[Tribal] Vampire Tempo?

[(nameless one)]

Alright, so our LGS is doing one of those Casual Thursday tournaments. One of the formats is Tribal Wars. It was been voted that we cannot do Goblins and Elves (We are still deciding about Slivers and Merfolk). On top of the existing Legacy/Tribal Wars banned list, it has also been voted to ban AEther Vial, Umezawa's Jitte and Sensei's Divining Top.

Anyways, I was thinking of a way to abuse Vampires using Eva Green or The Gates shell.

I don't really have a particular list although here are my ideas:

Vampires:

Vampire Nighthawk - Best vampire printed as of now. He also carries equipment like a champ.
Bloodghast - Recurring threat is always good. Although not being able to block is a downer.
Kalastria Highborn - Mana sink, will try to use it to abuse sacrifice effects.
Gatekeeper of Malakir - Diabolic Edict on legs. Removal is good in a tribal format.
Vampire Nocturnus - Not sure about him but he can be the Tombstalker/Abyssal Persecutor of the deck.
Arrogant Broodlord - 3 for 4/4 is a deal. His drawback is a little halfassed but he can be abused.
Pawn of Ulamog - Can be abused along with Highborn if sacrifice effects is utilized.

Lands:

Fetchlands (possibly 8) - Abuse Bloodghast.
Wasteland - Just in case, I have them anyways
Swamps - It's a black tribe

Spells:
Inquisition of Kozilek - I unfortunately do not have Thoughsiezes so I will be using these instead.
Ostracize - In a tribal aggro format, this should be good. Either this or Duress
Hymn to Tourach - 2 for 1 is a good ratio. I am going for Tempo anyways right?
Cabal Therapy - Hand disruption that involves the abuse sacrifice theme. It can also do wonders right after an Inquisition.
Smallpox - Since Sinkholes are really expensive. It also goes well with the abuse sacrifice theme.
Innocent Blood - removal that involves the abuse sacrifice theme.
Snuff Out - Great tempo removal.
Go For The Throat - I only expect Myr Tribal and theyre not going to be that great. These should be a great removal.
Smother - Another great removal.

I'll post up my ideal list later but if you guys want to share, feel free.

[Ciberon]

Maindeck 4 Engineered Plague.

[trivial_matters]

There's also Vampire Lacerator as a solid 1-drop.

Are you already set on playing Vampires? Because Zombies would be awesome.

[Aggro_zombies]

Why not start with the list from Standard and add better burn spells? That list actually plays a lot like a combo deck and has some neat tricks. Think of it this way: on an individual level, Goblins plays some of the shittiest dudes in the format - but combined, they synergize really well. Standard Vampires is a lot like that too.

Maybe add Dark Confidant, Patriarch's Bidding, Bolt, Chain Lightning, Terminate.

[(nameless one)]

Maindeck 4 Engineered Plague.

Engineered Plague and Tsabo's Decree are both awesome for this deck against the tribal field. Unfortunately, theyre both banned in T1.5 Tribal Wars.


There's also Vampire Lacerator as a solid 1-drop.

Are you already set on playing Vampires? Because Zombies would be awesome.

I was thinking of Vampire Lacerator as well but it competes with the rest of the turn one plays (which is mostly hand disruption). I used to have a casual Zombie deck that had the same principle (abused Rotlung Reanimator).


Why not start with the list from Standard and add better burn spells? That list actually plays a lot like a combo deck and has some neat tricks. Think of it this way: on an individual level, Goblins plays some of the shittiest dudes in the format - but combined, they synergize really well. Standard Vampires is a lot like that too.

Maybe add Dark Confidant, Patriarch's Bidding, Bolt, Chain Lightning, Terminate.

I am not aware of the current standard Vampire deck. I used to play them when Nocturnus and Alara was still in standard. How does it look like?

[edgewalker]

Creatures
4 Bloodghast
3 Bloodthrone Vampire
4 Gatekeeper of Malakir
4 Kalastria Highborn
4 Pulse Tracker
4 Vampire Lacerator
3 Viscera Seer

Enchantments
1 Dark Tutelage

Instants
2 Burst Lightning
4 Lightning Bolt

Sorceries
3 Mark of Mutiny

Basic Lands
6 Swamp

Lands
4 Blackcleave Cliffs
4 Dragonskull Summit
4 Lavaclaw Reaches
4 Marsh Flats
2 Verdant Catacombs


I actually think this deck would be that bad once the upgrades are made. I've played around with it in testing for t2 and I've always had a ton of fun with it and there is a lot of synergy...

[n00bas4urus_r3x]

Malakir Bloodwitch is a bomb, great sideboard card if you don't want to main it. Blade of the Bloodchief can be good too. You could run Vampire Hexmage/Dark Depths combo as well.

[4eak]

Faeries (metagamed appropriately) would rock this tournament. Consider switching.

Pirates are also the most leet creature type, if style counts (although, doesn't sound very tribal in some sense).


peace,
4eak

[trivial_matters]

Faeries (metagamed appropriately) would rock this tournament. Consider switching.

Pirates are also the most leet creature type, if style counts (although, doesn't sound very tribal in some sense).

Pirates are good, but I prefer Beebles (http://magiccards.info/query?q=t%3A%22beeble%22&v=card&s=cname) myself.

Go here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_species_in_Magic:_The_Gathering) for some other neat tribes.

[Hawdes]

I would play the best tribe ever... Treefolks... :)

[Fuzzy]

With Humans you can play the old Project X from Standard.

[Squirrel]

if made the same with my friends we banned every creature type with more than 100 cards... ich choosed Constructs if you wanna play them. Metalworker. Kuldotha Forgemaster and Myr Battlesphere...

[Squirrel]

ive made the same with my friends we banned every creature type with more than 100 cards... ich choosed Constructs if you wanna play them. Metalworker. Kuldotha Forgemaster and Myr Battlesphere...

[menace13]

Any Reason why Hexmage and Depths are not included?

Maybe Something like:
4 Hexmage
4 Gatekeeper
4 Pulse Tracker
4 Ghasts
4 Nighthawk
2 Guul Draz assassin

4 Lightning Bolt
4 Chain Light or Terminate

4 Inquisition

1 SoLaS
1 SoFaI