Budget Mono-Black Lifelink Vampires

Modern*

Malacronious

Creature (26)

• 4x Bloodbond Vampire
• 2x Captivating Vampire
• 2x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 2x Gatekeeper of Malakir
• 4x Gifted Aetherborn
• 4x Indulgent Aristocrat
• 2x Sangromancer
• 2x Vampire Cutthroat
• 4x Vampire Nighthawk

Land (20)

• 4x Desert of the Glorified
• 4x Mortuary Mire
• 12x Swamp

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Read the Bones
• 2x Sign in Blood

Instant (10)

• 4x Go for the Throat
• 4x Tragic Slip
• 2x Urge to Feed

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Blackmail
• 1x Call to the Netherworld
• 1x Consume Spirit
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 2x Feast of Blood
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Soul Reap
• 1x Talara's Bane
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Land (1)

• 1x Bojuka Bog

Creature (11)

• 2x Blood Artist
• 1x Kalastria Highborn
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 2x Malakir Familiar
• 1x Pulse Tracker
• 2x Vampire Envoy
• 1x Vampire Nocturnus
• 1x Wall of Limbs

Artifact (6)

• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Ratchet Bomb
• 1x Strionic Resonator

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Feast on the Fallen
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Underworld Connections
• 1x Wound Reflection

Instant (6)

• 1x Dismember
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Geth's Verdict
• 1x Gravepurge
• 1x Tribute to Hunger
• 1x Victim of Night

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This is my first attempt at building a deck so its more for getting some practice than anything else. I may purchase these individual cards to play with for fun and then upgrade to a stronger vampire deck later.

I'm going for a budget deck and I wanted to build it around some lifelink synergy.

Any feedback is much appreciated. :)

Update: So I finally decided to proxy this deck last night and got a chance to play test it during lunch today. A friend of mine has been playing the cursed zombie deck from the dual decks set and I lost a ton of prior games to that deck with some of my other decks. This deck destroyed the cursed deck this game and I'm interested to see what happens next time. Overall I was very happy with how the deck played and had a ton of fun with it.

One thing I will change at this point is to sideboard 2x Feast on the Fallen and bring in 2x Tragic Slip. The deck performed the way I expected but I didn't have any removal to get in a quicker win. With more Tragic Slip in the deck I'll have a better chance of cashing in on the -13/-13 when I sac a creature to use Indulgent Aristocrat to pump my vampires. Feast on the Fallen is some nice added counters but really I had more than enough with Indulgent Aristocrat and Bloodbond Vampire and there were periods where gaining life felt much more reliable than dealing damage to the opponent. Feast on the Fallen sat in my hand the entire game because I had better cards to play.

Second thing I want to do is add in cards that I can pay life for. By the end of the game (a long game mind you) I had 36 life (at times I was as low as 16) and it felt like much more than I needed. I'm going to start looking at some pay-with-life cards to bring in. Until I get a solid feel for the avg amount of life I have to play with per game I don't want to overspend it but I'll at least sideboard Dismember so that I can start to push that comfort zone.

For a budget newb deck, I'm super happy with the results. We'll see if it answers to more experienced players who are wielding stronger decks though.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Exclude colors	WURG
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 4 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.30
Folders	stuff, Gimmick/Theme Decks