MTG Vampires
This is the main deck I've been building off-and-on since 1993:
| # Card | Type | Edition | Group |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sorin, Grim Nemesis (Foil) | Planeswalker | Shadows Over Innistrad | Direct Damage, Draw, Life |
| 4 Vampire Knight | Token Creature | Shadows Over Innistrad | Life |
| Liliana of the Dark Realms | Planeswalker | Magic 2013 Core Set | Draw |
| Liliana of the Dark Realms | Emblem | Magic 2013 Core Set | Mana Ramp |
| 2 Defiant Bloodlord (Foil) | Creature | Battle for Zendikar | Direct Damage, Life |
| 2 Malakir Bloodwitch (Foil) | Creature | Zendikar | Direct Damage, Life |
| 2 Cliffhaven Vampire (Foil) | Creature | Oath of the Gatewatch | Direct Damage |
| 2 Drana's Emissary (Foil) | Creature | Battle for Zendikar | Direct Damage, Life |
| 4 Vampire Nighthawk | Creature | Magic 2013 Core Set | Life |
| 2 Blood Baron of Vizkopa | Creature | Dragon's Maze | Life |
| 4 Vampire Nocturnus | Creature | Magic 2013 Core Set | Support |
| 4 Indulgent Aristocrat (Foil) | Creature | Shadows Over Innistrad | Life |
| 2 Wretched Confluence | Instant | Commander 2015 | Direct Damage, Draw |
| Dark Ritual | Interrupt | Revised | Mana Ramp |
| Dark Ritual | Instant | Mirage | Mana Ramp |
| Dark Ritual | Instant | Tempest | Mana Ramp |
| Dark Ritual | Instant | Urza's Saga | Mana Ramp |
| 4 Demonic Tutor | Sorcery | Revised | Draw |
| Sanguine Bond | Enchantment | Commander 2013 | Direct Damage |
| Sanguine Bond | Enchantment | 2014 Core Set | Direct Damage |
| 2 Exquisite Blood (Foil) | Enchantment | Avacyn Restored | Life |
| Whip of Erebos (Foil) | Legendary Enchantment Artifact | Theros | Life, Support |
| 2 Chromatic Lantern | Artifact | Return to Ravnica | Multi-Color |
| 2 Cavern of Souls | Land | Modern Masters 2017 | Multi-Color |
| 2 Cavern of Souls | Land | Avacyn Restored | Multi-Color |
| 4 Lake of the Dead | Land | Alliances | Mana Ramp |
| 5 Swamp (Full-Art Foil) | Land | Battle for Zendikar | |
| 3 Swamp (Full-Art Foil) | Land | Zendikar | |
| Swamp (Full-Art Foil) | Land | Hour of Devastation | |
| Swamp (Full-Art Foil) | Land | Amonkhet | |
| 2 Swamp (Foil) | Land | Avacyn Restored, Dragons of Tarkir |
Super cool @ancapbarbie!
Hi there! I love your deck! I was wondering if you were building for a particular format? I am guessing either legacy or kitchen table? If you'd like, EDH could be a fun format to consider due to the singleton nature of the format making it easier for you to complete your deck. Demonic tutor is a hard to find staple for the format so you'd already be on the right track!
The main deck I listed is complete to my spec. It's just for casual play, as no more than 1 Demonic Tutor are playable in any sanctioned format. I don't know what the various builds are called, I've just been playing Vampires since Alpha and building this deck since Revised. I'm just adding a few more to the sideboard and collectible (Rares and Mythics). It suits my style, I play it well, and I have enough options to play it against just about any single opponent.
Sweet! That's really cool :) I wish I was able to play Magic during that era haha. It must have been so fun :)
Ya. It was simpler. No such thing as Planewalkers. Or Commander. Everybody had at least one Black Lotus, and most of us are kicking ourselves now for it. Sengir Vampire was a beast card. LOL
yeah, i've heard tales from friends who played in that era. I started in Theros but I have been learning as much as I can about the game. I mainly play Commander as there isn't much of a casual scene where I'm from..
This one has a tiny chance of infinite damage on turn 2, but that chance increases exponentially each turn thereafter. :D
I see :) In my Commander deck, I have one way of going infinite with the earliest on turn 1 :P
Awesome!
It's been ages since I played mtg, please school me, what makes this deck good?
Ahhhhhh I need to pick up MTG one of these days. @tadstrange? :)
Haha sure! Just give me a time and date and I will help you out! My main expertise is EDH which is a good format for budget but a tougher format for newbies as I have explained in my EDH primer article. Perhaps I will do a writeup about how to play Magic if there are people who want to learn :)
I don't mind being taught in person because I don't have a deck yet. :P