Reign in Blood

Commander / EDH Lifegain RBW (Mardu) Vampires

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Land (31)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Haunted Ridge
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Plains
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Savai Triome
• 1x Shattered Sanctum
• 1x Slayers' Stronghold
• 1x Stensia Bloodhall
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Sundown Pass
• 1x Swamp
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Voldaren Estate

Instant (8)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Fateful Absence
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Hagra Mauling  ^Flip
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Stinging Study
• 1x Vampires' Vengeance
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Creature (28)

• 1x Anowon, the Ruin Sage
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip
• 1x Bloodsworn Steward
• 1x Captivating Vampire
• 1x Cordial Vampire
• 1x Defiant Bloodlord
• 1x Drana and Linvala
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Drana, the Last Bloodchief
• 1x Edgar, Charmed Groom  ^Flip
• 1x Edgar Markov
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Florian, Voldaren Scion
• 1x Henrika Domnathi  ^Flip
• 1x Indulging Patrician
• 1x Kalitas, Bloodchief of Ghet
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Olivia, Crimson Bride
• 1x Olivia, Mobilized for War
• 1x Olivia Voldaren
• 1x Patron of the Vein
• 1x Strefan, Maurer Progenitor
• 1x Stromkirk Captain
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Vampire Nocturnus
• 1x Verrak, Warped Sengir
• 1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

Planeswalker (6)

• 1x Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
• 1x Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
• 1x Sorin Markov
• 1x Sorin the Mirthless
• 1x Sorin, Vampire Lord
• 1x Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord

Commander (1)

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Bloodsoaked Insight  ^Flip
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Feast of Blood
• 1x Imposing Grandeur
• 1x New Blood
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Olivia's Wrath
• 1x Sorin's Vengeance
• 1x Vindicate

Artifact (10)

• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Icon of Ancestry
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Ring of Xathrid
• 1x Shadowspear

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x The Meathook Massacre
• 1x Wedding Announcement  ^Flip

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Sideboard

Creature (3)

• 1x Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip
• 1x Edgar, Charmed Groom  ^Flip
• 1x Henrika Domnathi  ^Flip

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Maybeboard

Creature (15)

• 1x Charismatic Conqueror
• 1x Crimson Honor Guard
• 1x Falkenrath Forebear
• 1x Innocent Traveler  ^Flip
• 1x Knight of the Ebon Legion
• 1x Marshland Bloodcaster
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Nullpriest of Oblivion
• 1x Savior of Ollenbock
• 1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Veinwitch Coven
• 1x Voldaren Bloodcaster  ^Flip
• 1x Vona, Butcher of Magan
• 1x Welcoming Vampire

Battle (1)

• 1x Invasion of Ulgrotha  ^Flip

Land (5)

• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Isolated Chapel

Instant (5)

• 1x Astarion's Thirst
• 1x Fell the Profane  ^Flip
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Olivia's Midnight Ambush
• 1x Urge to Feed

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis
• 1x Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
• 1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor
• 1x Sorin the Mirthless

Artifact (5)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Glass-Cast Heart
• 1x Investigator's Journal
• 1x Wedding Ring

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Feast of Blood
• 1x Kaya's Wrath
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Sinister Waltz

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Arguel's Blood Fast  ^Flip
• 1x Arterial Alchemy
• 1x Legion's Landing  ^Flip
• 1x Sanguine Bond

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Let's be honest - vampires are probably not Slayer fans, are they? They do, however, make for a great Commander deck. As a tribe they've got everything going for them: good lords; neat promo cards; powerful themed finishers like Blood Tribute and an ace planeswalker in the many faces of Sorin. Plus amazing artwork from some of Magic's most iconic sets!

With the release of the 2017 Commander decks I finally had a choice of Mardu legends to lead my tribe and while Edgar Markov was undoubtedly the best, I already had a casual Orzhov deck full of predominantly female vampires and life matters cards so went with Licia, Sanguine Tribune instead. She's really underrated in my opinion, especially in a deck specialising in gaining life, where she often ends up costing just three to cast even with commander tax and soon grows into a huge beater that keeps on coming back. The best thing about this deck is just how easy it is to play: all the creatures are so synergistic that they support each other in pretty much any combination, and it's fairly common to end up with a mix of effects on the field that incidentally drain your opponents out of the game with almost no effort. As such I've skewed more towards choosing creatures that do things when I gain life or make them better in combat rather than an aristocrats style deck with Butcher of Malakir/Blood Artist and token flood. Next came thematic removal spells like Go for the Throat and some antique artifact bling. Lands are about what you'd expect, and although I know they're not that good I have also included the Innistrad cycle of utility lands because the Secret Lair ones matched the deck aesthetic and are very occasionally relevant! I was on the fence about the Dracula cards but it seemed like a waste not to run them after I'd bought the Lair, and eventually all the cards I cut from this deck coalesced into Rakdos Madness (Madness They Said) and Orzhov Conquistadors (The Queen's Council). Oh and Daddy's Hotties And Ridiculously Exciting Men, but we don't talk about that in polite company...

Date added	7 years
Last updated	2 weeks
Splash colors	WR
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	25 - 2 Mythic Rares 54 - 1 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 2 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.58
Tokens	Blood, City's Blessing, Clue, Emblem Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, Human 1/1 W, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 B, Vampire 1/1 B w/ Lifelink, Vampire 1/1 W, Vampire 1/1 WB, Vampire 2/2 B, Vampire 2/3 B, Vampire */* B, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Cool Decks, Awesome Ideas, Vampires