13 Gallons of Blood

Modern Allies Lifegain Vampires WB (Orzhov)

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Creature (20)

• 4x Bloodbond Vampire
• 4x Cliffhaven Vampire
• 4x Drana's Emissary
• 4x Kalastria Healer
• 4x Vampire Envoy

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Read the Bones

Land (22)

• 2x Ally Encampment
• 4x Caves of Koilos
• 6x Plains
• 4x Scoured Barrens
• 6x Swamp

Instant (11)

• 4x Anguished Unmaking
• 4x Essence Extraction
• 3x Harsh Sustenance

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Triskaidekaphobia

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Sideboard

Sorcery (6)

• 3x Fumigate
• 3x March from the Tomb

Artifact (3)

• 3x Bontu's Monument

Instant (3)

• 3x Dash Hopes

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Trespasser's Curse

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A little blood loss here and there never killed anyone... right?

This is a modern ally deck built around life gain and loss to hopefully trigger Trisk. If it doesn't, hopefully between the critters and everything else, the blood will drain from the opponent.

Ideally, I'd like to keep it ally/vamp based with a low budget and every card messes with life totals, whether mine or the opponents. However, open to suggestions on everything, especially the sideboard.

On with the bloodbath....

Creatures
+ Bloodbond Vampire - With the amount of lifegain, I expect these to grow fast if the opp doesn't mess with my board.
+ Cliffhaven Vampire - Nice passive ability to go with the life gain.
+ Drana's Emissary - My flagship creature. Great cost with a life ding and gain each turn.
+ Kalastria Healer - I'd hope to get a few activations.
+ Vampire Envoy - I consider this to be the weakest creature in the deck, requires it doing more than the others which are a bit more passive.

Instant
+ Anguished Unmaking - Nice targeted removal.
+ Essence Extraction & Harsh Sustenance - Damage for life. Might not be enough though.

Sorcery
Read the Bones - I need cards and it messes with life totals.

Enchantment
Triskaidekaphobia - The star of our show.

Land
Ally Encampment - Gives colorless, colored for allies and it brings back things. Seriously thinking about upping this to 4.
Caves of Koilos - Mana fixer and it helps control life totals just incase Trisk is in danger of killing me.
Plains - Basic land. Nuff said.
Scoured Barrens - Both colors and a bit of life gain.
Swamp - Basic land. Nuff said.

Sideboard
Bontu's Monument - Goes with the theme. Strongly considering moving some to the main board.
Fumigate - An emergency board wipe that will at least net me some life.
March from the Tomb - If I have enough in the graveyard, could do some damage with healer.
Trespasser's Curse - If they are creature heavy...

NOTES
+ You're probably wondering why Tree of Perdition isn't in here. I'm brewing a BG Elves deck with it!

Date added	6 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 6 Rares 16 - 3 Uncommons 18 - 6 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.21
Folders	decks im going to eventually build, Triskadekaphobia Battlebox, Pioneer