I'm rather a fan of tribal themes, and rejoined the Magic community around the dawn (dusk?) of OG Innistrad. So, the Queen of the Damned seemed like an excellent choice as a first commander.

Basically, the goal of the deck is to cause problems, because black & red aren't very good at solving them. Game plan is as follows:

1) Play vampires. Bloodline Keeper  , Bloodlord of Vaasgoth, Captivating Vampire, Stromkirk Captain, Vampire Nocturnus, Cavern of Souls, and Anowon, the Ruin Sage all play parts in this game plan.

2) Dominate with Olivia Voldaren. Basilisk Collar turns her into a machine gun, which is a lot of fun if I just want to kill everything. Ramping into plenty of mana helps take problem creatures.

3) Occasionally combo off with Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond .

Support these plans with solid cards like Necropotence, Cabal Coffers + Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth , Phyrexian Arena, Yawgmoth's Will, and others, and you've got a fun time on your hands.

Biggest problems with this deck include the limitation on answers, as most "answers" involve killing creatures, and the general lack of enchantment removal. Thankfully, EDH is a highly creature-heavy meta, usually. Enchantments continue to be issues at times.

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Out: -1 Sword of the Animist, -1 Mephidross Vampire In: +1 Falkenrath Noble, +1 Thief of Blood

Sword is a great card, but I really wanted to up the number of creatures. Ironic that I also take out Mephidross Vampire... He and I have had a complicated history. Since I'm not making my other creatures into vampires (because almost all already are), he loses a bit of utility. He's a 3/4 vampire lord for 6 that doesn't buff my creatures, but requires that they hit other creeps to grow. If I were running Triskelion, he'd stay. But, I'm not.

Falkenrath Noble is nice insurance against board wipes and flys. Also decent against graveyard combos like Meren. I've only cast Thief of Blood once and wasn't impressed, so I removed it from the deck. After hearing stories of her power from others, I'm giving the card another shot.

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Date added 11 years
Last updated 5 years
Exclude colors WUG
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This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

12 - 0 Mythic Rares

42 - 0 Rares

25 - 0 Uncommons

8 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 3.35
Tokens Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Vampire 2/2 B
Folders Commander, Cool Decks, EDH, EDH, Possible Olivia Commander Decks, Rakdos EDH, I like these, Commander, Cool Tribals, EDH
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