Lands:
24 Swamp
Creatures:
4 Grimclaw Bats
4 Sengir Vampire
4 Skeletal Vampire
4 Soul Collector
4 Vampire Bats
1 Baron Sengir
1 Shauku, Endbringer
Other Spells:
4 Bad Moon
4 Steal Strength
4 Drain Life
2 Vampiric Feast |
 Vampires
and Moons.
Description of deck by its author
(quoted):
 This deck includes a lot of flyers, some
interesting abilities, and removal. It has cheap creatures and more
expensive creatures. Let's take a closer look.
Removal includes the vampire-flavored cards Vampiric Feast, Drain Life,
and Steal Strength. Steal Strength often does enough to kill a creature
in combat, and occasionally it can kill two. Drain Life is an obvious
selection. Vampiric Feast is pricey, but it was so flavorful that I felt
I had to throw it in.
We have several cheap creatures. Vampire and Grimclaw Bats come down
quickly and start beating. A first turn Vampire Bats, followed by a
second turn Bad Moon, allows you to swing for three flying damage by
turn 3. You also have a full set of Soul Collectors that can be played
on the third turn with Morph.
After that, you add a full set of the classic Sengir Vampire, then a
full set of Skeletal Vampire. This gives you staying power as well as
beef backup for your early drops. The Skeletal Vampire brings two
friends to the fray. It can also sacrifice Vampire or Grimclaw Bats to
regenerate or make more bats, so there's some synergy there.
Baron Sengir can tap to regenerate a vampire, which means that he can
regenerate thirteen of your creatures. He cannot regenerate Vampire
Bats, which are bats, not vampires.
Shauku, Endbringer has been errata'd to be a vampire. She can off
opposing creatures at no cost, but she does have a hefty life upkeep.
Lucky for you, you have Drain Life and Vampiric Feast to help you out.
While Shauku drains your life, she'll also be offing opposing blockers
to allow your flying horde to win the game. That's the price of power
Black style, after all. Use Shauku very carefully.
Another idea I had was to include Spike Cannibal, but it didn't fit the
theme. Still, between Shauku, Sengir Vampire, and other cards I could
play (Sengir Bats, for example), it would make out in the counter
department.
This deck has Vampires, Bats, and life drain all under a Bad Moon. It'll
be a pretty spooky night at your kitchen table this week.
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