Vampire: The Masquerade

Commander / EDH BR (Rakdos) Discard Madness Vampires

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Creature (32)

• 1x Anje's Ravager
• 1x Asylum Visitor
• 1x Bloodhall Priest
• 1x Bloodmad Vampire
• 1x Bold Impaler
• 1x Deathless Ancient
• 1x Dusk Legion Zealot
• 1x Falkenrath Gorger
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Furyblade Vampire
• 1x Garna, the Bloodflame
• 1x Havengul Vampire
• 1x Incorrigible Youths
• 1x Insatiable Gorgers
• 1x Insolent Neonate
• 1x Malakir Cullblade
• 1x Markov Dreadknight
• 1x Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion
• 1x Olivia, Mobilized for War
• 1x Olivia's Bloodsworn
• 1x Sanctum Seeker
• 1x Sanitarium Skeleton
• 1x Soul of Innistrad
• 1x Squee, Goblin Nabob
• 1x Stromkirk Condemned
• 1x Stromkirk Occultist
• 1x Twins of Maurer Estate
• 1x Vampire Interloper
• 1x Vampire Lacerator
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Voldaren Pariah  ^Flip
• 1x Weirded Vampire

Land (36)

• 1x Akoum Refuge
• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Cinder Barrens
• 1x Desert of the Fervent
• 1x Desert of the Glorified
• 1x Drownyard Temple
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 10x Mountain
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 1x Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace
• 12x Swamp
• 1x Urborg Volcano
• 1x Witch's Cottage

Artifact (6)

• 1x Firemind Vessel
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Mask of Memory
• 1x Rakdos Keyrune
• 1x Rakdos Locket
• 1x Star Compass

Instant (5)

• 1x Abandon Reason
• 1x Fiery Temper
• 1x Murder
• 1x Shadow of the Grave
• 1x Victim of Night

Commander (1)

Sorcery (15)

• 1x Allure of the Unknown
• 1x Alms of the Vein
• 1x Arterial Flow
• 1x Avacyn's Judgment
• 1x Biting Rain
• 1x Boneyard Parley
• 1x Call to the Netherworld
• 1x Distemper of the Blood
• 1x From Under the Floorboards
• 1x Gisa's Bidding
• 1x Malevolent Whispers
• 1x Murderous Compulsion
• 1x Nightmare Unmaking
• 1x Terminal Agony
• 1x Tormenting Voice

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Call the Bloodline
• 1x Faith of the Devoted
• 1x Ferocity of the Wilds
• 1x Senseless Rage
• 1x Tectonic Reformation

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Commander 2019 Vampire Madness

While most of the Madness cards in Rakdos colors aren't great, of the ones that are actually good, most of them are Vampires: Asylum Visitor, Stromkirk Occultist, Anje's Ravager, all of these are highlights of the Madness archetype. And the best madness cards are vampires as well.

Pretty much every Vampire with madness is a worthy candidate for this deck. The best one by far is Falkenrath Gorger, because it gives all our Vampires madness, but even the blander looking cards like Incorrigible Youths end up doing serious work in the deck.

Anje Falkenrath is the best Madness commander ever printed. She is a great and cheap discard outlet, but we can't rely on her entirely to discard our cards. There will be some games where she is killed early and often to the point where it becomes inefficient to recast her. We will need backup discard outlets in case she's shut down.

The best discard outlets for your madness cards are ones that are cheap, controlled, and repeatable. Cheap because you still need mana available to cast your madness cards, controlled because you only want to discard your madness cards not just random ones, and repeatable so you can use it as your madness engine.

Card choices

Vampire cards that care about Madness: Olivia, Mobilized for War; Falkenrath Gorger; Furyblade Vampire; Insolent Neonate; Markov Dreadknight; Anje's Ravager; Asylum Visitor; Bloodhall Priest; Bloodmad Vampire; Incorrigible Youths; Insatiable Gorgers; Stromkirk Occultist; Voldaren Pariah; Weirded Vampire; Stromkirk Condemned; Call the Bloodline; Stensia Masquerade; Twins of Maurer State.

Non-Vampire Madness Cards: Gorgon Recluse; Grave Scrabbler; Nightshade Assassin; Abandon Reason; Fiery Temper; Alchemist's Greeting; Avacyn's Judgment; Call to the Netherworld; Distemper of the Blood; From Under the Floorboards; Gisa's Bidding; Malevolent Whispers; Murderous Compulsion; Senseless Rage; Biting Rain.

Buff Effects: Stensia Masquerade; Necropolis Regent; Bloodlord of Vaasgoth; Stromkirk Condemned.

Card Advantage and Recursion: Anje's Ravager; Asylum Visitor; Insolent Neonate; Soul of Innistrad; Grimoire of the Dead; Mask of Memory; Smuggler's Copter; Boneyard Parley; Call to the Netherworld; Cathartic Reunion; Tormenting Voice; Animate Dead; Experimental Frenzy; Palace Siege; Tectonic Reformation.

Ramp: Sol Ring; Rakdos Signet; Rakdos Locket; Darksteel Ingot; Mind Stone; Star Compass.

Top Ranked	Achieved #36 position overall 6 years ago
Date added	7 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 19 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 29 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.11
Tokens	Vampire Knight 1/1 B, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	UR Affinity 1, decks, Modern, Budget, Modern, Modern, Modern, Artifact, Buy later, TappedOut Decks