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Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) Intimidate Trample Vampires

CaptainCortez

Creature (41)

• 1x Avabruck Caretaker  ^Flip
• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Battlefield Butcher
• 1x Bellowing Tanglewurm
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Blood Seeker
• 1x Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip
• 1x Bloodlord of Vaasgoth
• 1x Bloodthirsty Aerialist
• 1x Corpsejack Menace
• 1x Deathgreeter
• 1x Defiler of Vigor
• 1x Dina, Soul Steeper
• 1x Disciple of Griselbrand
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Essence Warden
• 1x Fynn, the Fangbearer
• 1x Gaea's Herald
• 1x Graveblade Marauder
• 1x Grunn, the Lonely King
• 1x Honored Hierarch
• 1x Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
• 1x Indulgent Aristocrat
• 1x Kalastria Highborn
• 1x Lathril, Blade of the Elves
• 1x Lisette, Dean of the Root  ^Flip
• 1x Mephidross Vampire
• 1x Necropolis Regent
• 1x Pontiff of Blight
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Renata, Called to the Hunt
• 1x Sapling of Colfenor
• 1x Scute Mob
• 1x Shadow Alley Denizen
• 1x Soul Swallower
• 1x Vampire Hexmage
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Vampire of the Dire Moon
• 1x Veinwitch Coven
• 1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1x Willow Geist

Land (29)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkmoss Bridge
• 8x Forest
• 1x Foul Orchard
• 1x Gingerbread Cabin
• 1x Golgari Guildgate
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Sapseep Forest
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Thriving Moor
• 1x Witch's Cottage
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Bower Passage
• 1x Forced Adaptation
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Primal Rage
• 1x Shrieking Affliction
• 1x Trespasser's Curse
• 1x Wound Reflection

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Consume Spirit
• 1x Eaten Alive
• 1x Essence Harvest
• 1x Exponential Growth
• 1x Nature's Way

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Sorin Markov
• 1x Vraska, Swarm's Eminence

Commander (1)

Artifact (9)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1x Chalice of Life  ^Flip
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Inquisitor's Flail
• 1x Pestilent Cauldron  ^Flip
• 1x Semblance Anvil
• 1x Shadowspear

Instant (6)

• 1x Fog
• 1x Infuse with Vitality
• 1x Predator's Rapport
• 1x Sheltering Word
• 1x Urge to Feed
• 1x Victim of Night

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I usually just play my Elf Deck, but after going through almost every card I own, I decided to go Golgari. This started out as a Zombie Golgari deck, with the plan of making a separate Vampire deck, but I realised I had so many Zombie cards it was better as its own deck, so I ended up just creating a somewhat unique Golgari Vampire deck.

So the idea is no matter which way you gain life, all opponents are punished.

If you gain life, they lose life. If you can't gain life, they lose life. If they kill a creature, they lose life. If the numbers of creatures build up in the graveyard, they lose life based on how many creatures are dead. If they play a spell, they lose life. If I sacrifice a creature, they lose life. If anyone brings out a creature, I gain life, which means they lose life.

I wanted some heavy hitters with my green and specifically have Inquisitor's Flail in there for Grunn. The idea is to give him intimidate and trample, pump him with Forced Adaptation, turn him into a Vampire with Mephidross Vampire, give him lifelink and then smash the ever-living hell out of an opponent with him.

Lathril is in there to help with the life gain punishment, because if I trigger her ability to create 10 other Elves, then tap said 10, an opponent loses 10 life, then because I gain 10 life from that, they immediately lose another 10 life. I also have Alhammaret's Archive in there to double the amount of life I gain. Wound Reflection then damages them again for the amount of damage they took this turn. It's horrible, intentionally so.

Everything gets pumped if Mephidross comes in, because it turns them into a Vampire and allows for them to pump with +1/+1 counters, so other cards in this deck which pump other Vampires will pump all creatures in that situation.

Then Meren of Clan Nel Toth is my Commander so that I can keep bringing my creatures back in order for them to die again, continuing the punishment.

Fynn is in there with a few Deathtouch Vamps/creatures to add poison counter pressure. Same for Vraska really.

Avabruck Caretaker is in there to boost +1/+1 counter production and Primordial Hydra is in there as my favourite wildcard.

I haven't tested the deck out yet, but at a glance I'd say this decks two main weaknesses are the mana costs of some of the more powerful cards, and that I'm a little light on land, but I think it should work out.

Any thoughts, comment away!

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Exclude colors	WURC
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 27 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.92
Tokens	Assassin 1/1 B w/ Planeswalker Deathtouch, Day, Elf Warrior 1/1 G, Experience Token, Food, Night, Pest 1/1 BG, Vampire 2/2 B