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Aug 14, 2010 -- 11:04AM, BeatusNox wrote:

Aug 14, 2010 -- 10:52AM, nessy84 wrote:

Here's a mono black vampire deck I'm currently working, havent played Magic in quite some time so it could be alot better im sure.

Creatures (20)
    1 Butcher of Malakir
    1 Captivating Vampire
    4 Child of Night
    1 Gatekeeper of Malakir
    4 Guul Draz Vampire
    1 Malakir Bloodwitch
    2 Vampire Aristocrat
    4 Vampire Lacerator
    2 Vampire Nighthawk

Artifacts (2)
    2 Blade of the Bloodchief

Enchants (2)
    1 Sanguine Bond
    1 Demon's Horn
    
Sorcerys (6)
    1 Blood Tribute
    3 Diabolic Tutor
    2 Feast of Blood

Instant (6)
    2 Doom Blade
    2 Urge to Feed
    2 Vampire's Bite

Lands (24)
    4 Piranha Marsh
    20 Swamp

-4 Child of Night
-2 Vampire Aristocrat
+2 Vampire Nighthawk
+3 Gatekeeper of Malakir
-1 Butcher of Malakir
+2 Malakir Bloodwitch

-2 Blade of the Bloodchief
+3 Basilisks Collar

-1 Demon's Horn
+2 Sanguine Bond

-1 Blood Tribute
-3 Diabolic Tutor
+3 Sign in Blood
+3 Duress

+1 Doom Blade
-2 Vampire's Bite

-2 Piranha Marsh .

Try something like that. It should be a little more consistent and give you a little more utility.

Not having many of the cards mentioned in your suggestion, this is what I managed. Do you think its a better build then my previous build?

I added in 3x Sign in Blood and removed 3x Diabolic Tutor, I also increased Doom blade by 1.

mtg.flip-edesign.com/?p=16

Aug 14, 2010 -- 5:33PM, nessy84 wrote:

Aug 14, 2010 -- 11:04AM, BeatusNox wrote:

-4 Child of Night
-2 Vampire Aristocrat
+2 Vampire Nighthawk
+3 Gatekeeper of Malakir
-1 Butcher of Malakir
+2 Malakir Bloodwitch

-2 Blade of the Bloodchief
+3 Basilisks Collar

-1 Demon's Horn
+2 Sanguine Bond

-1 Blood Tribute
-3 Diabolic Tutor
+3 Sign in Blood
+3 Duress

+1 Doom Blade
-2 Vampire's Bite

-2 Piranha Marsh .

Try something like that. It should be a little more consistent and give you a little more utility.

Not having many of the cards mentioned in your suggestion, this is what I managed. Do you think its a better build then my previous build?

I added in 3x Sign in Blood and removed 3x Diabolic Tutor, I also increased Doom blade by 1.

mtg.flip-edesign.com/?p=16

Better? Yes. Good? Not quite. The changes I made are basically how you want it to sit right now. There can be some variation, but staples like Gatekeeper of Malakir and Vampire Nighthawk   you really want to have at a minimum of 3. And you want to sideboard Vampire Hexmage in atleast 3. Barony Vampire Should be out, it really is not that good of a card.
I understand not having the card, but I would then play with friends and proxy an ideal list, and it will show you just how much stronger it can be.

bump to keep this noticeable.

Guul Draz Vampire x1
Pulse Tracker x2
Child of Night x3
Gatekeeper of Malakir x1
Vampire Hexmage x3
Vampire Nighthawk x4
Bloodhusk Ritualist x2
Vein Drinker x1

Feast of Blood x3
Sadistic Sacrament x4
Diabolic Tutor x4
Sanguine Bond x1

Elixir of Immortality x4
Basilisk Collar x2
Eternity Vessel x1

Swamp x24

Played this at Game Day on Saturday. Lifegain + Graveyard Recycling = Unlimited Sadistic Sacrament s. I got trounced, but I still have faith in the concept.

I'm not really sure why you mentioned Vengevine considering that Sadistic Sacrament exiles cards. That and Vengevine cares abouts its own graveyard, not the opponent's. You're thinking of Leyline of the Void .

That said, for a deck based around Sadistic Sacrament and Vampires, I'm rather surprised to not see Nirkana Revenant , especially since it's not rotating out or anything and you have all those swamps. I mean, a kicked Sadistic Sacrament should basically win you the game.

Speaking of creature choice, why are you using one-ofs Guul Draz Vampire, Gatekeeper of Malakir and Vein Drinker? Why not just three-of Gatekeeper? Vein Drinker seems pretty useless considering you don't even have access to red mana. Vein Drinker is markedly inferior to Malakir Bloodwitch anyway.

It's nice to see a deck at least attempt to use Elixir of Immortality, though.

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Anyway, since this is now "THE" Vampire deck thread, I'm curious as to what the opinions on Captivating Vampire are and opinions on the fact that any Vampire deck is basically forced to be mono-black.