Why spill blood if not for the pleasure of it?

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testing before game day —April 27, 2016

removing Olivia's Bloodsworn and siding out Incorrigible Youths to try out a playset of Insolent Neonate and one more Drana, Liberator of Malakir

lower curve lets me replace Duress with Transgress the Mind

add one Avacyn's Judgment for one Kolaghan's Command

sideboard needs adjusting

shadowsike says... #1

The deck looks good, personally I would take out all 4 Relentless Dead as it doesn't synergize well with your vampires. You wont even be able to use its second ability unless you have another copy of it in the graveyard. I would also take out Bearer of Silence as without having any lands that produce waste mana in the deck its ability cannot be used. in their places I would suggest running 3-4 copies of fiery impulse so you can cast it for 1 when you discard it. and add a playset of Heir of Falkenrath as it is unarguably the best 2 drop vampire out of the set.

March 28, 2016 4:17 p.m.

shadowsike says... #2

Correction: Fiery Temper should be added, not Fiery Impulse.

March 28, 2016 4:27 p.m.

Chatora says... #3

shadowsike's advice seems good.

April 21, 2016 2:30 p.m.

vvmk says... #4

Chatora for sure. Those comments are from when the deck was in its infancy, though lol

Thanks for the +1 :)

April 21, 2016 10:21 p.m.

XorKoS says... #5


B/R Vampire

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I play a similar deck, you absolutely need Insolent neonate, in order to play creature card or other cards with madness at instant speed and to smoother your card draw.And honestly after all tests i did, Kalitas is really not great in this particula deck according to me.

I also tested Kolaghan's command, it sure does work but not exactly what we want in order to win the game. And even after all tests i did, and even i know that i personnaly don't have enough creature Olivia's bloodsworn is really nt that good, and i only sideboard in more creature : Incorrigible Youth against some decks, but that's only because i'm fairly not convinced by all the vampire i don't use in my deck.

And personnaly i choose Transgress the mind, because it's way more versatile and can get rid of reletless tracker and avacyn/sorin .. being a 2 drop is absolutely not a problem if you have Insolent Neonate which make 10 1 drop for me, and if you play things like Olivia/drana/liliana turn 3 it's not always necessary to play a creature turn 2, you can then play transgress the mind instead ..

Also Drana is a real powerhouse, way better than Olivia herself, i think you can easily play 3 or 4 of her.And lastly Avacyn's Judgment is an insane card, it doesn't look good at all, and i often use it to plast a 2 toughness creature for 2, but it's really versatile and can get rid of a lot of different things, from 2/3/4 tokens, to a 5 damage lethal burn, it's a really nice card, you should at least try it out.

April 26, 2016 5:19 p.m.

XorKoS says... #6

Sorry, rip english, it's the middle of the night .. ' And i meant "Tireless Tracker" of course

April 26, 2016 5:22 p.m.

vvmk says... #7

XorKoS,

No need to apologize for English, I got everything loud and clear.

Using Insolent Neonate to basically flash in creatures is a really interesting idea. I've been using Sinister Concoction and Heir of Falkenrath  Flip to that same effect, but using neonate for that is something I hadn't even thought of. A 1-drop opens up a lot more possibilities for sure.

As for Kalitas and Drana, I've been coming to those same conclusions. I don't think I'm ready to cut kalitas completely but Drana is the real heroine and definitely worth another slot or even two.

Transgress pretty much gets boarded in game 2 against anything but aggro, so maybe I'll try it main.

Thanks man, you gave me some good stuff to try out before game day this weekend :D

April 26, 2016 5:46 p.m.