Grixis / Dimir vampires in modern
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Posted on May 6, 2016, noon by Xica
Is it worth to splice blue for a modern vampire deck for the sake of Bloodline Keeper
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Intruder Alarm
Are other good reasons for splicing blue? like some sideboard cards?
... it seems good, but not entirely in pure value town, is it good for aggro (which it seems) only, or do i miss something?
I thought infinite 2/2 flyers are a worthy addition.
May 6, 2016 12:23 p.m.
I wouldn't splash 
in a Vampires build, it's got to be either Rakdos or Mardu. Or maybe Jund if you're just interested in 
diversifying removal/sideboard options, but that makes the manabase a bit harder.
May 6, 2016 12:24 p.m.
It's a very fragile interaction as it basically requires your opponent to not interact with you at all. And even if you pull it off, they don't have haste, so you're still really open to board wipe.
May 6, 2016 12:25 p.m. Edited.
Well Asylum Visitor seems like a card that could supply enough discard to make such controll possible (and since enchantment hate is near non-existent, Vapor Snag could reliably protect the combo on its own)
May 6, 2016 12:45 p.m.
If you're running a bunch of hand disruption/discard (to leverage Asylum Visitor) then you're diluting the creature-heavy strategy that Bloodline Keeper Flip needs in order to be effective outside of the Intruder interaction. I don't think Vapor Snag would be very effective since you're damaging yourself, negatively effecting your own tempo (Bloodline doesn't have Haste so you're Time Walking for your opponent, basically), and it's all centered around a fragile interaction that doesn't guarantee a win if you combo off.
May 6, 2016 1:10 p.m.
Dalektable says... #8
Blue is not the color to splash for vampires, if you're just throwing that one card in that is irrelevant with most of your other creatures thats such bad value. If you want to splash a color, splash red. If you want to play an infinite combo with Intruder Alarm then play a dedicated list and not a half-assed vampire deck with a combo.
MindAblaze says... #2
Hurkyl's Recall is a good blue sideboard card.
You'll probably want a combination of control spells (draw and counter magic) as well to compliment the combo, or help you spit out vampires at a higher rate. Falkenrath Gorger+Olivia, Mobilized for War is a ridiculous synergy. If you can keep them both around.
I feel like Intruder Alarm sucks unless built around though.
May 6, 2016 12:13 p.m.