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My attempt at attempting a generally casual-esque edh deck with Olivia at the head. Overall, the deck has many vampires, vampire supporting cards, mana ramping artifacts and general black-red staple cards. Would appreciate any suggestions or feedback, particularly in regards to the mana base.

This deck is primarily a creature deck, with almost all of the creatures providing some form of utility or lord support. Olivia herself functions as a repeatable burn spell, control magic, and counter to any attempts at gaining control of this decks creatures. Three hexproof / shroud equipments (Swiftfoot, Lightning, and Whispersilk) help prevent Olivia herself from being stolen or killed, albeit the shroud may be problematic when equiping other equipments. Also important is whispersilk's unblockable clause, which combined with Olivia's potential to grow massive off of her pings, can result in lethal commander damage without much chance of reaction without multiple answers.

The creatures are almost entirely vampires, with the standouts being crypt ghast and the primordial: the crypt ghast provides more boosts to swamps, while the primordial can be a huge swing if opponents have had large threats that have been sent to the graveyard (and he scales with more opponents as well). Between the small suite of removal spells, and the many deadly passives of the vampires, your opponents should experience some casualties by the time the primordial drops, even disregarding the actions of opponents against each other.

This deck features plenty of lifegain, between the enchantment suite, whip, and inherent lifegain in many of the vampires, meaning you can attack often, even when playing defensively. Lords such as Bloodlord of Vasgoth, Bloodline Keeper, and Vampire Noctornus while pump up even your small vampires to become huge threats, and Bloodwitch of Malakir can translate your vampire army into a global drain, netting you large amounts of life in return. The bloodwitch also has a valuable protection from white spells, and can act as a wall against white commanders and large threats. Ascendant Evincar acts as a mini-Norn for you against any non-black decks (as the only red creatures in this deck won't be killed by this ability, this usually doesn't harm you that much), and Kalastria Highborn and Butcher of Malakir make destroying your vampires risky for opponents.

The sideboard consists mainly of some of my cards that I've picked up that might fit into this deck for various reasons or purposes, but I am unsure of which might be worth putting in. Standouts include Bloodgift Demon, whose draw clause could fuel Bloodlord of Vaasgoth's bloodthirst ability or help refill your hand, as without certain mana rocks and
Underworld Connections, the deck lacks many draw spells. Unstable Obelisk would help deal with enchantments, which this deck has a lot of trouble dealing with, on account of leaning heavily black. Artifacts are less of an issue, due to the precense of Kollaghan's Command and Rakdos Charm in the main board, but the obelisk could still help in a pinch.

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Date added 8 years
Last updated 8 years
Exclude colors WUG
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

9 - 0 Mythic Rares

36 - 6 Rares

19 - 4 Uncommons

13 - 4 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 3.65
Tokens Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Goat 0/1 W, Vampire 2/2 B, Vampire Knight 1/1 B
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