I've been collecting vampires for some time and have always loved the sacrifice theme but never did like the shells for it I've come across until I thought they would go great together.
I love the flavor of having a bunch of vampires that compel you to commit your own suicide and who better than Olivia Voldaren to deliver such a fate.
This deck is loaded with sac outlets to get mad value off of taking their creatures.
***GIVE ME YOUR CREATURES***
Before we get to the sac engine that is this deck we must first take a look at the "give me all your pretty things" side of the deck. Olivia Voldaren in her own right is great at snatching up creatures to feed our hoard of vampires but we also have Captivating Vampire, Mob Rule, Mass Mutiny, Insurrection and Illusionist's Bracers which makes both Captivating Vampire and Olivia Voldaren much more effective.
******SAC ENGINES*******
Sac engines for mana- Phyrexian Tower and Ashnod's Altar
Sac engines that pair well with Butcher of Malakir, Grave Pact, Dictate of Erebos for value town killing- Attrition
Sac engines for draw/scry/tutor effect- Viscera Seer, Diabolic Intent, Disciple of Bolas, Infernal Tribute, Sidisi, Undead Vizier
Sac engines for reanimation- Victimize Sheoldred, Whispering One and my favorite combo Mass Mutiny with Dread Return flashback cost
Sac engines that don't even require i take their pretty things- Sheoldred, Whispering One and
anowan, the ruin sage
***REANIMATE PACKAGE***
After all that sacking were probably going to want a healthy reanimation package to go along with because we can't always rely on stealing their creatures first. This deck packs quite a bit of reanimation with Beacon of Unrest, Reanimate, Animate Dead, Dread Return, Sheoldred, Whispering One, Sword of Light and Shadow, Profane Command, Strands of Night.
****MANA RAMP****
In order to make Olivia Voldaren work the way we want her too we need to generate a ton of mana. Enter our ramp package.
Cabal Coffers+Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth is a classic
Crypt Ghast, Caged Sun, Nirkana Revenant all double
Liliana of the Dark Realms, Sword of the Animist pull it straight from the deck
Crypt of Agadeem, Black Market, Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, Pawn of Ulamog and Sword of Feast and Famine sneak in for the extra mana you didn't see coming.
*****DRAW/TUTOR PACKAGE******
Card advantage is the name of the game when it comes to fair EDH play and this deck has it in spades. Erebos, God of the Dead, Infernal Tribute, Phyrexian Arena, Disciple of Bolas and Underworld Connections.
Everyone wants their wincon NOW or have been on that "Oh crap I need and answer NOW" situation!! Tutors are a great way to get there and black has the best there is. Enter Diabolic Intent, Vampiric Tutor, Demonic Tutor, Rune-Scarred Demon and Sidisi, Undead Vizier some of the best cards ever printed for EDH.
****VAMPIRE TRIBAL*****
Vampire Lords- Ascendant Evincar, Bloodline Keeper, Bloodlord of Vaasgoth, Captivating Vampire, Mephidross Vampire, Necropolis Regent, Stromkirk Captain and Vampire Nocturnus. These ladies and gents make all my other vampires that much scarier :)
Vampire Assassins- Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief, Guul Draz Assassin, Kalitas, Bloodchief of Ghet. These guys along with Spine of Ish Sah, Ashes to Ashes, Profane Command, Basilisk Collar and all the sacrifice removal make for a hefty package.
Vampire Bloodsuckers- Blood Artist, Falkenrath Noble, Kalastria Highborn and Vampire Nighthawk.
Vampire Support spells- Door of Destinies and Cover of Darkness make my vampires very difficult to deal with.
*****CUTE COMBOS******
Olivia Voldaren + Basilisk Collar=cheap kill spell. Love to take credit for this one but I saw it from Charisma Potion's brew here http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/marcelines-french-fries-1/ which i thought was brilliant
Mob Rule or Mass Mutiny+Ashnod's Altar+Infernal Tribute=value town card draw
Infernal Tribute+Spine of Ish Sah= recursion destroy whatever the hell i want while getting my draw on.
Grave Pact or Dictate of Erebos + Mob Rule+Ashnod's Altar or Viscera Seer =one sided board wipe. Pick the mode in mob rule which takes the most creatures then sack them all forcing your opponents to sack the rest.
I'm sure there are more cute combos that I have yet to discover in the deck and I'm looking forward to discovering them along the way of playing it. For those of you who are going to say I should add this card or tweak it this way to get infinite combos, please don't. I enjoy playing with my friends and while I love to do mass powerful things I don't enjoy just ending the game by going infinite.
*****HONORABLE MENTIONS******
These were left out either because it didn't quite make the cut or its just too damn good;
any and all board wipes... (I know it pairs well with the reanimation theme but I really wanted to hone in on the sacrifice theme of the deck as my main removal)
Blood Tribute, Exsanguinate, Sorin Markov and Wound Reflection because I don't like one hit kills... that's why.
Any and all other suggestions/upvotes are encouraged and appreciated! Thanks for reading.
