Vamps with a twist

by Azmodios on 02 April 2013

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Sorceries (8)

Instants (7)

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Deck Description

Had a black/red vamp deck that i liked and wanted to add white due to some new cards i just pulled. I only used cards I had on hand for this so I can make minor adjustments +/- numbers but not too much.

How to Play

You've seen red/black vamp decks but tossing in white was something i wanted to do to incorporate Sorin. I want to use Sorin for his +1 add a vamp to beef up the bloodline keeper and Sorin's -2 to get the emblem which is permanant. The key seems to be having a CPT out which gives First Strike to all vamps. This especially works well with Nighthawk due to deathtouch. I use magmaquake in lieu of Mizzium due to having more control of how much mana vs DMG i want and even if it hits my non-flyers like Blood Artist their effect still works. Having Nocturnus out and his effect in play makes everything fly which, when it works, is nice. Using Boros charm for indestructable and blind obedience for slowing the opponent's roll. I think this may work well against reanimator and experiment jund decks as most of those creatures are not flying (minus restoration angel) and after magmaquake i can follow up with a tragic slip or something. I sideboard rakdos charm for graveyard issues or artifact crazy folks and i have used slaughter games instead of duress if I am playing someone i know and hate their deck :) Hopefully testing this out this weekend and see if this will work or not.

Deck Tags

  • Standard
  • Vampire

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Vamps with a twist

I like it! Except for the magmaquakes. Seems like it would hurt you more than it helps you. Try and find some mizzium mortars instead. All in all though I think it would be relatively good.

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Posted 02 April 2013 at 18:28

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Thanks for the comment. i ran magmaquake alot prior to adding Sorin. I sideboard Mizzium because I like that I dont have to pay 6 mana for overload. With magmaquake you pay 2 and X so i can hit for anywhere from 1-?? damage to each creature depending on my mana pool and what effect i am trying to have on the opponents creatures. I have used had success wiping the board while triggering blood artist for the win. Depending on counters from cards in play, i have been able to survive hitting my creatures and still wiping my opponent plus gaining life.

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Posted 02 April 2013 at 18:46

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Ok, I can see that. Spit out the tokens using Bloodline Keeper to get board control and then wipe it with Blood Artist? I could see how that would work. I didn't see the sideboarded Mortars. And if you get beat one way you can try the other on the second game. Nice man!

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Posted 02 April 2013 at 18:50

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Should be testing this out tomorrow night. Might adjust my lands a bit.

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Posted 03 April 2013 at 21:15

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no other comments or advice?

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Posted 05 April 2013 at 11:42

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Killing Wave maybe?

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Posted 07 April 2013 at 20:56

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How about some Cavern of souls

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Posted 08 April 2013 at 15:49

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run killing wave instead of magma quake so you can at least keep certain guys or take out indestructibles like if they play Avacyn somehow

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Posted 08 April 2013 at 16:01

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Cavern is of course awesome but not many people run counter style decks anymore (it's lost most of its power). I would throw in two at least if you can but they are expensive. I run three in my zombies but I have yet played a deck that was just trying to counter my stuff.

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Posted 09 April 2013 at 05:17

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Will give killing wave a shot. Played it this last weekend and need to throw in some clifftop retreats to add some more white. Boros Charm worked well and blind obedience probably would have worked better but i wasn't drawing any white mana.

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Posted 09 April 2013 at 17:52

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Made a couple changes to throw in some Dragon Maze stuff. Will see how that pans out.

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Posted 06 May 2013 at 01:51

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