Drana, Kalastria's Voltron Vampires

Commander / EDH Combo Mono-Black Ramp Vampires Voltron

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Card Advantage: Draw (5)

• 1x Champion of Dusk
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Twilight Prophet

Card Advantage: Recursion (3)

• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Card Advantage: Tutor (4)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Liliana Vess
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Commander Amplifier: Voltron (6)

• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1x Lashwrithe
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Nightmare Lash
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Commander Enabler: Big Mana (6)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Gauntlet of Power
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Nirkana Revenant

Interaction: Boardwipe (5)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Interaction: Conditional Removal (1)

• 1x Vampire Hexmage

Interaction: Removal (7)

• 1x Dark Impostor
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Guul Draz Assassin
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Kalitas, Bloodchief of Ghet
• 1x Malicious Affliction
• 1x Silence the Believers

Land (37)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Leechridden Swamp
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 24x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Mana Acceleration: Land Tutor (2)

• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms

Mana Acceleration: Rock (3)

• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Sol Ring

Tribal: Amplifier (4)

• 1x Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip
• 1x Bloodlord of Vaasgoth
• 1x Captivating Vampire
• 1x Vampire Nocturnus

Tribal: Threat (7)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Sangromancer
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Win Condition 1 (1)

• 1x Sorin Markov

Win Condition 2 (5)

• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Defiant Bloodlord
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Sanguine Bond

Win Condition 3 (3)

• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Card Advantage: Draw (3)

• 1x Damnable Pact
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Sign in Blood

Card Advantage: Tutor (2)

• 1x Diabolic Revelation
• 1x Mastermind's Acquisition

Commander Amplifier: Voltron (2)

• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Sword of Vengeance

Interaction: Removal (1)

• 1x Scour from Existence

Mana Acceleration: Rock (1)

• 1x Worn Powerstone

WinCon (1)

• 1x Blood Tribute

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Philosophy

I enjoy all aspects of Magic, but I am definitely a Johnny first and a Spike last. I certainly play to win, but will do so with a deck that meets all of my own, at times nonsensical, criteria. Each deck I create follows a pretty familiar pattern for its creation.

The numbers below are not fixed, but are my starting point when I begin brewing. You will notice in my skeleton it has a hard requirement for "Tribal". Well this is my inner Vorthos coming out to play, and admittedly hamstrings decks in tribes with poor support and card pool. If this is not of interest to you, then I recommend shifting the "Tribal Amplifiers" into "Card Advantage", "Mana Acceleration", "Interaction" and "Commander Amplifiers", and then simply removing the "Tribal" from "Tribal Standalone Threats".

Card Count:

• 37 Land
• 8 Mana Acceleration (Ramp, Rocks, Dorks)
• 8 Card Advantage (Draw, Tutors, Recursion)
• 8 Interaction (Removal, Disruption, Boardwipes)
• 8 Commander Enablers
• 8 Commander Amplifiers
• 12 Tribal Standalone Threats
• 4 Tribal Amplifiers
• 7 Win Conditions

As checksums each deck should have the following:

• 25 Standalone Threats
• 20 Tribal Creatures

Overview

• Last Revised: 2018/2/27
• Archetype: Combo
• Tribe: Vampire
• Commander Enabler: Big Mana
• Commander Amplifier: Voltron
• Win Conditions: Commander Damage, Infinite Combo, X Spells

The general gameplan for this deck is to ramp almost vertically, drop Drana, and start clearing the board and swinging. Due to the mana this deck can reliably produce once its Big Mana engine is online, I have had games where I spent 20+ mana casting Drana from the Command Zone. It is strong against creature based decks, and resilient to creature based removal. However, beware Strip Mine .

Primer

Development

Your turns 1-3 plays are critical for getting ahead on Mana. I am generally targeting 9 Mana by turn 5. Do not be too alarmed if you do not play your first 'real' card before Turn 4. You are consciously making the trade of threats now for bigger threats later.

Playing At Parity

It is very uncommon that you will ever be playing at parity in Commander, and even less so in this deck. With this deck you go from doing a whole lot of nothing, to a whole lot usually in the span of one turn. However, my biggest recommendation for playing at parity is to sit back and play politically. You typically can only remove one opponent at once from the game, so convincing the table that someone else is the primary threat or in the pole position is paramount.

Playing From Behind

If you are playing from behind, you have one question to answer. Did you get hosed? If you got hosed, there is not a lot you can do to recover so you should be a proper Black player and get vengeance on the person who did it (in-game please).

If you did not get hosed, then you are probably not nearly as behind as you might think. In this case my advice is the same as playing at parity, but the political play is easier. Be the permission player, and do what you can to keep everyone's board devoid of creatures.

Win Conditions

Commander Combat Damage

• Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief

Infinite Combo

• Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond / Defiant Bloodlord
• Bloodchief Ascension + Mindcrank

X Spells

• Exsanguinate
• Torment of Hailfire
• Profane Command

1v1 Commander & Sideboard

Sideboard cards are options that replace existing cards depending on the table.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 5 Rares 17 - 2 Uncommons 4 - 3 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.48
Tokens	City's Blessing, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Vampire 2/2 B, Vampire */* B, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	EDH - Tribal Black 32 Project