What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse
Modern
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Deciding on a Direction —Dec. 4, 2017
Building vampires used to be pretty simple for me. Now there's way too much to play with, both in new vamps and in Black staples. I'm reconfiguring this deck for now to be closer to my original variant while I decide if I want to be more straight tribal or if I want to be Vamp-flavored Jund. A few of the madness vamps are really tempting to include here for synergy/speed, particularly Stromkirk Condemned, Asylum Visitor (who is much-needed draw along with power), Falkenrath Gorger so I can flash in Captains, and Smuggler's Copter and Liliana of the Veil for support. That's an engine, but that's an awful lot of space to dedicate.
I'll include all the idea cards in the "maybeboard", I'd appreciate it if we could get a discussion going on pure tribal and how to construct it vs. semi-Jund midrange.
Whitelionq says... #2
I dig your deck I'm going to use some of the sideboard board for my vampire deck darkside and I'm also thinking about using the mutavaults if you could take a look at my deck and give me a touch of advice I'm only really losing to boardwipes and removal
August 4, 2017 8:42 a.m.
YamishiTheWickedOne says... #3
Thank you Whitelionq. If removal is hurting you, try mainboarding Inquisition of Kozilek and Thoughtseize. Side 2 Collective Brutality and maybe a backup Surgical Extraction. Bloodghast is used here because he's resilient to a lot of removal cards.
August 4, 2017 11:36 p.m.
This deck is 100% SAVAGE!! I love the flavor and vampires have always been one of my favorite tribe's. +1 from me!
August 28, 2017 10:54 a.m.
What do you think about the Bloodcrazed Paladin?? A 2 mana flash vamp??!
September 3, 2017 11 p.m.
YamishiTheWickedOne says... #6
I think he should have either been 1 mana or a 2/1. At best he's a counter side against boardwipe-heavy matchups. Not good enough on his own. Not great vs targeted removal. His only mainboard home is in the Viscera Seer + Bloodghast + Blood Artist/Kalastria Highborn engine, and that's less and less popular with time. Aristocrats is barely a thing to begin with.
September 4, 2017 7:08 a.m.
YamishiTheWickedOne says... #7
So Bloodcrazed Paladin is at best a sideboard card. His purpose is clearly to flash in after getting boardwiped.
September 4, 2017 7:14 a.m.
YamishiTheWickedOne says... #8
So GeminiSpartanX asked a while back about how playable Gifted Aetherborn is here. I've replaced Vampire Lacerator with him because the life loss was too big a liability in the current meta. With Aetherborns my Burn matchup improves a bit but the deck loses a bit of speed. I dunno if I'll keep him forever but I feel he's better in current Modern. Gifted's a really good card. Deathtouch, lifelink and 2/3 body for 2 mana is no joke.
September 7, 2017 9:16 a.m.
YamishiTheWickedOne says... #9
Speaking of new vamps, Sanctum Seeker could make it here as a one-of,but he'd be competing for space with a second Olivia. He doesn't give my creatures any more survivability like say Captain or Nocturnus, but he can make kills potentially much faster and he looks amazing on paper vs Burn.
September 17, 2017 9:43 p.m.
You already have Gifted Aetherborn and Kalitas. Seeker wants you to go wider than this more midrangey build.
September 18, 2017 12:48 a.m.
YamishiTheWickedOne says... #11
You're probably right. I'm just looking at newer cards and ways of addressing common and/or problematic matchups. As mentioned the Aetherborns are purely a meta call. So are bloodghasts.
September 18, 2017 10:20 a.m.
Is bloodmoon a bad matchupp for your deck? Even with all the red creature's you have?
October 1, 2017 5:58 p.m.
YamishiTheWickedOne says... #13
After recent tests, I've been finding there are matchups where I find myself in topdeck mode, so I feel like a few Asylum Visitors are a really good idea here, but the problem is space is currently pretty tight. Any ideas on what to cut, guys?
November 29, 2017 11:51 a.m.
Arent you running Dark Confidant in some of your builds?
November 29, 2017 1:57 p.m.
YamishiTheWickedOne says... #15
I was but it's been a while and I realized that the life loss was kinda big and the meta's been shifting around, not sure exactly where I want my curve to be at right now and there are too many new vamps to choose from lately.
Whitelionq says... #1
Dig your Deck you should check out my vampire deck darkside it's a little different I could use a little advice
August 3, 2017 11:01 p.m.