First of all, let me congratulate to you for making into the Top 8 :).
Now, about the article.
Really really interesting background of the card, I love how you mixed up some of black mechanichs and charateristics in the card. I like the idea behind the card. But it has something that doesn't convince me 100%... I don't know what, and I'm not saying the card is bad, just my guts don't love it as my brain
Anyway, I think that with the right mana cost the card can be "abused" (as you said, as a "heal" for drawing with Sign in Blood or against a nonlethal attack from an aggro deck). And I really hope it can go on.
Still, I think the card misses something to be tournament viable, I don't know what, but it's just that I have never seen Lich or similar enchantments played on a competitive level, but as you mentioned a combo with Hexmage could easly kill the opponent in one turn, so, I am probably too blind to see the potential of the card
Good Luck with the voting! And keep creating good and balanced cards like this one, I think you're good at it
4 Vampire Lacerator
4 Bloodghast
4 Gatekeeper of Malakir
4 Kalastria Highborn
3 Vampire Nocturnus
2 Malakir Bloodwitch
3 Tendrils of Corruption
4 Sign in Blood
3 Eldrazi Monument
3 Verdant Catacombs
1 Marsh Flat
17 Swamp
4 Deathmark
4 Duress
4 Vampire Hexmage
3 Mind Sludge
I'm really concerned about Eldrazi Monument. Befor WWK, it was a nice addition but it had interaction only with Bloodghast. Now it interact with Highborn and so with almost every other creature in the deck...
Firstly, i didn't put it in in favour of Nighthaw, then i realized that:
- Nighthawk has a CC 3, that steals the Highborn/gatekeeper drop
- Nighthawk has lifelink, cool, but with Kalastria easly matchable
- Nighthawk has flying, cool, but with Eldrazi all the Vampires get flying AND are indestructable
So, i've put Eldrazi Monument in, but i'm not 100% sure of this choice... What do you think about it?
Another cons about the Eldrazi is that comes inot play later than Nocturnus (and so we should have already win) but since nocturnus may not work and can be destroyed, we have an alternative...
I guess it requires testing
P.S.
I know that there are only 4 fetchlands but they're all i have
Are you sure? That both effects apply in Layer 4 is absolutely correct, but Spreading Seas does change only the subtype and does not affect the type, or not?
For example, if the land enchanted with the Zendkon is a Swamp it should looks like something like this:
Swamp
Basic creature land - Swamp Elemental
Flying
2/2
With Spreading Seas it becomes:
Swamp
Basic creature land - Island Elemental
Flying
2/2
One of "Vampire" is for sure imho, since it will have the subtype Vampire...
I count for 7 used... unless non-vampire is a different word
Yeah, i've forget it... So, the Bloodchief (becaus he IS a bloodchief, according to the Anowon stoyline) is just a Vampire.
so the last 2 Vampire are:
Bloodchief of Something
Legendary creature - Vampire spirit (he should be dead)
Quag Vampires
Creature - Vampire rogue
Death's Shadow B
Creature - Avatar
Death's Shadow gains -X/-X where X is your life total
13/13
#57, Illus Howard Lyon
or not?
Is this a confirmation or a supposition?
I thought of inerting bolts, but Outburst has 2 effect:
firstly, +1/+0 that ins't bad at all
secondly, at 90% it allows us to play another ally (since there are 18 allies with cc2 or less) thus resulting in a +2/+1 boost
That sounds good, no?
I agree, but we still have to see which red allies will be in WWK
Dauntless Escort is a very good choice against mass removal, I have to find space for him
Can be named Naya Ally i suppose
4 Kazandu Blademaster
2 Talus Paladin
4 Harabaz Druid
2 Kazuul Warlord
4 Orian-Rief Survivalist
3 Turntimber ranger
2 Ondu Cleric
4 Join the Ranks
4 Violent outburst
5 Plains
4 Forest
3 Mountain
4 Ancient ziggurat
4 Arid mesa
4 Rootbound crag
Vampire 7/9 (i think the only one vampire remaining is the one which is in the deck "Fangs of the Bloodchief)
Vampires 1/3 (and i think that the fang of the bloodchief's vampire might have something to do with other vampires)