HOW MANY VAMPIRES DO YOU HAVE?!?!?! *Primer*

Modern Combo Infinite Combo Tokens Tribal UB (Dimir) Vampires

Darkshadow327

Land (24)

• 4x Drowned Catacomb
• 6x Island
• 10x Swamp
• 4x Watery Grave

Tutor (6)

• 3x Clutch of the Undercity
• 3x Drift of Phantasms

Combo (8)

• 4x Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip
• 4x Intruder Alarm

Removal (8)

• 4x Dismember
• 4x Fatal Push

Ramp (3)

• 3x Heartless Summoning

Control (7)

• 4x Countersquall
• 3x Thoughtseize

Protection (4)

• 4x Spellskite

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Sideboard

Other (15)

• 3x Blood Artist
• 2x Collective Brutality
• 2x Disallow
• 2x Hero's Downfall
• 4x Mana Leak
• 2x Victim of Night

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Maybeboard

Other (6)

• 1x Behind the Scenes
• 1x Delay
• 1x Dimir Machinations
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Ensnaring Bridge
• 1x Soul Manipulation

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HOW MANY VAMPIRES DO YOU HAVE?!?! This is a question that your opponents are likely to ask when you play this deck. I came up with the idea for this deck a little after I started playing magic and loved vampires(which was around the time Kaladesh was released), and let's be honest, I still love vampires. So, I decided to figure out a way to make infinite vampires, and thus this deck was born.

Basically this deck attempts to make infinite vampires and swing for lethal.

The Combo

At base value the combo is Bloodline Keeper + Intruder Alarm , and it is a combo I really love because it's not one that I've really seen places. Basically the plan is to get out Intruder Alarm first, followed the next turn by Bloodline Keeper  . Once they both are down the next turn you pump out a ton of vampires, flip to Lord of Lineage and hopefully swing for lethal.

Getting the Combo

Since we run a full playset of Intruder Alarm and Bloodline Keeper   it shouldn't be too hard draw into the combo or have it in our openeing hand. However, if the cards somehow get tucked or we can't draw into them we have cards to help us find them. However, instead of running direct tutors I have decided to run cards that have "Transmute" instead.

• Clutch of the Undercity : This card goes and fetches Bloodline Keeper   if need be. However, if I have Bloodline Keeper   already it can provide a nice bounce spell to take care of a pesky card my opponents my have on the battlefield.

• Drift of Phantasms : This one can go and tutor up Intruder Alarm if I do not have it in hand. I like this card with transmute specifically because it can provide a nice blocker if I end up in that situation.

Protecting the Combo

To protect the combo we have a diverse suite of removal to cover everything from early game, to indestructible, to Planeswalkers.

• Dismember :This can take out a creature with indestructible, or just provide a nice 1 mana of any color kill spell if I'm short on mana.

• Fatal Push : Can take care of early threats that have the potential to get even worse late game.

To protect the combo I also run some control cards as well.

• Countersquall : Just a nice 2 mana counter that will also make my opponent lose life.

• Thoughtseize : This is honestly one of my favorite cards. For the mere price of 2 life I can get rid of something in my opponent's hand that could become a problem down the road.

• Spellskite : This card is crucial in protecting my combo. Oh, you had a removal spell? Too bad it hits this instead.

Anything Else

These are just some cards that don't fit into the above categories, but deserve to be mentioned.

• Heartless Summoning : This card is very useful in the deck. It can get my Bloodline Keeper   out much faster (or at the same time but I leave mana up for a counter).

Weaknesses of the Deck.

From experience I have found that this deck has 2 main weaknesses:

1. Tempo: This is very bad for the deck, it cripples you by making it so that you can never get Bloodline Keeper   to stick and produce your tokens. When facing this your best bet is to hold up mana to counter their spells or wait until they are tapped out (no pun intended).

2. -X/-X Sweepers/Boardwipes: This can be very bad for the deck, especially if they are at instant speed. We rely on our creature to kill the opponent! To counter this we must either counter their spells or swap in Blood Artist .

The Sideboard

The sideboard tries to anticipate bad match-ups and plan accordingly. I can't plan for everything, but I might as well try (this can obviously be adjusted according to your meta).

• Blood Artist : This card is vital to protect against matches where you opponent may have an abundance of sweepers or boardwipes (as explained above). Unless this goes first a sweeper will be painful, if not downright deadly for your opponent.

• Collective Brutality : This card can act as removal for a pesky creature, or take some scary spells out of our opponent's hand. I don't think much needs to be said here.

• Disallow : Good in a control match-up, or if my opponent tries to combo off through some ability.

• Mana Leak : Again, just some extra help in a control match-up or if my opponents have some permanents that I won't be able to remove later.

• Victim of Night / Hero's Downfall : Just some more removal for the deck in case we need it. Victim of Night will be able to hit pretty much everything we come across (plus, it has the bonus of being super flavorful). Hero's Downfall can hit Planeswalkers if I can't remove them through combat for some weird reason.

I hope you like the deck! Comments and suggestions are highly encouraged. And since you made it this far, you may as well leave an upvote too!

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Top Ranked	Achieved #36 position overall 6 years ago
Date added	7 years
Last updated	5 years
Exclude colors	WRG
Key combos	Bloodline Keeper + Intruder Alarm
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	26 - 4 Rares 15 - 5 Uncommons 3 - 6 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.50
Tokens	Vampire 2/2 B
Folders	Vampires, Possible, Keeps, Primers only