Malakir Cullblade

Creature — Vampire Warrior

Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Malakir Cullblade.

Discussion (48)

ZendikariWol on The Vengeful Golem

2 months ago

My suggestions for cuts are plentiful. However, Kresh the Bloodbraided comes to mind immediately. Reyhan, Last of the Abzan would be good, Ob Nixilis, the Fallen is great, Rockslide Elemental is similar to Kresh, Taurean Mauler is another Managorger, and Yahenni, Undying Partisan and Malakir Cullblade, with even more similarities to Kresh, may fit well with your flavor. Curse of Stalked Prey could help, alongside Curse of Predation, some mana rocks would do you good, Apocalypse Hydra, and many other hydras would be decent finishers, Kalonian Hydra takes the cake though. Armorcraft Judge is nice, along with Inspiring Call, Pelt Collector and Experiment One, Champion of Lambholt, maybe Heroes' Bane, Ravenous Slime, Rubblebelt Raiders, Deus of Calamity, Scute Mob, Sporeback Troll, Tuskguard Captain, Vinelasher Kudzu, Soul's Majesty, Falkenrath Exterminator, and Stromkirk Noble?

So that's a few suggestions. Want me to propose cuts as well?

YaminoNakani on Kaalia

7 months ago

I would replace Blood Seeker with Suture Priest as it does the exact same thing, same CMC, same ease to cast, and very cheap to purchase.

Desecration Demon isn't really doing much here. His whole theme is to have a cheap 6/6 flyer that an opponent can stall out to prevent it from attacking them. But the cheap is irrelevant because we're playing kaalia. So let's expand on its secondary purpose, making an opponent punish him/herself to stop you from doing something you really lack, card draw, with Indulgent Tormentor

Mad Prophet is honestly not a good card. Its 4CMC to replace itself. For better card draw that you can cheat out, consider Bloodgift Demon. It is also a very political card for EDH.

Malakir Cullblade doesn't fit the theme of this deck. Malakir relies on your opponents to let him grow into a threat when the theme of this deck is to cheat out creatures that are already threats. Deaths usually don't happen unless you're dealing with a sacrifice themed deck. Instead, consider Strionic Resonator This card is also 2 CMC and is fantastic in this deck as you already have a lot of triggered ability creatures and more importantly, it works with Kaalia allowing you to go from cheating 1 giant creature for free per turn to cheating 2 giant creatures for free for 2 mana of any color.

I would replace Wild Guess with Boros Charm. It is just too good and versatile not to have, especially in a deck like this.

NV_1980 on Vampire Friends for Love and Justice

8 months ago

Hi sharkemental,

This looks pretty good! I would like to suggest the following vampires for you. Some of my suggestions are a bit more expensive (and I know you want to keep this deck as budget as possible). The only reason I am suggesting them is that they are great value in your deck and can truly be game-changers for you (imho):

• Falkenrath Exterminator; very nice zap ability that does not require tapping; especially when you start to gain those useful +1/+1 counters.
• Malakir Cullblade; can get strong pretty quickly, especially when playing against multiple opponents.
• Kalastria Highborn; a bit expensive, but makes you less of an interesting target for spot removal or board wipes.
• Drana, Liberator of Malakir; very powerful vampire and not too expensive for what she can do.
• Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip; you want tokens? You'll get them.
• Sangromancer; in case life-gain is an intricate part of your strategy for this deck.
• Necropolis Regent; counters for everyone! Well, for you anyway.
• Olivia Voldaren; if you can't beat it, persuade it to join.
• Blood Baron of Vizkopa; pretty strong without the buff; insanely powerful with it.

Hope this helps any. And should you have the time and inclination, I would appreciate any suggestions you might have for one of my EDH decks (just pick one (or more)). Happy brewing and playing!

Regards,

NV_1980

GarmaReborn on Zurgo World Smasher

9 months ago

Warrior Creatures to Consider:

• Devoted Crop-Mate like a weird Alesha

• Butcher of Malakir

• Fleshbag Marauder /Merciless Executioner

• Hidden Dragonslayer decent removal

• Ironclad Slayer if you are playing a lot of equipments

• Malakir Cullblade gets bigger

• Champion of the Flame if you go super heavy on the equipment

• Garna, the Bloodflame save the creatures from a boardwipe? Not sure how it will do in action

• Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs pillowfort and some bodies

• Goblin Rabblemaster

• Taurean Mauler -technically a warrior

Non-Warrior Creatures:

• Oketra the True

• Odric, Lunarch Marshal and Odric, Master Tactician

• Burnished Hart ramp and can be brought back by Alesha

• Ankle Shanker

• Gisela, Blade of Goldnight -got reprinted in Master 25 so its cheaper and will get reprinted again in Commander anthology II but that one will be foil so not sure if that will affect price

• Grenzo, Havoc Raiser goad is amazing and his second ability is nice if you have mana to spend

Equipment to Consider:

• Assault Suit

• Sunforger one of the best equipments in these colors, fetch your removal

• Blackblade Reforged

• Hero's Blade

• Loxodon Warhammer

• Tenza, Godo's Maul

• Inquisitor's Flail

• Trailblazer's Boots

• Kusari-Gama mini boardwipe if they block

• Prowler's Helm

Artifacts to Consider:

• Gilded Lotus just got reprinted so its cheaper now
• Fellwar Stone our play group usually has your colors
• Oketra's Monument cast a warrior, get a warrior
• Throne of the God-Pharaoh

Enchantment:

• Mardu Ascendancy
• Dictate of the Twin Gods you have both gods in deck, so why not?
• Berserkers' Onslaught
• Gift of Immortality
• Behind the Scenes since some of your creatures have low-ish power, although might such with all the anthem effects you have
• Pain Magnification just a fun card
• Kindred Boon

Sorcery:

• Vandalblast
• Rout
• Chandra's Ignition -really great boardwipe for this deck, if zurgo has lifelink you will get that life and also anything that dies will give him counters. You could have zurgo, cast this, and then more than likely one shot a player
• Read the Bones
• Open the Armory
• Disrupt Decorum tapped out won't link this for some reason

Instants: (sticking with four or less Cmc for sunforger shenanigans)

• Teferi's Protection if you feel like shilling out the 20 bucks
• Rakdos Charm
• Wear / Tear
• Chaos Warp

Land:

• Rogue's Passage
• Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
• Unclaimed Territory
• Path of Ancestry kinda pricey now tho

Notes:

Mardu is great for control, so its best to have plenty of removal spells. I would not have Spinerock Knoll since it might be too slow. Windbrisk Heights might be better than Spinerock tho. Like what if you need to play that spell but can't get 7 damage off. Also, Graveblade Marauder seems too situational to leave an impact. When you start adding/removal stuff to the deck, make sure to keep it low cmc as you can since you don't have much in terms of ramp in these colors; be sure to keep as mana rocks as you can for the same reason.

elgosu1337 on Edgar Markov's Vampires and The Light

10 months ago

Edgar decks need to be fast. Replace the tapped lands with lands that don't come into play tapped as far as possible. Play lots of small vampires, since Edgar will make them big anyway.

You could probably cut some of the more expensive creatures. Put in cheaper Vampires like Drana, Liberator of Malakir, Bloodcrazed Paladin, Malakir Cullblade, Yahenni, Undying Partisan, Indulgent Aristocrat, Stromkirk Noble, Vicious Conquistador, Pulse Tracker, Shadow Alley Denizen, Markov Blademaster to get multiple tokens. Inspiring Cleric doesn't have enough of an impact.

Replace Sorin, Grim Nemesis with Sorin, Solemn Visitor or Sorin, Lord of Innistrad since they are cheaper and synergize better with your large number of tokens.

You could potentially replace Avacyn with Eldrazi Monument for the earlier indestructible and +1/+1.

Elbrus is too expensive and not very useful. You should also drop Angelic Destiny and Noble Purpose.

ZendikariWol on If Only I Had Thorns Like a Thistle

10 months ago

From my Marchesa deck:

Blood Tyrant is great if it can survive. Dark Impostor is really scary if you can exile a few commanders. Drana, Liberator of Malakir is pretty scary. Hellhole Flailer is decent removal. Malakir Cullblade HOLY SHIT that got big fast. Marchesa's Smuggler can come out of nowhere. Ob Nixilis, the Fallen is really, really big. Fervor doesn't seem that great, but it can destroy removal-centric control decks. Rhystic Study is SO MUCH DRAAAW. Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker is easily the best artifact/enchantment removal in Grixis. Blasphemous Act is awesome when death is impermanent. Killing Wave is in the same boat. Rakdos's Return ANNIHILATES combo players. Use Sudden Demise on the G or W player, or even on your guys. Bident of Thassa is just awesome.

And there's still an entire Meren deck to cover.

Attrition. Champion of Stray Souls is good for those who fall through the cracks or just as a bluff. 'Even if you DO finally kill my guy he'll just come back'. Corpse Traders against combo players. Disciple of Bolas is good draw and it can be a TON. Slum Reaper is good, and wildly asymmetrical. Stronghold Assassin, in your build, is recursive Attrition. Vampiric Rites is really good early game. Westvale Abbey  ^Flip is stupid difficult to remove, starting as a land and then an indestructible creature.

And finally, my favorite one of all: Vindictive Lich. I normally use it as a political piece, letting people pick the fate that seems least bad. Through that, I learn what their unique kryptonite is. I then use that once I am strong enough that I don't need any alliances.

MonsterHatchGames on destroy

11 months ago

Your Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet actually has a replacement trigger which shuts off all your other benefitting cards. For example, because the opponent's creatures no longer "die", the Eternal Thirst, Yahenni, Undying Partisan, Malakir Cullblade, Elenda, the Dusk Rose, and Blood Artist are weakened.

S1ayerMonkey on Eldrazi in edh

1 year ago

I'm going to say stick to Rakdos, Lord of Riots. The other commanders are good, but why not run Rakdos and play It That Betrays on turn 5? Throw in a couple cards like Butcher of Malakir and Malakir Cullblade to compliment the "Annihilator" ability and you're set to go.

My second sugestion would be Jhoira of the Ghitu if going by your list, or Mayael the Anima if you're open to others.