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The following is my son's recent Vampire EDH deck.  He uses [c]Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter[/c] and it is a Vampire deck, but it shows how a tribal deck can be tribal themed, but not tribal saturated.  There are plenty of Vampires, but the ones he includes (for the most part) are ones that work towards his theme of supporting Vish Kal as the main win con, and Life Gain as a secondary theme.  He does not (again for the most part) include vampires because they are vampires, but only if they work. 

This deck is VERY effective in 1v1, but has not been tested in multiplayer yet.  On the one hand it has a ton of removal and control to protect it, on the other hand it is an obvious threat, on the third hand you do not want to draw the ire of the deck either. 

General:
[c]Zedruu the Greathearted[/c]

Draw, Sift & Hold:
[c]Paradox Haze[/c]
[c]Sensei's Divining Top[/c]
[c]Venser's Journal[/c]
[c]Graceful Adept[/c]
[c]Tezzeret's Gambit[/c]
[c]Court Hussar[/c]
[c]Jace Beleren[/c]

Tutor & Mana Assists:
[c]Drift of Phantasms[/c]
[c]Solemn Simulacrum[/c]
[c]Everflowing Chalice[/c]
[c]Sol Ring[/c]
[c]Walking Atlas[/c]

Protection:
[c]Swiftfoot Boots[/c]
[c]Lightning Greaves[/c]
[c]Whispersilk Cloak[/c]

Destruction/Removal:
[c]Return to Dust[/c]
[c]Oblivion Ring[/c]
[c]Condemn[/c]
[c]Soul Snare[/c]
[c]Journey to Nowhere[/c]
[c]Oblivion Stone[/c]
[c]Austere Command[/c]
[c]Chandra Nalaar[/c]
[c]Spine of Ish Sah[/c]
[c]Guard Gomazoa[/c]

Control:
[c]Faith's Fetters[/c]
[c]Oblation[/c]
[c]Martyr's Bond[/c]
[c]Phyrexian Revoker[/c]
[c]Momentary Blink[/c]
[c]Hinder[/c]
[c]Spell Crumple[/c]
[c]Spin

This is a deck my son built, inspired by a deck one of his friends built.  It can be pretty dangerous, but also draws crazy hate.  He is running a few cards that I would not run, and his land base is a little lite IMO.  That said he has been able to consistantly get five colors out pretty quickly, so something must be working.

General:
[c]Scion of the Ur-Dragon[/c]

Dragons, and Dragon related Cards:
[c]Dromar, the Banisher[/c]
[c=Treva, the Renewer]Trevor, the Homosexual Dragon[/c]
[c]Bogardan Hellkite[/c]
[c]Crosis, the Purger[/c]
[c]Teneb, the Harvester[/c]
[c]Dragon Mage[/c] (I think he should drop this one, tends to help opponents too much)
[c]Kilnmouth Dragon[/c]
[c]Bladewing the Risen[/c]
[c]Hellkite Charger[/c]
[c]Rith, the Awakener[/c]
[c]Nicol Bolas[/c]
[c]Intet, the Dreamer[/c]