Rakdos Vampires

Commander / EDH BR (Rakdos) Vampires

LukeTheMagicDuke

Creature (25)

• 1x Anowon, the Ruin Sage
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip
• 1x Bloodline Necromancer
• 1x Bloodtracker
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Cemetery Gatekeeper
• 1x Cordial Vampire
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Florian, Voldaren Scion
• 1x Henrika Domnathi  ^Flip
• 1x Immersturm Predator
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Olivia, Crimson Bride
• 1x Patron of the Vein
• 1x Scion of Opulence
• 1x The Haunt of Hightower
• 1x Thief of Blood
• 1x Vampire Hexmage
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Vampire Nocturnus
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Instant (8)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Curtains' Call
• 1x Kolaghan's Command
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Land (35)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shadowblood Ridge
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 12x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Artifact (11)

• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Commander (1)

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Blood Tribute
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Vandalblast

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Sanguine Bond

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
• 1x Sorin Markov

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A fun vampire tribal based EDH deck that isn't Edgar Markov, so that people will actually want to play with you.

How To Play This Deck:

Simply put, cast lots of vampire creatures and start creating value. Cards like Coat of Arms and Vanquisher's Banner reward you for playing vampire spells. You can also start stealing your opponent's bombs late game with Olivia Voldaren (This gets very political at times). Cards like Stromkirk Captain and Vampire Nocturnus also make every vampire better.

Using tutors such as Diabolic Tutor and Increasing Ambition, I suggest you look for Necropotence each and every time if it is not already in play or in your hand. This card is broken in EDH. You won't have to worry about paying lots of life because of lifelink creatures such as Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet, and spells such as Exsanguinate.

This deck is a lot of fun to play. The deck's main flaw is that it struggles to get rid of enchantments as Rakdos usually does. Nevinyrral's Disk or Chaos Warp are a few ways to deal with enchantments, but you will mostly be relying on other players to deal with them on your behalf. This is not meant to be a competitive deck, just a fun tribal build. Let me know if you have any suggestions in the comments below!

Key Combos:

Use Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond as a way to kill each opponent in one turn, provided you can deal damage.

Use Hatred after an opponent chooses not to declare blocks and go for the kill. Hatred + Exquisite Blood can kill any single opponent for free, provided you pay enough life.

Use Exquisite Blood + Sorin Markov's ability to take someone from any life total to 10. This counts as a loss of life and you can expect to gain a lot of life this way.

Use Sanguine Bond + Blood Tribute with kicker to inflict some serious damage.

Use Vampire Hexmage or Thief of Blood to get rid of planeswalkers. Haunted Crossroads, Oversold Cemetery, Kolaghan's Command and Profane Command all let you return these cards to your hand so that you can do this over and over again.

Attach Blade of the Bloodchief to Yahenni, Undying Partisan and wait for a board wipe, or cast one yourself. While the spell is on the stack, sacrifice another creature to make Yahenni, Undying Partisan indestructible until end of turn and then swing for lots of damage. Also, flash in Bloodcrazed Paladin after a board wipe for added value.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	3 months
Key combos	Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.15
Tokens	Treasure, Vampire 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B