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Strefan, Maurer Progenitor
Flying
At the beginning of your end step, create a Blood token for each player who lost life this turn.
Whenever Strefan attacks, you may sacrifice two Blood tokens. If you do, you may put a Vampire card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. It gains indestructible until end of turn.
At the beginning of your end step, create a Blood token for each player who lost life this turn.
Whenever Strefan attacks, you may sacrifice two Blood tokens. If you do, you may put a Vampire card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. It gains indestructible until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Vampire Noble
Commander
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Stensia Masquerade
Attacking creatures you control have first strike.
Whenever a Vampire you control deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
Madness (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Whenever a Vampire you control deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
Madness (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Enchantment
Anthem
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Counters
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Discard
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Drain
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Anje, Maid of Dishonor
Whenever Anje and/or one or more other Vampires you control enter, create a Blood token. This ability triggers only once each turn. (It's an artifact with ", , Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
, Sacrifice another creature or a Blood token: Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
, Sacrifice another creature or a Blood token: Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Legendary Creature - Vampire
Bloodsoaked Insight
This spell costs less to cast for each 1 life your opponents have lost this turn.
Target opponent exiles the top three cards of their library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards. If you cast a spell this way, mana of any type can be spent to cast it.
Target opponent exiles the top three cards of their library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards. If you cast a spell this way, mana of any type can be spent to cast it.
Sorcery
Crossway Troublemakers
Attacking Vampires you control have deathtouch and lifelink. (Any amount of damage they deal to a creature is enough to destroy it. Damage dealt by those creatures also causes their controller to gain that much life.)
Whenever a Vampire you control dies, you may pay 2 life. If you do, draw a card.
Whenever a Vampire you control dies, you may pay 2 life. If you do, draw a card.
Creature - Vampire
Falkenrath Gorger
Each Vampire creature card you own that isn't on the battlefield has madness. The madness cost is equal to its mana cost. (If you discard a card with madness, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Creature - Vampire Berserker
Florian, Voldaren Scion
First strike
At the beginning of each of your postcombat main phases, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the total amount of life your opponents lost this turn. Exile one of those cards and put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. You may play the exiled card this turn.
At the beginning of each of your postcombat main phases, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the total amount of life your opponents lost this turn. Exile one of those cards and put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. You may play the exiled card this turn.
Legendary Creature - Vampire Noble
Kamber, the Plunderer
Partner with Laurine, the Diversion (When this creature enters, target player may put Laurine into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
Lifelink
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you gain 1 life and create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with ", , Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Lifelink
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you gain 1 life and create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with ", , Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Legendary Creature - Vampire Rogue
Voldaren Bloodcaster
Flying
Whenever this creature or another nontoken creature you control dies, create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with ", , Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Whenever you create a Blood token, if you control five or more Blood tokens, transform this creature.
Whenever this creature or another nontoken creature you control dies, create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with ", , Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Whenever you create a Blood token, if you control five or more Blood tokens, transform this creature.
Creature - Wizard Vampire
Draw
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Cool but Rude
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
Whenever you attack, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
: Level 2
Whenever you discard a card, this Class deals 2 damage to each opponent.
: Level 3
When this Class becomes level 3, search your library for a card, put it into your hand, shuffle, then discard a card at random.
Whenever you attack, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
: Level 2
Whenever you discard a card, this Class deals 2 damage to each opponent.
: Level 3
When this Class becomes level 3, search your library for a card, put it into your hand, shuffle, then discard a card at random.
Enchantment - Class
Enchantment
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Path of Ancestry
This land enters tapped.
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Land
Voldaren Estate
: Add .
, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a Vampire spell.
, : Create a Blood token. This ability costs less to activate for each Vampire you control. (It's an artifact with ", , Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a Vampire spell.
, : Create a Blood token. This ability costs less to activate for each Vampire you control. (It's an artifact with ", , Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Land
Land
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Swiftfoot Boots
Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Protection
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Scion of Opulence
Whenever this creature or another nontoken Vampire you control dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
, Sacrifice two artifacts: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.
, Sacrifice two artifacts: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.
Creature - Vampire Noble
Ramp
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Timothar, Baron of Bats
Ward—Discard a card.
Whenever another nontoken Vampire you control dies, you may pay and exile it. If you do, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying. It gains "When this token deals combat damage to a player, sacrifice it and return the exiled card to the battlefield tapped."
Whenever another nontoken Vampire you control dies, you may pay and exile it. If you do, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying. It gains "When this token deals combat damage to a player, sacrifice it and return the exiled card to the battlefield tapped."
Legendary Creature - Vampire Noble
Recursion
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Markov Enforcer
Whenever this creature or another Vampire you control enters, this creature fights up to one target creature an opponent controls.
Whenever a creature dealt damage by this creature this turn dies, create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with ", , Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Whenever a creature dealt damage by this creature this turn dies, create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with ", , Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Creature - Vampire Soldier
Removal
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Glass-Cast Heart
Whenever one or more Vampires you control attack, create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with ", , Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
, , Pay 1 life: Create a 1/1 white and black Vampire creature token with lifelink.
, , Sacrifice this artifact and thirteen Blood tokens: Each opponent loses 13 life and you gain 13 life.
, , Pay 1 life: Create a 1/1 white and black Vampire creature token with lifelink.
, , Sacrifice this artifact and thirteen Blood tokens: Each opponent loses 13 life and you gain 13 life.
Artifact
Moonstone Eulogist
Flying
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with ", , Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Whenever you sacrifice an artifact, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and you gain 1 life.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with ", , Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Whenever you sacrifice an artifact, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and you gain 1 life.
Creature - Bat Warlock
Tokens
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a single answered attack not only loses the cheat but also wastes two Blood."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"Weaknesses:"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Critical"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":"No critical weakness identified."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Moderate"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":"The deck is soft to repeatable sweepers because it commits to a creature board and has only limited instant-speed protection; rebuilding after Strefan is answered costs two or more turns."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":"Strefan being repeatedly removed or taxed stalls the cheat plan and depletes the Blood supply, significantly slowing the game plan."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":"The Blood-token engine is vulnerable to artifact sweepers such as "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Vandalblast"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":"; losing the token pool can set the deck back a turn or two."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":"There is no stack interaction: zero counterspells and only a handful of instant-speed pieces means combo decks or instant-speed board wipes can beat the sorcery-speed plan."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Minor"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":"Life payments from "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Blood Crypt"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":", Talisman, and draw spells make the deck vulnerable to being raced; lifegain is mostly tied to creatures that must survive."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":"Several enter-tapped lands and conditional tapped lands make opening curves inconsistent, requiring careful sequencing."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":"Graveyard hate reduces recursive lines like "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Olivia, Crimson Bride"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" and Timothar."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"Key Cards:"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3","bold":true},"insert":"Bloodletter of Aclazotz"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":":"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" Doubles all life loss on your turn, turning combat damage, discard burn, and drain triggers into the deck's primary finisher mechanism."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3","bold":true},"insert":"Cool but Rude"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":":"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" Provides repeatable discard-based draw and, at level 2, makes each discarded Blood token deal 2 damage to every opponent; with Bloodletter that becomes 4 per opponent."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3","bold":true},"insert":"Glass-Cast Heart"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":":"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" Generates Blood whenever Vampires attack and offers an alternate win by sacrificing 13 Blood tokens to drain all opponents for 13."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3","bold":true},"insert":"Sanctum Seeker"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":":"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" Each attacking Vampire drains every opponent for 1 and gains life; in a wide board this is both reach and lifegain, especially doubled by Bloodletter."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3","bold":true},"insert":"Champion of Dusk"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":":"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" A large flying Vampire that draws cards equal to your Vampire count, refilling the hand after Blood are spent."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3","bold":true},"insert":"Anje, Maid of Dishonor"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":":"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" Creates a Blood token on entry and gives a repeatable mana sink to sacrifice Blood or creatures for life loss and lifegain."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3","bold":true},"insert":"Olivia, Crimson Bride"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":":"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" Acts as a hidden recursion commander, returning a key Vampire from the graveyard tapped and attacking whenever she attacks."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3","bold":true},"insert":"Patron of the Vein"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":":"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" Provides ETB removal, exiles opposing creatures, and grows all Vampires with +1/+1 counters, creating strong board momentum."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3","bold":true},"insert":"Falkenrath Gorger"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":":"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" Gives all Vampire cards in hand madness, so a Blood token discard can become a castable Vampire instead of a lost card."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3","bold":true},"insert":"Voldaren Epicure"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":":"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" A one-mana Vampire that deals 1 to each opponent and creates a Blood token, feeding Strefan's turn-two and turn-three curve."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff"},"insert":"Attribute Ratings:"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Consistency: 5.5/10"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":"The deck runs 39 lands and a deep draw package with Blood-token looting, "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Champion of Dusk"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":", and multiple draw-on-die effects, so early mana and hands are usually found; however, only one real tutor in "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Cool but Rude"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" and a tight mana base make mid-game assembly somewhat inconsistent."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Resilience: 4/10"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":"The deck has many recursive Vampires, Blood-producers, and rebuild effects, allowing it to recover from board wipes, but it lacks counterspells and instant-speed protection; if Strefan is answered, the plan slows noticeably but the rest of the deck can still operate."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Interaction: 4.25/10"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":"Interaction is removal-heavy, with around twenty pieces covering creatures, enchantments, artifacts, and graveyards, plus a few instant-speed spells like "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Rakdos Charm"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":", Hagra Mauling, and "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Urge to Feed"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":"; there are no counterspells or free answers, so stack-based vulnerabilities remain."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","bold":true},"insert":"Speed: 4/10"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":"Qualitatively, this is a mid-speed Blood-token beatdown build. A median sequence is: turn 1 "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Voldaren Epicure"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":", turn 2 Cryptolith Fragment, turn 3 Strefan, turn 4 attack with Strefan and cheat "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Bloodletter of Aclazotz"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":"; that combat deals 10 to the first opponent because Strefan deals 3 and Bloodletter deals 2, each doubled. Turns 5-7 generate three Blood per end step while attacking, and "},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#5ab9e3"},"insert":"Cool but Rude"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":" plus Bloodletter turn each discarded Blood into 4 damage per opponent. Reaching the lethal 10-13 Blood threshold is the binding step; after sacrificing two Blood per Strefan attack, it usually takes until turn 8-9 to accumulate and activate enough for 40 damage to each opponent, placing the median goldfish in the turns"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#ffffff","italic":true},"insert":"8"},{"attributes":{"background":"#2a2d33","color":"#cbcbcb"},"insert":"9 band."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"}]}