Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince

Gameplan

You're a mono-black aristocrats/tokens deck that floods the board with bodies, then sacrifices five creatures to flip Westvale Abbey into Ormendahl, Profane Prince—a 9/7 flying, lifelink, indestructible, haste threat. You churn out Clerics and other tokens, generate value off death triggers, and either beat down with Ormendahl or drain the table with sacrifice payoffs.

Key Cards

• Bitterblossom — Makes a token every upkeep, fueling both the flip cost and aristocrats outlets with zero further investment.
• Skullclamp — Turns your endless 1/1 tokens into a relentless card-draw engine.
• Pawn of Ulamog — Generates Eldrazi Spawn whenever your tokens die, replenishing fodder for the next flip.
• Blood Artist — Converts every sacrificed creature—including the five for Ormendahl—into incremental table-wide drain.
• Cabal Coffers — Ramps mono-black into the heavy mana needed to repeatedly flip and rebuild.
• Phyrexian Altar — Sacrifice outlet that turns dying tokens into mana, accelerating toward the flip and combos.

Upgrade Path

Add fast token generators and free sacrifice outlets (Bitterblossom, Pawn of Ulamog, Phyrexian Altar, Viscera Seer) so flipping is repeatable and low-cost. Lean into mono-black's tutors (Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor) and recursion to assemble aristocrats combo lines that win even without Ormendahl. Strong ramp like Cabal Coffers, Nykthos, and rituals lets you flip and rebuild in the same turn for explosive plays.