander
1 Bartolomé del Presidio
Deck
1 Voice of Victory
1 Avenger of the Fallen
1 Dalkovan Packbeasts
1 Nightblade Brigade
1 Venerated Stormsinger
1 Dragonback Lancer
1 Resolute Reinforcements
1 Prideful Parent
1 Regal Caracal
1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
1 Preacher of the Schism
1 Midnight Reaper
1 Vampiric Rites
1 Corrupted Conviction
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Outlaw Medic
1 Bloodghast
1 Hungry Ghoul
1 Zuko's Conviction
1 Pull from the Grave
1 Get Lost
1 Bitter Triumph
1 Tribute to Hunger
1 Bake into a Pie
1 Eaten Alive
1 Deadly Cover-Up
1 Vein Ripper
1 Massacre Wurm
1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
1 Meathook Massacre II
1 Sothera, the Supervoid
1 Infestation Sage
1 Callous Inspector
1 Vampire Gourmand
1 Sandbender Scavengers
1 Godless Shrine
1 Concealed Courtyard
1 Bleachbone Verge
1 Shattered Sanctum
1 Restless Fortress
1 Command Tower
1 Starting Town
1 Fabled Passage
11 Swamp
5 Plains
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