Order of Sacred Dusk
Creature — Vampire Knight
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.
- CMC
- 8
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander
- Price
- $0.38
- EDHREC rank
- #10692
Order of Sacred Dusk enters as a 3/3 that immediately makes two 1/1 Vampire tokens with flying and lifelink, then continues producing a token each upkeep as long as you have the most life — that's a repeating engine stapled to a body, not a one-shot effect. In Clavileño, First of the Blessed decks it's a slam include: every token feeds Clavileño's death-trigger draw engine while the life cushion keeps the upkeep clause online.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Clavileño, First of the Blessed
Order of Sacred Dusk generates a steady stream of flying Vampires for Clavileño, First of the Blessed to sacrifice, turning each death into card draw and more non-Human Vampires that keep the loop churning.
Elenda and Azor
Order of Sacred Dusk's life-total cushion syncs with Elenda and Azor's life-gain payoffs, and the repeating token production gives the deck sacrifice fodder and wide-board pressure without spending additional cards.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the natural home for Order of Sacred Dusk — the repeating upkeep trigger compounds over a long game, and life-total leads are far easier to maintain in a multiplayer format where you're not the only one taking damage. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant; five mana for a token producer can't compete with those formats' speed and density. Oathbreaker is worth a mention if your signature spell is life-gain adjacent, since the "most life" clause is easier to satisfy when you're proactively padding your total.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.38 bulk tier
At $0.38, Order of Sacred Dusk sits firmly in bulk territory, which is surprising given how much raw value the card generates in the right shell. Bulk rares with repeating engines tend to tick up if their commander spikes in popularity, so picking up copies now costs almost nothing.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Clavileño, First of the Blessed
- Elenda and Azor
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.