Deck Concept: KWR+Vamps
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Posted on March 25, 2012, 3:24 p.m. by Minousmancer
Has anyone one seen a Vampire deck using Kessig Wolf Run? I think there might be potential, especially since your opponent wouldn't see it coming. My issue and what I'm really trying to see is if it would be better to run tri-color or simply R/G which would be stronger in the current format?
Minousmancer says... #3
I was thinking of using about 8 small Vamps as early blockers, then have some expensive Vampires that I'd Ramp out such as Falkenrath Marauders or Markov Warlord and try to have some Curse of Stalked Prey out, I could even use Nearheath Stalker with Blasphemous Act maybe even using Hex Parasite to keep the +1/+1's off so I'm able to keep reusing them
March 25, 2012 5:08 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #4
Those vamps aren't really effective enough to justify their mana costs. For 6 mana, a Primeval Titan is a far stronger card than a Markov Warlord.
Also, if you plan on having that many small vamps, you won't really be able to do any ramping. All your card slots will be used up on creatures and support for them. That's why Wolf Run only uses mana-producers and bombs. If it can't help you get to 6+ mana early on, then it's kind of useless in a deck that wants to run bigger creatures without control but still be competitive.
It sounds like you're more interested in building a vampire tribal deck to me.
March 25, 2012 5:18 p.m.
Minousmancer says... #5
Looking through the Dark Ascension cards I think I might do devil/werewolves with a focus on and Charmbreaker Devils cast a couple Gut Shot and Mutagenic Growth and run.
March 25, 2012 5:34 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #6
That would probably work better. Use Kessig Wolf Run as a support card rather than a core element of your strategy since doing it the latter way would require you to devote too many resources to it.
March 25, 2012 5:37 p.m.
Minousmancer says... #7
I'd never run a land as the base of a deck, well not since Strip Mine was legal.
Epochalyptik says... #2
I haven't seen one because the two builds kind of contradict one another too much to be used in equal parts in a single deck. Kessig likes to spend all its early mana on ramp spells so it can drop larger creatures faster and then buff them. Vamps like to spend that mana on building a large field presence with lots of smaller creatures.
How were you planning on approaching it?
March 25, 2012 4:49 p.m.