I'm a bit nervous about dropping a 1/1 on turn 3, attacking turn 4...but if you can get her to hit JUST ONCE, you've got a 3/3 who can kamikazi an X/6. Get her to hit once more and you have a 5/5. 5/5 double strike on turn 6 is NOT bad, especially when you only paid 3 mana for her. But this is all assuming you can get her through in the first place, which will not always be easy.
The art is fantastic though. Coolest looking Vampire of all, she's not even "dark" or "edgy" I don't think. I like the pink and red color scheme and the subtle sort of "Queen of Hearts" look to her.
surprise! Wild Hunger! Not only did I kill your creature, but I also got two +1/+1 counters.
and I will do it again next turn...
Vividice
★☆☆☆☆ (1.1/5.0)(6 votes)
Boring vampire with vampire mechanic + Doublestrike. Congratulations!
NinaNinja
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Dropping a 1/1 turn 3 is scary but if it has first strike and +1/+1 from the Stromkirk Captain you might be ok. Also a nice Sword of War and Peace might help her out. I think on her own she's so so. If she gets going though she's a butcher!!! Gruesome Deformity might help her out too. In limited Trepanation Blade is her best friend :) Mill their 40 cards quick
Asmodi0000
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(6 votes)
My favorite card of the set. Powerful and cheap to cast, but removable and requires hitting the player to be really scary, so it's not something overwhelming. Even a 1/2 stops her at first, but once she does manage to get a hit the damage increase rapidly.
+4 damage and +2/+2 each time she hits the player is not bad, considering you'd be using red (and likely black) to blast away any creatures in her path.
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★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
When I first saw the preview art, I was like "Mind Funeral creature Mind Funeral creature FOR GOD's SAKE WIZARDS SHE'S HOLDING A TREPENATION BLADE!"
Anyways, in a perfect world with no Gut Shots, put Angelic Destiny on it.
BluthBanana
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
I like this card. I would LOVE this card if it came in as a 2/2 instead of a 1/1.
realitant
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(2 votes)
this + whispersilk cloak your opponent has 3 turns left to live
pedrodyl
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Damn. I mean if you just have one Rakish Heir out...
thepillow
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(5 votes)
ok, who gave the slith doublestrike?
swords_to_exile
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I feel that a mono-red vampire deck is suddenly 100% viable in standard.
TherealphatMatt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If you can give her support (i.e. put her in a vamp deck), this can be TERRIFYING.
thebeardedshuffler
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'm liking her and Vamps a lot. Soon as I saw her I thought: Mountain 0/1 artifact for 0 (thopter or whatever is around now, I know there is one) Infernal Plunge Blademaster
So you get this little lady out turn 1.
SkaerKrow
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Decent (if vulnerable) on her own, but if she connects once, things can quickly get out of hand for your opponent.
Phyrexian_Boss
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Insane w/ Curse of stalked prey, rakish heir
DarthParallax
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
look at that Trepanation Blade! What if you put her in a deck that could 'technically' deal lots of damage....but all of that damage was just kind of 'extra gravy'?
Like, a whole deck based around cards attempting to ape Cruel Ultimatum?! o.O
1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor 1x Liliana of the Veil 1x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker (you were expecing someone else? nah. this deck has 'BOLAS' written all over it) 1x Sarkhan, the Mad (4 Planeswalkers)
2x Ancestral Vision 1x Blightning 1x Counterquall 1x Cruel Ultimatum 3x Demonic Tutor (because he's Bolas. this deck is not meant to be fair in any way, shape or form.) 1x Geth's Verdict 4x Mind Funeral 2x Slave of Bolas 3x Thought Hemmorhage 4x Trepanation Blade 1x Undermine 1x Vapor Snag (24 Spells)
*Note: best used in 3-or-more player not-Commander games. The mana takes longer to get 'ready' than most decks. Once you have all 3 colors and 4 black mana (ideally by turn 4-6), you should be able to take out whatever they try to send at you.
umumwhatshisname
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(3 votes)
Umezawa's Jitte and this. a 1/1 that can deal THIRTY damage in two turns. ok then
Because Artful Dodge wasn't good enough on it's own...
Totema
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
At first I thought this was... Interesting, but not super great. Then I realized that the double strike damage counts as two separate instances of taking damage, so if unblocked she would get 2 counters per attack phase. Now, I can clearly see why she is so sought after.
garganeraboy
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
yeah angelic destiny would break this. and simply because they share the same artists.
kiseki
★☆☆☆☆ (1.2/5.0)(2 votes)
A riddle: You make and stack a deck of basic lands and a single creature. Your goal is to take out a goldfish as quickly as possible. How fast can you kill your opponent? This and Mayor of Avabruck can perform a satisfying kill of the goldfish in just 6 turns. What are the other creatures that can kill by turn 6? Is anything faster?
Surprised how little players consider Curse of the Nightly Hunt for mono red vampire aggro, if you're doing it right with cards like this your opponent will die first, regardless of the creatures he/she's swinging at you. 1/1 counters are freakin' exponential in this set.
Wazzpants
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I've had pretty good success with this plus deviant glee and madcap skills. Nothing like turning it into a 6/2 with trample that has to be blocked by 2 or more creatures. If you can get a Necropolis Regent out and hit with the blademaster it becomes a 7/7 after one hit and a 31/31 after the second. Usually by the time that happens the other opponent is dead on the first hit.
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The art is fantastic though. Coolest looking Vampire of all, she's not even "dark" or "edgy" I don't think. I like the pink and red color scheme and the subtle sort of "Queen of Hearts" look to her.
and I will do it again next turn...
Congratulations!
Here's the quick math.
1st attack- 3 damage, 3/3
2nd attack- 7 damage, 5/5
3rd attack- 11 damage, 7/7
Total- 21 damage
+4 damage and +2/+2 each time she hits the player is not bad, considering you'd be using red (and likely black) to blast away any creatures in her path.
Anyways, in a perfect world with no Gut Shots, put Angelic Destiny on it.
your opponent has 3 turns left to live
Mountain
0/1 artifact for 0 (thopter or whatever is around now, I know there is one)
Infernal Plunge
Blademaster
So you get this little lady out turn 1.
Like, a whole deck based around cards attempting to ape Cruel Ultimatum?! o.O
64 Cards
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4x Blood Crypt
2x Dragonskull Summit
4x Scalding Tarn
2x Sulfur Falls
4x Underground Sea
4x Watery Grave
(20 Dual Lands)
4x Dimir Cutpurse
4x Markov Blademaster
4x Phyrexian Obliterator
(12 Creatures)
1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1x Liliana of the Veil
1x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
(you were expecing someone else? nah. this deck has 'BOLAS' written all over it)
1x Sarkhan, the Mad
(4 Planeswalkers)
2x Ancestral Vision
1x Blightning
1x Counterquall
1x Cruel Ultimatum
3x Demonic Tutor
(because he's Bolas. this deck is not meant to be fair in any way, shape or form.)
1x Geth's Verdict
4x Mind Funeral
2x Slave of Bolas
3x Thought Hemmorhage
4x Trepanation Blade
1x Undermine
1x Vapor Snag
(24 Spells)
*Note: best used in 3-or-more player not-Commander games. The mana takes longer to get 'ready' than most decks. Once you have all 3 colors and 4 black mana (ideally by turn 4-6), you should be able to take out whatever they try to send at you.
You make and stack a deck of basic lands and a single creature. Your goal is to take out a goldfish as quickly as possible. How fast can you kill your opponent?
This and Mayor of Avabruck can perform a satisfying kill of the goldfish in just 6 turns. What are the other creatures that can kill by turn 6? Is anything faster?
Student of Warfare can kill in 5 turns
T1 cast
T2 level 2, 3 dmg
T3 level 5, 3 dmg
T4 level 7+, 8 dmg
T5 level 7+, 8 dmg, win
WINNING
If you can get a Necropolis Regent out and hit with the blademaster it becomes a 7/7 after one hit and a 31/31 after the second. Usually by the time that happens the other opponent is dead on the first hit.