Sanguinary Mage

Creature — Vampire Wizard

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (51)

Raven_of_Arella on Eternal Vampires II

4 months ago

DarkKiridon thank you for the suggestions. I really wish Stromkirk Captain was Pioneer legal as he is an old favorite of mine. I definitely plan to add Fatal Push to my deck in place of Fake Your Own Death. I am going to keep looking at what vampire to swap my Sanguinary Mage for as it just recently replaced Furyblade Vampire. I am considering Child of Night (old fav) or Vampire of the Dire Moon or Vampire Cutthroat or Indulgent Aristocrat. Sanguinary mage isn't the right fit though. I am also considering Falkenrath Perforator as it is a more guaranteed way to ensure my opponent takes damage so I can trigger Vampire Socialite when I play vampires in my 2nd main phase. The lifelink will help ensure my opponent a quick life drain from Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose.

DarkKiridon on Eternal Vampires II

4 months ago

Stromkirk Captain, Dusk Legion Zealot, or Cemetery Gatekeeper over Sanguinary Mage. Also Vampire of the Dire Moon is good too. Henrika Domnathi  ^Flip might fit in here. Your mana base is weird, but that's just my opinion. :)

Fatal Push, Infernal Grasp, Cast Down, Terminate, Dreadbore for other removal suggestions.

Kukkakaali on Tuhmeliinit Cube

2 years ago

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Epicurus on Vamparty

3 years ago

Thank you!

Honestly, I've been thinking about dropping the Sorin altogether. If I haven't killed all of your creatures by the time I get him to ult, I'm doing something wrong and it's likely too late.

Ditto with Scythe of the Wretched it was an awesome idea, but very mana intensive if I want to steal more than one creature in a turn.

Sanguinary Mage fits the Party and Vampire Tribal themes, which is 2 out of 3 themes for the deck, and also is low CMC. So she stays. Prowess doesn't help much with her, but is certainly an added bonus.

Cloak and Dagger is an insta shield for my commander. No brainer.

Goblin Chainwhirler is a tricky one to cut. I have had it go off in a game. It's a powerhouse. And while Dagger Caster does the same thing for fewer reds and is a rogue, we're talking about 99 cards and only two tutors.

So I think what I'll do for now is cut Sorin and the Scythe for the Arena and the Champion, and see how it goes.

A couple unrelated notes in closing. First, you inspired me to work Door of Destinies into Always Loot the Bodies. Second, what do you say to replacing Kumano, Master Yamabushi with Vampiric Dragon? Much higher CMC, but is a vampire. Could just try it and see, but might as well ask while I have you.

Massacar on Vamparty

3 years ago

Sanguinary Mage can probably be cut due to prowess not really synergizing super well here with your creature theme.

Goblin Chainwhirler I would cut due to the 3 in its cost. While you run red in this deck, I feel that since it's your minority color you may struggle to cast it a lot of the time it's in your hand.

Personally I would get rid of Cloak and Dagger and even Scythe of the Wretched as well.

I get the party theme though so totally discount any recommendations that you feel undermine that too much for you.

Also in terms of the Sorin planeswalker you can run, I would swap out your current one and use Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord ideally, or even Sorin Markov.

Clashboy15 on WIzzet Prowess

3 years ago

I feel like 20 creatures for a prowess deck is a little bit too much. Maybe take out Sanguinary Mage? It doesn't have haste or any other really special abilities except for prowess. Like I've said, you have plenty of creatures and the card is just not necessary. Slip Through Space is much much better since it works well with prowess, draws you a card and is amazing at finishing games.

BrutalGlory on Olivia & Nahiri's Vampire Masquerade

4 years ago

This is now the 3rd revision. In this revision I removed Olivia's Dragoon , Succumb to Temptation , Murderous Compulsion , Abundant Maw , Fiery Temper , Pale Rider of Trostad , Stromkirk Condemned , Vampire Cutthroat , Bloodrage Brawler , Call the Bloodline , Sanguinary Mage , Furyblade Vampire .

Instead more powerful vampires were added as well as cards that were cheaper with a draw mechanic.

Pscioed on $10 Super Budget Aggro

5 years ago

@HotRodScott: I like all of your suggestions for tuning up the power, I hadn't even considered Manamorphose or Gitaxian Probe! We'll have to wait and hope for the price on Gitaxian Probe to go down a bit, but as for the rest, they are just way over budget for this particular build. In a $20-30 version, there is a lot more room for the $1-3 cards. Sanguinary Mage seems not great compared to any of Mage-Ring Bully, Immolating Souleater, or Akroan Crusader (I can't speak highly enough of this guy). I also was running 4 Assault Strobe, but found it was too many redundant copies. I cut it down to 3 to make room for more trample/haste cards. You might be ok going down even more, since you run cantrips. Thanks for the feedback!