BlueWolf15 says... #2
I might have gone in a different direction than I originally intended. An undying vamps deck would be very impressive, might work on one later.
February 11, 2012 7:37 p.m.
Have you considered running Falkenrath Aristocrat in conjunction with Traitorous Blood ? Take a creature, attack all out, sacrifice it before end of turn.
I've been playing Vampires for a while, and it's my opinion Bloodlord of Vaasgoth is a little too high in mana cost to be practical.
Also the +1/+1 counters creatures are gaining from Curse of Stalked Prey , their passives or even from Bloodlord causes Undying Evil to not function as well as you would probably want.
If I have any advice to give, it would be my suggestion to run 4 Blackcleave Cliffs , 4x Dragonskull Summit , go up to 22 lands in total. Take out the Sangromancer , Child of Night , Undying Evil and Bloodlord of Vaasgoth , add in 4x Volt Charge , 2x Tezzeret's Gambit , and run a full playset of Curse of Stalked Prey .
Hope that at least gives you some more ideas.
February 11, 2012 10:29 p.m.
fourstrung says... #4
Hmmm...With so many counters, maybe you should consider Volt Charge or Tezzeret's Gambit ?
February 11, 2012 10:29 p.m.
Trust me when i tell you you want to run Child of Night . In standard format, very few are running life again. She is especially deadly when she comes out turn 2, and then a turn 3 Stromkirk Captain . You now have a 3/2 first strike, but most importantly Lifelink. I can't stress enough how good lfielink is, and you won't truly understand until you play with it. Try mainboarding 4 Child of Night you won't be disappointed.
February 11, 2012 11:22 p.m.
Except Child of Night dies to Gut Shot and even a non-triggered Tragic Slip . Also, Y U NO Rakish Heir ?
February 12, 2012 3:49 a.m.
I would suggest the switch between Rakish Heir and Curse of Stalked Prey . Also possibly finding a spot for Tezzeret's Gambit , possibly even switching it for Volt Charge . The card draw could potentially be more useful than the damage since you are already swinging for a ton anyway.
February 15, 2012 12:25 p.m.
impossible to cast sorin. fix mana base. evolving wilds for three color
February 23, 2012 4 a.m.
-2 Falkenrath Marauders its too slow. +3 Bloodline Keeper One of the COOLEST Vampier lords! 1- Child of Night.. -1 doom blade, my reasoning is Volt Charge Will be soooo much better for you. And try to find a way to get +2 Olivia Voldaren it Super good!!!!!!
February 23, 2012 10:47 a.m.
BlueWolf15 says... #14
Updated following some advice. Also, what is so wrong about the Falkenrath Marauders ?
February 23, 2012 3:43 p.m.
aloehart199 says... #15
drop the drowned catacomb and a plains for an island and another evolving wilds.
Sounds counterproductive i know.
You only need 1 white source to cast sorin. 2 plains and 2 evolving wilds gives you a 1/15 chance of getting your white source per card drawn. 1 plains and 3 evolving wilds is the same 1/15 chance. Adding in an island quadruples your odds of getting the blue source that was in drowned catacomb by bumping it up to the same chance as the plains.
February 23, 2012 6:35 p.m.
Bloodline Keeper, Stromkirk Captain Are much better cards. i think you can use Falkenrath Marauders in a SB... It nice to get some one playing Control and there tapped out the having him come out but he really is just to much for too little... And put 3 Olivia Voldaren in your side too. I think she should be in your deck but if you think you can bet Mono bule and Mono black dont run her.
February 25, 2012 3:55 p.m.
Take a peak at my Vamp deck http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/grixis-beatdown/ It runs very different but it runs well. Its only a fun deck I created for friendly games but it packs a punch and worth a look, because its a different approach to vamps.
Frederick
March 27, 2012 12:05 p.m.
NobodyPicksBulbasaur says... #18
Take a look at I blame Twilight for all the Vamp Hate.. It did very well at my local FNM, and only a few decks at the time were prepared to face it. By curving out at 4 CMC, I was able to drop threats consistently, especially with Stromkirk Captain on the field.
This was all pre-M13, so take the advice with a grain of salt I guess.
August 2, 2012 7:21 p.m.
4x Bonfire of the Damned or bust.
Seriously. That card is so broken, it's not even funny. EVEN without the Miracle, it's still a 3-mana "Kill all your opponent's mana-dorks and little dudes".
August 2, 2012 7:48 p.m.
BossLeiser says... #20
Magmaquake is helpful for getting rid of your opponents creatures and walkers.
August 2, 2012 8:25 p.m.
BlueWolf15 says... #21
zandl: I actually got extremely lucky because the first 2 Avacyn Restored packs I opened, I got those and I didn'y really come to realize just how powerful they were until I used em a couple times. I will now be looking for at least one more, but I've heard that they are pretty expensive so it might be a while hahahah. Thanks!
BossLeiser: Wow! That card is pretty tight! It's definitely something I will have to get soon! Thanks!!
August 2, 2012 10:16 p.m.
NobodyPicksBulbasaur says... #22
Falkenrath Aristocrat has won me a number of games. In a deck based on aggro, aggro, and more aggro, 4 hasted damage in the air is hard to beat. She's also really hard to kill when faced with traditional removal.
Olivia Voldaren is really good, too, but my opinion of her is that she fits better in a control shell. The way I envision playing the deck, I don't usually have the free mana to make use of her abilities. That being said, I've never used her in one of my decks, so I have never seen her full potential.
Running both may not be a bad idea, but I think my preferred 4-drop slot would be 4x Falkenrath Aristocrat and 2x Vampire Nocturnus .
August 2, 2012 10:41 p.m.
BlueWolf15 says... #23
landgrafb thinking back, I have always just played Voldaren because I just have her in my hand and want to try and divert attention away for a bit, but that usually only lasts for like a turn, maybe two. I never do get to use her ability except maybe once or twice, so I will try going with the Aristocrat when I get my hands on one. Thanks a lot!
August 2, 2012 10:52 p.m.
NobodyPicksBulbasaur says... #24
I updated my I blame Twilight for all the Vamp Hate. for how I would personally run this style of deck in the current standard. I dropped all red cards except Stromkirk Noble to try to make the most of Vampire Nocturnus . The whole purpose of this build is swing, swing, swing until you win. The speed of this deck, combined with instant-speed removal, can be very hard to deal with for most decks.
August 2, 2012 10:56 p.m.
Superpack1 says... #25
Ditch the guildgate and the evolving wilds. I know they're expensive, but try to get the Blood Crypt . Also since you're going full vampire tribal, get some Cavern of Souls in there. Other than that, I'm diggin the deck
Omeep says... #1
Hmmm... From what I see you may be a bit creature heavy. However this is not always a bad thing, especially when the ones you have on board wont go away. You need to exploit that. My advise: Go for a few less non-undying creatures like Vampire Interloper
, Crossway Vampire
and/or Bloodcrazed Neonate
for cards like Fling
, Altar's Reap
and Infernal Plunge
. Infernal Plunge
will be perfect to bring out the other expensive vampires. You could also trade in Sorin's Thirst
for some spells as well, in the long run it is just too strict on casting requirements for what it does in my opinion.
Also, Olivia Voldaren
is fun.
Just some food for thought. Really there is a lot you can do to improve the deck, how you do it is up to you. That's my fifty cents.
February 10, 2012 11:03 p.m.