Vampire Nocturnus

Creature — Vampire

Play with the top card of your library revealed.

As long as the top card of your library is black, Vampire Nocturnus and other Vampire creatures you control get +2/+1 and have flying.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (49)

KRNFLKS on Cat Nine

1 year ago

Replaced Vampire Nighthawk for Gifted Aetherborn because of Vampire Nocturnus

wallisface on Which gets priority here (Vampire …

1 year ago

As soon as your topdeck is no longer black, you’ll lose the buff from Vampire Nocturnus. When you attack with Preacher of the Schism, it will draw you a card and remove the +2/+1 boost before blocks/damage happen.

Note that Preacher of the Schism could also draw a land off the top of the deck and reveal a black card below, boosting your creatures - so it could really help increase your odds of having the boost by either attacking or not-attacking as appropriate.

vic on Which gets priority here (Vampire …

1 year ago

I control a Vampire Nocturnus and a Preacher of the Schism and I have the most life. The top card of my deck is a black spell and beneath that is a Swamp.

I attack with all my creatures (Vampires). Do they get to keep the +2/+1 boost from the VN or do they lose it by way of my PotS topdecking my black spell and making the new top card be colorless?

legendofa on The Happy Couple

3 years ago

I'm assuming your budget is fairly open, with some of the card choices. Cover of Darkness and Vampire Nocturnus give your Vampires evasion (although Nocturnus is better in something closer to mono-black, you might have enough to keep it active reliably), Shadow Alley Denizen can give a creature evasion for a turn, and Akroma's Memorial gives all kinds of evasion. For the Memorial, make sure the red and black protection don't conflict with anything--I didn't see any targeted red or black effects you would use on your own creatures in a quick skim, but I didn't look at every card.

SefTheReject on

3 years ago

All suggestions are mono black vampires and fit more of an aristocrats build.

Lords - Captivating Vampire buffs the squad and gives the ability of stealing an opponent’s creature

Vampire Nocturnus buffs the squad, gives evasion and since you’re mono black can play with the top of your library visible

1 drops - Knight of the Ebon Legion is the best 1 drop vamp imo. Can buff itself, gains permanent buffs and doubles as removal mid-late game

Viscera Seer a great sac target and let’s you scry 1

Vampire Cutthroat has skulk and lifelink

Vampire Lacerator a 2/2 for 1, you take one damage unless your opponent has 10 or less life

Indulgent Aristocrat a decent buffer with a sac engine

Guul Draz Vampire gains a buff if the opponent has 10 or less life

Pulse Tracker opponent takes 1 damage when it attacks

2 drops - Cordial Vampire not a lord in name, but has that buffing ability and triggers when ANYTHING dies. Buffs the team more efficiently than any lord imo.

Bloodghast a vital piece imo, it can’t block, but comes back when you play a land

Blood Artist a key piece for an aristocrat build, combos great with cordial and Vito

Asylum Visitor for card draw and the ability to come back

Kalastria Highborn great addition for a drain and gain/aristocrat build

Vraan, Executioner Thane combos great with Vito

Stromkirk Condemned can buff the team for a turn

Vampire Hexmage great sideboard piece for dealing with counters

Gifted Aetherborn might be favorite vampire, but doesn’t fit an aristocrat build

3 drops - Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord the only walker you need. Buffs, gives deathtouch & lifelink to a vampire, acts as a Lightning Helix and you cheat out a vampire

Silversmote Ghoul is a perfect target for Sorin’s second ability and comes back at the end of your end step

Vampire Nighthawk one of the best vampires imo, has evasion, deathtouch and lifelink, but doesn’t fit the aristocrat build

Nighthawk Scavenger a vampire goyf

Drana, Liberator of Malakir has evasion, first strike and buffs attacking creatures

Lands - Cavern of Souls an absolute MUST for any tribal build

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth flips things to swamps

Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx is great for all devotion the build will have

Castle Locthwain for card draw later

Prismatic Vista, Verdant Catacombs, Polluted Delta, Marsh Flats & Bloodstained Mire to fetch and thin out your deck to keep the gas flowing.

SefTheReject on

3 years ago

All the suggestions I made, and will make are all mono black. I forgot to mention 2 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx for all the devotion you’ll have. 2 Kalastria Highborn, Vampire Nocturnus is another possible lord, but not in an aristocrats build. 1 playset of fetches should be fine, 6 fetches max for a 21 land build. I’d be happy to give a primer type break, I just need to set aside enough to do it, will be detailed lol.

Gilver on A Miserable Little Pile Of Tokens!

3 years ago

Last_Laugh

New Blood is a fun and flavorful card and one can dream of pulling your given example out xD. But yeah, that card can help me disable my opponents' commander and steal scary creatures (my meta consists of decks which can cheat in fat scary creatues) so it is fair to keep that one. Vampire Nocturnus is a gamble, and us Magic players already have a severe gambling addiction. I have Viscera Seer, Bolas's Citadel, Forerunner of the Legion, Florian, Voldaren Scion and simple card draw to help me manipulate my top deck. It is risky but also highly rewarding, giving your tokens a big buff and making them evasive. I am probably gonna cut Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim, since it is not a vampire and not that synergistic.

Really appreciate your input!

AsteriskReaper on Edgar Markov's Eminence of the Blood

4 years ago

Oh I love Vampire Nocturnus my 4drop slot is currently incredibly tight as I'm trying to lower it. I did have him in here for years

Definitely have to consider the Scavenger, That does look sick

The one drops were in here but sucked and replaced them with other 1 drops

Mana Echoes is definitely in my maybelist to get and find room for.

Love my Diabolic Tutor but I will have to remove it one day

Sorin Markov has won me way to many games to ever cut. Especially against esper control/life gain decks that have gotten oppressively high life totals

The Bloodcrazed will eventually be cut