Really like this card and I think it is strong. Future printings of cards could break this card which makes it a speculative pick near the end of it's rotation cycle if it didn't make a slash in standard (ie. a Griselbrand like card but Vampire would make this an insane Show and Tell). The card should have a strong casual appeal too. The most fun Christmas land I thought of is below.
Really like this card and I think it is strong. Future printings of cards could break this card which makes it a speculative pick near the end of it's rotation cycle if it didn't make a slash in standard (ie. a Griselbrand like card but Vampire would make this an insane Show and Tell). The card should have a strong casual appeal too. The most fun Christmas land I thought of is below.
If you're in a world with Dark Ritual, I think the Dark Ritual into this into Morophon, the Boundless into The First Sliver is the makings of a T1 kill. Just cascade into four smaller slivers (plus play whatever no-generic-component slivers in your hand and cascade off those), some of which make other slivers bigger and one of which gives slivers haste... and whammo.
I mean, Morophon, First Sliver, and Cloudthresher Sliver alone would swing for 17 in the air.
There's a lot of pushed things going on in this set.
Thankfully there's nothing truly broken in modern for the vampire type but it does mean any future vampires could potentially be broken with this which is always a worrying way to make a card.
Really like this card and I think it is strong. Future printings of cards could break this card which makes it a speculative pick near the end of it's rotation cycle if it didn't make a slash in standard (ie. a Griselbrand like card but Vampire would make this an insane Show and Tell). The card should have a strong casual appeal too. The most fun Christmas land I thought of is below.
If you're in a world with Dark Ritual, I think the Dark Ritual into this into Morophon, the Boundless into The First Sliver is the makings of a T1 kill. Just cascade into four smaller slivers (plus play whatever no-generic-component slivers in your hand and cascade off those), some of which make other slivers bigger and one of which gives slivers haste... and whammo.
I mean, Morophon, First Sliver, and Cloudthresher Sliver alone would swing for 17 in the air.
The First Sliver isn't on the battlefield by the time the card you cascade into is cast though (so it doesn't yet have Cascade), so the stringing them together on cascade won't work. Swamp, Dark Ritual, Sorin, Morophon, First Sliver, Cloudshredder Sliver is 6 cards and 3 damage off which can be hit off the cascade (which can hit Dark Ritual or Sorin) with like another sliver. In 6 card sliver Christmas land the following works for 20+ (not needing the cascade or the 7th card)
Swamp + Dark Ritual + Sorin + Morophon, the Boundless + Sliver Legion + Cloudshredder Sliver (Morophon 8/8, Sliver Legion 10/10, Cloudshredder Sliver 4/4). That's the same number of cards as the Defiant Bloodlord version (swamp, forest, dark rit, sorin, defiant bloodlord, feed the clan), but a turn 1 instead of 2 in exchange for one of the six cards being a max 4 of over a land that taps for green (easier to draw so more likely).
are the only vampires in standard atm that I would call 'good' choices for the minus 3. The issue being you really aren't cheating much on mana with most of them. But the sacrifice a vampire to deal 3 to any target might make it could enough. Curving Sorin into Call of the Feast is going to be powerful and with all the life gain it's going to be good against aggro decks. If the tools are there in GY recursion to power against control there might be something.
or in the upcomming Standard+, I think there are a couple of good vampires in kaladesh too
Turn 1: Swamp, Dark Ritual, Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord, -3, Defiant Bloodlord
Turn 2: Forest, Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord first +1 on Defiant Bloodlord making it 5/6 Flying, Lifelink, Deathtouch, Feed the Clan gaining 10, trigger Defiant Bloodlord dealing 10, attack, dealing 5, lifelink gain 5, trigger Defiant Bloodlord deal 5 for 20.
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If you're in a world with Dark Ritual, I think the Dark Ritual into this into Morophon, the Boundless into The First Sliver is the makings of a T1 kill. Just cascade into four smaller slivers (plus play whatever no-generic-component slivers in your hand and cascade off those), some of which make other slivers bigger and one of which gives slivers haste... and whammo.
I mean, Morophon, First Sliver, and Cloudthresher Sliver alone would swing for 17 in the air.
Thankfully there's nothing truly broken in modern for the vampire type but it does mean any future vampires could potentially be broken with this which is always a worrying way to make a card.
The First Sliver isn't on the battlefield by the time the card you cascade into is cast though (so it doesn't yet have Cascade), so the stringing them together on cascade won't work. Swamp, Dark Ritual, Sorin, Morophon, First Sliver, Cloudshredder Sliver is 6 cards and 3 damage off which can be hit off the cascade (which can hit Dark Ritual or Sorin) with like another sliver. In 6 card sliver Christmas land the following works for 20+ (not needing the cascade or the 7th card)
Swamp + Dark Ritual + Sorin + Morophon, the Boundless + Sliver Legion + Cloudshredder Sliver (Morophon 8/8, Sliver Legion 10/10, Cloudshredder Sliver 4/4). That's the same number of cards as the Defiant Bloodlord version (swamp, forest, dark rit, sorin, defiant bloodlord, feed the clan), but a turn 1 instead of 2 in exchange for one of the six cards being a max 4 of over a land that taps for green (easier to draw so more likely).
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are the only vampires in standard atm that I would call 'good' choices for the minus 3. The issue being you really aren't cheating much on mana with most of them. But the sacrifice a vampire to deal 3 to any target might make it could enough. Curving Sorin into Call of the Feast is going to be powerful and with all the life gain it's going to be good against aggro decks. If the tools are there in GY recursion to power against control there might be something.
After rotation you probably want Knight of the Ebon Legion and some of those https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=type:vampire block:grn + vampires of m20, wonder if we will get a legendary vampire.