Attempting to life drain

Standard Lifegain Tempo Vampires WUB (Esper)

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Land (25)

• 1x Blast Zone
• 2x Dismal Backwater
• 2x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Island
• 1x Plains
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 16x Swamp
• 1x Watery Grave

Creature (17)

• 4x Bloodthirsty Aerialist
• 3x Dread Presence
• 2x Epicure of Blood
• 2x Spectral Sailor
• 2x Tomebound Lich
• 4x Vampire of the Dire Moon

Enchantment (3)

• 1x In Bolas's Clutches
• 2x Pacifism

Instant (14)

• 2x Gods Willing
• 4x Murder
• 2x Negate
• 2x Radical Idea
• 4x Sorin's Thirst

Artifact (1)

• 1x Bloodsoaked Altar

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The goal of this is pretty simple. Get life, make your opponent lose theirs. You want a few pieces out before using your Murders and two mana control support to handle key targets while life draining. Spectral Sailor and Radical Idea are key parts in keeping your hand busy while Vampire OTDM and Tomebound Lich scare off bigger targets and keep your hand rotating and supporting their more costly comrades. If you can, trade them out for flying demons. If you can’t, take your opponent’s meanest card as your own a la Bolas.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.63
Tokens	Demon 5/5 B