MTG Salvation

So I decided to get into EDH a bit and wanted to run with the tribe I love the most. So I decided to do a vampire themed deck.

Some choices are based on availability and budget but to not hesitate to suggest something better.

Vampiric Tutor might be hard to get a hold on, but it's a great card. Promise of Power is nuts, and not as hard to get either. Infest should probably not be there, too small effect, would run Decree of Annihilation over it.

Lastly, I've found Sudden Spoiling to be a great card. At worst, it's a uncounterable fog. At best, it wreaks your opponent in combat or help you deal with troublesome cards like Chameleon Colossus and Akroma, Angel of Wrath

If I can get the vamp tutor I will. I have the Promise of Power what should I cut to put it in? I'm not in red so Decree of Anni wont work, did you mean Decree of Pain? Sudden spoiling could be useful, but again what to I cut to put it in?

Yeah, meant pain, sorry. Absorb Vis does nothing on it's own and should be replaced with either another card or another land. Bond of Agony seems suboptimal, do you ever get to the amounts of mana where it actually matters? Death Stroke is another suboptimal card, black has much better removal avaible. Grandmother Sengir has the best name in the world, but don't run her for anything else than stylepoints
Ruthless Cullblade is too small, and the same goes for Ravenous Vampire.

Perhaps hideous laughter over infest, I am not sure how important the cost is for you but I think the instant speed will be worth the cost.

Agreed. I think I will go with the Laughter instead

I'm not looking to play it as a Voltron general deck as it would start taking away from the theme of the deck which is running as many vamps as i can without making it unplayable or bad. Other wise Jitte, Lightning Greaves both swords would be in the deck already.

Ive been told elsewhere that I should run Cabal Coffers as well as I was thinking that if I could get a hold of one a Mind Twist would be a good idea.

updated list

If vampires are your thing, may I recommend Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief as the general of choice? She's bigger, and with relevant removal tacked on, and can kill very fast, even without voltron support. Even if she is the only critter on board, she kills in three hits(+3/+0 to Drana, and -0/-3 to Drana to balloon to a 7/1 for one attack).

edit: One amazingly efficient removal spell I see missing is Ashes to Ashes. three cmc and five life to exile two problematic cards is a huge benefit, and with forty life the five point swing is rarely relevant.

Never heard of Ashes before. May need to look into it.

Drana is a beast for sure but I had originally went with Mirri becuase she was cheaper and has haste meaning i can get the general damage kill if i need to go that route. And ive wanted to build a deck around her since she came out as I was always a fan of the green Mirri

unlike my other decks i separated out(list wise not deck wise of course) the legends in this build so that any of them can fit in the commander slot is i decide that i will need a different one for the matchup

I did build this deck and I would like to know how competitiv it is? Do you think I can defeat Zur, the enchanter with this? I really think I can, cause this list looks awesome to me!