Spells that Synergize with a Vampire Deck?
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Posted on Feb. 13, 2015, 1:45 a.m. by Thundagawd
Seeing all the vampire-boosting abilities cards like Anowon, the Ruin Sage, Lord of Lineage Flip, Stromkirk Captain, Rakish Heir, etc. have, I figured I'd make a vampire-themed EDH deck (With Olivia Voldaren as Commander), but after picking out creatures, I realized I don't know of many vampire-themed spells. There's Urge to Feed, Feast of Blood, Blood Tribute, and Blade of the Bloodchief that I can think of off the top of my head, but beyond that I can't think of anything else. So any suggestions regarding this would definitely help.
Also, I recall there was an old monoblack Enchant Creature card with a CMC of X colorless & 1 Black that gave the Enchanted Creature +X/+0 but I can't remember for the life of me what it was called. Would anyone know what I happen to be talking about?
asasinater13 says... #3
Sorin Markov fits the theme of vampires.
I like Grave Pact in vampire things, there's usually some kind of sacrificing your own creatures going on.
February 13, 2015 1:58 a.m.
aeonstoremyliver says... #4
February 13, 2015 2:03 a.m.
scopesightzx says... #5
Urza's Incubator, Captivating Vampire, Vampire Nocturnus, Bloodlord of Vaasgoth, Malakir Bloodwitch, Mephidross Vampire, Konda's Banner, and Adaptive Automaton work well in vampires.
February 13, 2015 2:16 a.m.
Don't forget the Sanguine Bond and Exquisite Blood combo
February 13, 2015 10:38 a.m.
I've found that Blood Artist and Falkenrath Noble are musts to get the most out of boardwipes. Anyone wipes the board with one of these in play, you make a bucket of life and get to distribute a ton of damage.
These two cards may not be on theme, but they pull their weight: Basilisk Collar turns olivia into mass removal using her ping to insta kill creatures, and Illusionist's Bracers get you double value out of her abilities.
A word of caution though. I built Olivia vampire tribal, and while fun, its a bit on the weak side. In the end, the more vampires I remove from the deck and replace with stuff that turns olivia into a serious threat, the better the deck seems to do.
Oh, and if you're going to be running Sorin Markov and Blood Tribute, Wound Reflection turns them both into an insta-kill. Just sayin.
February 13, 2015 7:22 p.m.
DeathChant17 says... #10
You asked for vampire-themed spells, so I assume you want life sucking spells? If you haven't heard of it yet there is an app, MTG Familiar. You can search cards by name, super-type, creature-type, text on the card, color, color combos, set, rarity, anything having to do with magic cards. I would suggest you search sorcery and instant spells with life gain and life loss in the text. Going with with a creature based deck, also look up enchatments that give lifelink, deathtouch, and beef up your vampires. Stuff like Eternal Thirst. You can also search for tribal spells. Also don't forget artifacts like Door of Destinies and Coat of Arms.
I have a friend that ran olivia tribal in edh for awhile. He ended up adding blue and going with Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge for a commander.
He was a lot happier after going 
. He got a wider variety of draw spells and was able to throw in some control.
I got another friend that runs vampire/dragon tribal. Also , not sure who he runs for a commander though, but if you are having a hard time filling out your deck strictly with vampires, dragons are sweet and stompy.
February 13, 2015 8:33 p.m.
DeathChant17 says... #11
Also, Wound Reflection is not an insta-kill with Sorin Markov. They don't lose life when Sorin's ability makes their life total 10. It simply becomes 10.
February 13, 2015 8:36 p.m.
DeathChant17 There's a lot of confusion on that topic, but Gatherer clearly states that the life total with Sorin's ability is reached through either loss of life or gain of life. The wording on the card is misleading, but gatherer rulings are the last word.
February 13, 2015 11:43 p.m.
DeathChant17 says... #13
Well that being the case makes Sorin all the more awesome.
February 14, 2015 1:44 a.m.
Thundagawd says... #14
@ DeathChant17 I've had no problem picking out vampire creatures themselves, it was mostly the spells. I wanted to build around the whole Vampire theme, since vampire-themed builds seem to have gotten considerably more interesting since Zendikar & Innistrad. The red Vampires almost all have the "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it", whereas the black creatures have passive buffs and weird abilities like Kalitas, Bloodchief of Ghet, Bloodghast, Malakir Bloodwitch, etc. Problem was I couldn't really think of any spells outside of the ones I had mentioned before. So I wanted some suggestions regarding spells that would work well. I hadn't played in a very long time, and I played primarily 
back during Coldsnap/Ravnica, so I wasn't quite sure of what to pick as far as spells went regarding , though the suggestions have definitely been very helpful haha. The deck itself is already built IRL using cards from packs and such bought over the years, though I'll definitely have to look into reworking it after I actually try it out. as you mentioned sounds like it could be fun too, I'll have to give that a try as well.
Thanks for the suggestions everyone!
February 14, 2015 4:21 a.m.
Hallowed_Titan says... #15
The card you are looking for in OP is Endless Scream.
February 14, 2015 7:33 a.m.
Thundagawd says... #16
@Hallowed_Titan THANK YOU! I'd been trying to find that card for like a week now, I knew I had it, but I couldn't remember it's name nor the expansion it came from, and I didn't want to sift through like 20 boxes card by card to try and find it haha.
VampireArmy says... #2
Vampiric Fury is one of the best
February 13, 2015 1:53 a.m.