Orzhov's the Name, Lifegain's the game (Standard MTG Deck)

Orzhov's the Name, Lifegain's the game

Standard* Burn Control Lifegain Vampires WB (Orzhov)

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Creature (20)

Land (23)

Enchantment (7)

Instant (8)

Sorcery (2)

2x Debt to the Deathless

Sideboard

Creature (4)

Enchantment (1)

1x Blind Obedience

Artifact (6)

Sorcery (4)

This is my latest update for my M14 build of my orzhov control deck... its had some major changes...

It's become a control and lifegain deck, i want to be controlling the pace of the game, making my opponent pay for every action they take. This is where High Priest of Penance and Vampire Knighthawk come in. Low mana removal cards that are a nightmare from the moment they hit the field, they slow the game and force people to waste removal on them or risk losing better cards later on.

Backing them up are my higher mana cost cards Crypt Ghast boosts your mana base dramatically and give you access to a lot of cards for a much cheaper cost than usual, should be staple in a lot of black decks in my opinion and the extort is a great bonus.

Building on Crypt Ghast are the nightmarish combo of Blood Baron of Vizkopa and Archangel of Thune these cards are the back bone of this deck and need to be dealt with quickly if an opponent has any hope of survival.

Supporting my line up is Sanguine Bond which utilises the lifegain in this deck to harass the opponent and win you games quickly.

Last but certainly not least... Strionic Resonator... this card is insane, it duplicates any activated effect i want... it means each turn i am using my spare mana for my benefit, removing two cards rather than one with High Priest of Penance, doubling the damage of Sanguine Bond, doubling Archangel of Thune's effect... all of which are augmented by Rhox Faithmender who i will be sad to see rotate out.

Also make sure to check out DjinnjerVitis's A Vampire Always Pays His Debts.... It's the direction i want this deck to go in and it's been fun bouncing ideas between us as we've built these decks! So many thanks to him for all the input.

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Tinkering — Aug. 25, 2013

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I've done a little bit of tinkering with this deck to make it a little bit more of an all rounder in the first game at least. I've side decked Strionic Resonator for the moment as against a very fast deck I won't always have the mana to sit there and play with it. In its place i've added Path of Bravery which can be used aggressively with Sanguine Bond, powers up my field and acts as another life gain trigger which is everything this deck wants it to do. Also having played a white weeny deck recently i've seen the power of Brave the Elements if it is top decked in a stalled game and it can protect my field from a mass field wipe or spot removal if i really want to keep something alive. That's replaced Riot Control which seems a bit mana heavy for what i want at the moment.

Going to play test this some more tomorrow and see how it does. Hopefully it should match up well as an early control leading into a late game aggro.

waves of death — Aug. 3, 2013

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flattening out the curve — July 26, 2013

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Exiling all my creatures — July 22, 2013

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M14 updates — July 18, 2013

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Top Ranked	Achieved #25 position overall 11 years ago
Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 2 Mythic Rares 25 - 8 Rares 7 - 5 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.05
Folders	Deck Ideas, ideas, Extort, Other Players, Orzhov, Interesting, Orz, fuck, Trial Decks, Decks
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