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Commander / EDH Lifegain Multiplayer RBW (Mardu) Tribal Vampires Voltron

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Beater (10)

• 1x Baneslayer Angel
• 1x Blood Baron of Vizkopa
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Bloodsworn Steward
• 1x Child of Night
• 1x Divinity of Pride
• 1x Indomitable Archangel
• 1x Patron of the Vein
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk

Draw (9)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Damnable Pact
• 1x Mathas, Fiend Seeker
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

Land (35)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Cinder Barrens
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Forsaken Sanctuary
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 4x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 10x Swamp

Life (22)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Baneslayer Angel
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Blood Baron of Vizkopa
• 1x Blood Tribute
• 1x Child of Night
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Divinity of Pride
• 1x Drana's Emissary
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Sangromancer
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Sunbeam Spellbomb
• 1x Tithe Drinker
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Vona, Butcher of Magan

Ramp (10)

• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Removal (10)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Chandra's Ignition
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Patron of the Vein
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Vona, Butcher of Magan

Sunforge (8)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Sunforger
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection

Tutor (3)

• 1x Open the Armory
• 1x Stonehewer Giant
• 1x Sunforger

Utility (10)

• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Indomitable Archangel
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Open the Armory
• 1x Sigarda's Aid
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Umezawa's Jitte
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Voltron (14)

• 1x Bloodsworn Steward
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Sigarda's Aid
• 1x Stonehewer Giant
• 1x Sunforger
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Sword of Light and Shadow
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Sword of Vengeance
• 1x Umezawa's Jitte
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Other (10)

• 1x Bloodline Necromancer
• 1x Chaplain's Blessing
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Huatli, Warrior Poet
• 1x Mana Tithe
• 1x Master Warcraft
• 1x New Blood
• 1x Price of Glory
• 1x Razia's Purification

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I'll admit: Licia, Sanguine Tribune isn't an ideal voltron commander. She isn't evasive, she's kinda clunky (even with lifegain bursts like Elixir of Immortality), and her implicit life-gain theme nixes the possibility of a sleek, uber-aggro voltron build. There are frills to Licia.

Licia, with her frills and wonkiness, is very mechanically interesting and fun to play voltron with. With her legion of life-draining vampires, her arsenal of swanky swords, and extensive removal magic, managing Licia is a challenging and rewarding experience. BUT-- THIS ISN'T AN "IDEAL" BUILD AND THE VAMPIRE SUBTHEME (while effective) IS MORE FOR FLAVOR THAN SUBSTANCE.

About omissions: I'm forgoing Rhox Faithmender and Exsanguinate for now because I don't own them and I don't find myself ever starving for life. Gaining life is key, but the m.o. of the deck is to stubbornly kill with a suited-up Licia. I reckon they'd be solid performers, though. Felidar Sovereign certainly would make the deck better, but I'm not interested in winning that way atm. Even if I splurged for tutors (which I think are kinda boring in excess), this deck wouldn't be super competitive, and I enjoy playing without them .

Licia nonetheless packs explosive potential. The deck is quite interactive, can win in a pinch, and rewards shrewd, patient play.

I'm all for suggestions! Especially if they're strange. Thanks!
---Ramblings and Observations after about 20 games:

. Sunforger is sweet here. Teferi's Protection, Crackling Doom, Return to Dust, and Swords to Plowshares among other potent spells can be forged out. Master Warcraft and Mana Tithe (pet cards) are especially spicy options. They often my catch opponents unprepared.

.The early game-plan is to deploy lifelinkers, control the board with removal, and sniff for a safe opening to deploy Licia. Authority of the Consuls and Blind Obedience do great work--they abate aggro starts and gain us oodles of tasty, useful life to spend later. Flyers like Baneslayer Angel and Vampire Nighthawk can wield the swords if Licia isn't sticking.

. It's nice to boost out an early Licia with cheap tricks like Sunbeam Spellbomb and Chaplain's Blessing. However, it's especially important to have evasion available before going all-in with Licia. Licia can get prohibitively expensive fast if she gets killed early--especially if we don't have a reliable life-gain engine to get her back online.

. Sigarda's Aid and Vedalken Orrery are the best cards in the deck. When I play Diabolic Tutor, I'm usually inclined to find one of them. They allow us to abuse the stack like we're smarmy blue players.

With Sigarda's Aid in play, it's not prudent to be strictly mana efficient when casting equipment. It's better to negate impending removal by responding with Lightning Greaves or Whispersilk Cloak than it is to be blown out by removal after, say, casting an EoT greaves into open mana. With these cards in play, let your opponents act first. (Might already be common knowledge to many readers, everything's a learning experience for me)

. Aetherflux Reservoir is a free kill, so handle it with respect and don't cast it flippantly. Sure, it reduces Licia's cost a bit if cast early. Exposing it is risky, though. It's usually better to wait until you've smoked someone with Licia and are sitting at a thicc life total to play the reservoir. At that point, it's easy dispose of another player with it. EV is higher if you don't cast it ASAP.

. Blood Tribute + Sanguine Bond/Defiant Bloodlord is a backdoor combo that sometimes goes unchecked and can kill an opponent. I'm down. It's not the focal point of the deck, though, so I'm not sure about shelling out for a copy of Exquisite Blood.

. Like many voltron decks, this one is brittle and packs little recursion. Sometimes it's correct to pray, nut up, and empty your hand in hopes of taking someone out; but one Vandalblast or Austere Command can stop the deck in its tracks. Be conservative and unassuming while scheming and assembling the parts for your KO blow.

. I'm convinced that every Licia deck should run Chandra's igniton. It's not great when you're losing, but it's backbreaking if you're in position with a juiced up Licia. Absurd blowouts ensue: It clears the board of blockers, decimates your opponents' life totals, and nets you dozens if not hundreds of life.

. I stole Azami, Lady of Scrolls with New Blood once at is was sweet; turning the conceited old wizard and her knowledge over to the dark side. However, Lighting Helix, New Blood, and Malakir Bloodwitch might be on the chopping block, since they don't shine in this build.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 1 Mythic Rares 39 - 3 Rares 22 - 3 Uncommons 10 - 3 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.14
Tokens	Dinosaur 3/3 G, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Other User Made Decks, EDH Inspiration, november 2018