MTG Salvation

I would like this deck to be fine tuned to handle both multiplayer and 1 on 1 matches. At the moment it does pretty well when I play 1 on 1 but not so much multiplayer. I think it's because I don't have enough early defense or early game...

Anyhow, here's the deck list. Please if you do recommend cards, recommend cuts as well for the cards that need to go in as well.



Some ideas I would like to fit in maybe?

Blood Artist
Vampire Nighthawk

Thanks ahead of time for the help.

Anyone?

No Mercy is good early defense. As is Lethal Vapors.

You should probably ask a mod to move this to decklists.

I would like this deck to be fine tuned to handle both multiplayer and 1 on 1 matches. At the moment it does pretty well when I play 1 on 1 but not so much multiplayer. I think it's because I don't have enough early defense or early game...

Anyhow, here's the deck list. Please if you do recommend cards, recommend cuts as well for the cards that need to go in as well.



Some ideas I would like to fit in maybe?

Blood Artist
Vampire Nighthawk

Thanks ahead of time for the help.

You should play entomb.

The deck list is pretty good, but your mana curve is really high which would explain your lack of an early game. You have the good main ramp pieces, but could probably benefit greatly from Jet Medallion as it will lower the cost of almost all of your spells. Vampiric Tutor is a must with this type of build. I'm also unclear as to why you aren't running any sac outlets. You've got some good ETB abilities and no way to abuse them outside of wiping the board or using targeted removal on your own guys. Phyrexian Altar, Phyrexian Tower, Ashnod's Altar, and Altar of Dementia would all be good choices to get your dudes back in to the yard to get their ETB triggers when you bring them back. Chainer, Dementia Master would also help serve this purpose. If you add sac outlets, I would replace Whip of Erebos with Corpse Dance. The lifelink from the whip is nice, but you can do better chaining kokusho or gary using corpse dance w/ buyback and then saccing them to go back to the yard. Wash, rinse, repeat. Blood Artist will create a lot of value in a deck that kills stuff, same with Harvester of Souls.


Cards I'd consider cutting:
Artisan of Kozilek and It That Betrays - They are great on paper and not so great in practice. If you want to keep one, the Artisan is on theme with your deck.
Soul of Innistrad - You've got plenty of reanimation effects, and this guy is underwhelming. Effects that rez back to play are way better than returning to your hand.
Dread - This is a personal and somewhat a meta call... if you feel like you get value then keep it, but if he isn't making creatures die regularly, I'd cut him.
Hall of the Bandit Lord - Comes into play tapped, and costs 3 life to net 1 colorless... Unless the haste is part of a repeatable wincon, then this card isn't good enough.
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea - It gives the other players cards... great in Nekusar, bad in this deck. Graveborn Muse is the card you're looking for.
Increasing Ambition - Not a good tutor... at all... but fortunately Vampiric Tutor is, and if you don't have one it isn't prohibitively expensive. Otherwise, I'd run Diabolic Intent instead.
Erebos, God of the Dead and Greed - They are both subpar for card draw. I could see keeping Erebos for flavor and because devotion should be simple in Mono Black for an indestrucible beater, but Greed should be replaced with Necropotence.
Deserted Temple - This will give you more mana from Coffers and it's clones once you get out the Thespian's Stage or Vesuva.
Whip of Erebos - Corpse Dance... as mentioned above

If you need more cuts, take a look at your spells and pull the worst version of an effect that you have plenty of redundancy in and pull it.


PS... In your deck list, if you put the number behind the section tag instead of in front of it, things like "Creatures" won't show up as a hyper link.

Hey, I merged your two threads because you made duplicates.

Anyone else have any suggestions?

Doomed Necromancer is a barrel of fun as some instant-speed reanimation. Also, Kalitas, Bloodchief of Ghet is really fun in a deck like this. Kill your own creatures, get the vampire token, then reanimate with Sheoldred.

EDIT: The synergy between Kalitas, Bloodchief of Ghet, Sheoldred, and Solemn Simulacrum is just nasty. Play Solemn, get a land. Blow up Solemn with Kalitas, draw a card and keep a 2/2. Next upkeep, reanimate Solemn. Wash, rinse, repeat until you have all of your swamps out and an army of 2/2 vampires.