A Kiss to Die For [Vampire Primer]

Oathbreaker Combo Creature Cheat Flying Lifegain Lifelink Mono-Black Primer Vampires

TotallyNotAMimic

Creatures of the Night (24)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Bloodletter of Aclazotz
• 1x Bloodthirsty Conqueror
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Cordial Vampire
• 1x Creeping Bloodsucker
• 1x Crossway Troublemakers
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Defiant Bloodlord
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x High-Society Hunter
• 1x Marauding Blight-Priest
• 1x Marshland Bloodcaster
• 1x Necropolis Regent
• 1x Nighthawk Scavenger
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Oathsworn Vampire
• 1x Patron of the Vein
• 1x Starscape Cleric
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Vampire Hexmage
• 1x Vein Ripper
• 1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

Lands (23)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 17x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Witch's Cottage

Artifacts (5)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x The Ozolith

Sorceries (4)

• 1x Annihilating Glare
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Victimize

Enchantments (1)

• 1x Phyrexian Arena

Instants (1)

• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Commanders (2)

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from the twisted mind of TotallyNotAMimic comes...

The Vampire

a classic tale of love, tragedy, and death

Happy June you beautiful bloodsuckers (or whatever month it is now). I bring you vampire tribal with my favorite planeswalker Sorin, 3 Mana Bloodlord. Strategy: get out S marked vampires with Sorin's -3 (or mono-black ramp) and use the little guys for New Blood's additional {T} a vampire cost to seduce opponents' creatures. The S doesn't stand for "signed," it means they have the esteemed mark of Sorin. Flavor aside I've tried really hard to make a fun and powerful deck around my favorite version of Sorin. Especially after a friend gave me his SLD print.

Act 1 Primer

Always cast Sorin on turn 3

The only reason you shouldn't cast him is if you don't have any S vampires ({5}+ cmc) in hand and don't have any creatures on the field. You just don't wanna leave him undefended. But most of the time your opening hand should have 3 lands and at least 1 S vampire.

Infinite Combos

Exquisite Bond

• Bloodthirsty Conqueror + Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

You can replace Vito with Marauding Blight-Priest, Defiant Bloodlord, or Starscape Cleric.

A classic. Vito will trigger Bloodthirsty Conqueror which will trigger Vito again... You get the idea. Starscape Cleric is the only version of Sanguine Bond that costs {1}{B}, making it possible to achieve this combo on turn 3.

Bolas's Aetherstorm

• Aetherflux Reservoir + Bolas's Citadel + Sensei's Divining Top

With all of these on the field keep casting from the top of your deck using Bolas's Citadel, gaining more and more life from Aetherflux Reservoir. If you come across something you can't cast (such as land) tap Sensei's Divining Top and draw then putting it on top of your library. Continue using Bolas's Citadel until you cast the Exquisite Bond combo for the win.

God Hand (turn 3 win)

3 swamps

Starscape Cleric

Bloodthirsty Conqueror

(the other two don't matter)

Turn 1

Swamp.

Turn 2

Swamp then cast Starscape Cleric.

Turn 3

Swamp then cast Sorin.

Activate Sorin's -3 to put Bloodthirsty Conqueror on the field.

Then attack with Starscape Cleric.

This will complete the Exquisite Bond infinite combo.

(Vampiric Tutor can be used before turn 2, during the end step of the opponent whose going before you, if your missing either creature)

It takes two...

Act 2 Deck Breakdown

Themes

Beat Down with +1/+1 Counters and flying

• Butcher of Malakir

• Cordial Vampire (grows S vampires)

• Drana, Liberator of Malakir (grows S vampires)

• Necropolis Regent (is a S vampire and grows S vampires)

• Patron of the Vein (is a S vampire, grows S vampires, and messes with opponents)

• Vein Ripper (also lifegain)

• The Ozolith

• Karn's Bastion (also for keeping Sorin loyal)

Lifegain

• Blood Artist

• Bloodthirsty Conqueror (mvp)

• Creeping Bloodsucker (also burn)

• Nighthawk Scavenger

• Aetherflux Reservoir (also burn)

touch of Burn

• Defiant Bloodlord

• Marauding Blight-Priest

• Starscape Cleric

• Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose (also lifegain)

Mono-Black Ramp

• Crypt Ghast

• Nirkana Revenant (tapping out to boost her and giving her deathtouch+lifelink with Sorin's first +1 also does wonders)

• Extraplanar Lens

• Cabal Coffers

Touch of Suicide Black

• Marshland Bloodcaster (mostly used for Beat Down)

• Bolas's Citadel

Card Draw

• Crossway Troublemakers

• High-Society Hunter

• Twilight Prophet

• Phyrexian Arena

• Castle Locthwain

revival

• Bloodghast (self revives)

• Oathsworn Vampire (self revives)

• Victimize

• Witch's Cottage

removal

• Annihilating Glare

• Damnation

• Feed the Swarm (enchantment remover)

• Vampire Hexmage (commander remover)

generally helpful

• Bloodletter of Aclazotz (makes entire deck cracked)

• Cavern of Souls

• Sensei's Divining Top

• Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

• Vampiric Tutor

Oh Olivia, if our identities weren't so different I'd love to make you a part of this House. I could really use your graveyard revival. xoxo

Act 3 Considered Cards

• Maskwood Nexus

Frankly unfun and inconsistent.

Used to run this and Conspiracy as well as Blightsteel Collosus, eldrazi, and every black tutor I coul find. Putting them on the field with Sorin's -3. Isn't as strong as it sounds in practice.

• The Elderspell

The option to destroy a creature with Annihilating Glare is better and the benefits of The Elderspell don't out way that. Mono-Black Ramp makes Annihilating Glare's additional {4} negligible in mid to late game. Sacrificing Bloodghast or Oathsworn Vampire is also a good option the entire game.

• Exquisite Blood

Was replaced with Bloodthirsty Conqueror.

Having both would mean choosing between Exquisite Blood and Bolas's Citadel and I'd rather keep Bolas's Aetherstorm combo.

"It's been a strange ride. I'm happy it's over. The funny thing is, for the first time in my life, I have absolutely no idea what happens next. I just have feeling that it's going to be worth it. That's exactly it. I'm weirdly happy." ~ Alucard Ţepeş

James 1:14-15

Date added	1 year
Last updated	3 weeks
Key combos	Aetherflux Reservoir + Bolas's Citadel + Sensei's Divining Top Bloodthirsty Conqueror + Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
Legality	This deck is Oathbreaker legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 22 - 0 Rares 5 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.59
Tokens	City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Starscape Cleric 1/1 B