Three Colors of Bloodlust (FNM 4-0) (Standard MTG Deck)

Three Colors of Bloodlust (FNM 4-0)

Standard FNM Midrange RBW (Mardu) Tribal Vampires

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Creature (23)

Planeswalker (2)

2x Sorin, Lord of Innistrad

Land (23)

Instant (4)

4x Searing Spear

Sorcery (8)

Sideboard

Creature (3)

Enchantment (3)

Artifact (2)

2x Glaring Spotlight

Instant (2)

2x Victim of Night

Sorcery (5)

Maybeboard

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About This Deck

In Zendikar, there were mono-black vampires, vicious with tons of creature kill. Then, Innistrad brought about a more sophisticated bloodline of vampires with a touch of red, plus all the bloodlust associated with the color.

Now that we have returned to Ravnica, we have the brief opportunity to savor three colors of vampires, White, Black and Red. Tithe Drinker and Blood Baron of Vizkopa give vampires more lifegain than ever before.

P.S. Sorry Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker, you aren't invited. We drink blood here, not petty thoughts. What do thoughts even taste like? What if you drink a really dirty one? I don't even want to think about that...

Early-Game Vampires

Start your board presence with a few of these cheap Vampires, which work the better the earlier you play them.

Stromkirk Noble - Get him through, and the +1/+1 counters will snowball.
Tithe Drinker - A great lifegain engine against aggro. She gains you life by turning sideways, or helping you spend that extra mana you have sitting around.

Vampire Lords

Get more value out of your vampires with these powerful lords.

Stromkirk Captain - First strike lets you block incredibly well.
Bloodline Keeper - Amass an army and overwhelm.

Powerful Vampires

Gain control of the game by dropping one of these.

Vampire Nighthawk - Flying deathtouch lifelink. Then Stromkirk Captain comes in and gives him first strike too.
Olivia Voldaren - This girl can take control of the game herself, given the mana. Turn them or burn them.
Blood Baron of Vizkopa - Massive, hard to remove and creates 8-point life swings when he turns sideways.

Sorin, the Vampire Planeswalker

Sorin, Lord of Innistrad does a lot for this deck, bringing relevant tokens to the board and acting as, well, a lord for the other vampires.

Sorin's +1 gives you extra vampires, excellent with a Bloodline Keeper that wants to ascend into his true form.
Sorin's -2 gives you permanent bonuses to your vampires, great if your Stromkirk Captains are being killed off.
Sorin's -6 is great... if you ever get the chance to use it. You actually have a decent chance in a deck like this with powerful control elements, so don't rule it out.

Removal

Plenty of options to destroy all that would oppose you below. I really do not like aggro decks, so I stacked this deck with plenty of 1-for-1 cards to deal with them.

Pillar of Flame - An excellent card versus decks that love to play so many 2/2 creatures, like Gruul Aggro. Plus, it deals with things like Voice of Resurgence nicely.
Searing Spear - The best answer to a Hellrider. Kill it before they get the chance to turn their guys sideways for bonus damage.
Mizzium Mortars - One-sided board wipes are devastating.
Dreadbore - Versatile, though sorcery speed hurts.

Sideboard

Against a control deck? There are plenty of tools for that.

Sin Collector - Thou shalt not Supreme Verdict.
Rakdos's Return - Let them behold the coming of Rakdos and suffer, as they are stripped of both cards and life.
Slaughter Games - Deny them the cards that would win them the game.
Sire Of Insanity - This demon makes it really hard to counter your spells.

Against the Aristocrats? We can handle that too.

Rest in Peace - Oops I accidentally all of your win conditions. Not even kidding. Blood Artist, Skirsdag High Priest, Doomed Traveler and Young Wolf all become useless vanilla creatures.
Curse of Death's Hold - Almost everything they have dies.

Against something different? Try a couple of these cards.

Glaring Spotlight - Bant Hexproof is now called Bant. Just Bant.
Rest in Peace - See an Unburial Rites in their graveyard? Their Snapcaster Mage giving them too much value? Any graveyard shenanigans are swiftly ended by this card, as there are no graveyards anymore.
Victim of Night - Murder for only two mana used against the right decks. Bring it in if you've got the need for (instant) speed.

Cards I Am Considering

These cards seem like good choices for the deck, but I am just not sure.

Curse of Stalked Prey - What a horrible night to have a curse...
Vault of the Archangel - If I had a better land base, I would definitely run one of these. You thought Vampire Nighthawk was tough to deal with? Try an entire field of them.
Necropolis Regent - She is a much more powerful Curse of Stalked Prey on a 6/5 flying body. Considering her as a one-of.

Conclusion

Kill things, play vampires, slay your opponent. I will be bringing this deck to my local FNM to test it out, and will have some results this Friday. If you have any ideas of your own for the deck, I'd be glad to hear them.

If you have the money for a perfect land base, cut the 4x Guildgates, 3x Mountain, 1x Plains, and 1x Swamp. Add 1x Blood Crypt, 1x Sacred Foundry, 4x Isolated Chapel, 1x Vault of the Archangel and 2x Cavern of Souls. The deck is now $100 more expensive, but way more color-consistent.

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FNM 4-0 - 09/20/13 — Sept. 21, 2013

Edit

On the last day that this deck is in standard, I decided to take it for a last run at my local FNM. Ended up going 4-0 and walking away with a decent amount of cash, my first time winning all my matches at an FNM. A very good send off for this deck, as it is just about to rotate.

Deck was exactly as seen in the decklist above, no missing cards.

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Match 1 - 2-0 Versus Selesnya Aggro

A lot of big creatures like Loxodon Smiter or smaller, faster creatures like Strangleroot Geist. It couldn't keep up with the amount of removal spells I had.

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Match 2 - 2-0 Versus Orzhov Sublime Exalted

A powerful combo deck based around Sublime Archangel and token producers such as Lingering Souls. Unfortunately for him, Olivia Voldaren preys upon pitiful 1/1 creatures, making his life miserable. The one time he had a Sublime Archangel ready to swing, it was quickly hit with a Searing Spear.

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Match 3 - 2-1 Versus Junk Archangel Thragtusk Lifegain

Game 1 - Dragged on for 35 minutes as I could not pull a fifth land for my active Olivia Voldaren. Several Archangel of Thune and Desecration Demon later, it was far too late, and I was at a massive time disadvantage.

Game 2 - Really picked up the pace here, destroyed him with a Stromkirk Noble protected by a ton of removal spells.

Game 3 - Bloodline Keeper ^Flip took over the game when Olivia Voldaren was exiled. Had to mount a massive battle against his equally massive forces. In the end, I swung with a Blood Baron of Vizkopa for the win, as a 10/10 flying lifelink.

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Match 4 - 2-1 Versus Selesnya Enchantments

Game 1 - Completely punted by casting spells during his turn when he had a Voice of Resurgence.

Game 2 - Stromkirk Captain, Bloodline Keeper ^Flip and Sorin, Lord of Innistrad teamed up to make an absurdly powerful army of vampires. Connected for 40+ damage on the final swing.

Game 3 - Had an absolutely divine hand. Turn 2 Pillar of Flame his Voice of Resurgence, turn 3 Vampire Nighthawk, turn 4 Mizzium Mortars his Loxodon Smiter. This pattern continued, as I one-for-oned him so many times that he conceded out of sheer frustration, as I had a kill spell for literally every creature he played.

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Overall, this feels like about as viable as vampires could have possibly been in this current standard environment. The sheer power of cards like Olivia Voldaren and Bloodline Keeper ^Flip just destroyed anyone without immediate answers. Blood Baron of Vizkopa is so much more threatening when given power and toughness boosts plus first strike.

Best Card: Olivia Voldaren

FNM 3-1 - July 22nd, 2013 — July 13, 2013

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Top Ranked	Achieved #94 position overall 11 years ago
Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 4 Mythic Rares 24 - 6 Rares 8 - 2 Uncommons 13 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.65
Tokens	Emblem Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, Vampire 1/1 B w/ Lifelink, Vampire 2/2 B
Folders	Midrange Decks, Vampires, Fun Decks
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