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| Format | Legality |
| 1v1 Commander | Legal |
| Archenemy | Legal |
| Canadian Highlander | Legal |
| Casual | Legal |
| Commander / EDH | Legal |
| Commander: Rule 0 | Legal |
| Custom | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Highlander | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Leviathan | Legal |
| Limited | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Planechase | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Quest Magic | Legal |
| Vanguard | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
Vampiric Embrace
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying.
Whenever a creature dealt damage by enchanted creature this turn is put into a graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.
TevishSzat on
Unchained Malady [Budget Polukranos]
4 years ago
The thing about Polk and toughness boosters is that he only prevents damage if he has a counter to remove, unlike Phantom Nishoba and friends in the old days. As long as he has at least 1 counter, all damage is prevented, but 0 counters is vulnerable. To get Polkranos stable you need to give him +toughness (so he doesn't die to 0 toughness SBE) and some mechanism to refund counters (so he doesn't take real damage). Vampiric Embrace is the only card that does it in one card to allow for tactical sniping. Outside that toughness boosts from auras or equipment are a dime a dozen, but triggered counters are a little more scarce. Eternal Thirst, Sadistic Glee, and Blade of the Bloodchief are probably the best sources.
Of course part of the beauty of this guy is that if he dies you can just let him hit the 'yard and Escape for a bigger commander. In fact, in some cases it might better to play for that, using something like Rogue's Passage to get in the 2-hit with Commander damage rather than trying to win on board presence.
TevishSzat on
Unchained Malady [Budget Polukranos]
4 years ago
You NEED Vampiric Embrace, if you slap it on Polukranos and always make sure to kill what he fights he is immortal in the process.
Permafrost on
By the Gods...is that... A MINOTAUR!!!!
6 years ago
For your flying woes, maybe Shiv's Embrace and Vampiric Embrace would be decent options. A one sided wrath effect for flyers would be Tumble, and some planeswalker options that put big fliers in play would be Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath and Sarkhan the Mad although those aren't very tribal. If those don't work for you, I would just d more spot removal.
Permafrost on
The Only Tribe That Matters
7 years ago
Pure flavor cards Vampiric Embrace and Exsanguinate. A win con that you can slam for fun True Conviction.
Lazysid on
Blood boil
7 years ago
First: try to make it Modern Legal, considering the meta we are playing in. (remove Vampiric Embrace)Then, take out Vampiric Sliver as it is not doing anything in a Vampire deck. Try to replace it with Kalastria Healer which would work ok with Vampire Envoy. However, if you want a Vampire Ally deck, you should add more Ally creatures. Mephidross Vampire, I like it but in my opinion is too costly for 6 mana. Vampiric Fury is the only red card here. Consider Feast of Blood and Kalastria Highborn.
Your land base, I would suggest 22-24 cards, and in order to keep it simple, keep it mono black. Later on, should wish to have something fancier, add red.
Hope this helps!