Vampiric Bloodline
Bracket 2VOC — Crimson Vow Commander · 2021-11-19
Commander: Strefan, Maurer Progenitor · Color identity: BR
Bracket
B2
Power Level
4.7/10
Tipping Point
T4
Game Changers
0
Why this bracket?
- 3 life-drain payoffs + 5 sacrifice outlets — a repeatable table-draining engine — but the goldfish sim wins around turn 8 (Bracket 2 "Core" pace, ~8+ turns), not the ~6-7 of an Upgraded deck, so this theme engine alone does not floor Bracket 3
- Borderline verdict — close to B3: tuned 3 life-drain payoffs + 5 sacrifice outlets — a repeatable table-draining engine held at B2 by our Core-pace gate (goldfish ~turn 8) — it breaks no Bracket 3 rule; we promote a 0-Game-Changer engine only at turn 6 or faster
- High optimization — score 28/75 (15 interaction spells, 16 card-advantage sources, 1 fast-mana sources) — raises this deck above its hard floor
- Engine accuracy: 77.1% exact and 99.5% within one bracket on 1,229 organizer-labeled tournament decklists (engine v389).
How it compares
Against the 2 Crimson Vow Commander decks we analyzed, this is the weakest — power 4.7 versus a set average of 4.8. That is about average for the library (4.6 across 174 precons). Its Tipping Point lands on turn 4, the same as the library median.
More Crimson Vow Commander decks
- Spirit Squadron — Bracket 2, power 4.8
Other Bracket 2 precons at a similar power
- Arm for Battle — Bracket 2, power 4.7
- Aura of Courage — Bracket 2, power 4.7
- Avengers Assemble — Bracket 2, power 4.7
- Draconic Dissent — Bracket 2, power 4.7
- Draconic Domination — Bracket 2, power 4.7
Upgrade this precon
6 staples this deck does not already run — all legal in Strefan, Maurer Progenitor's color identity, none over $20, and none of them a Game Changer, so none forces a Bracket 3 floor on its own. Adding cards can still move the bracket: paste the updated list back into the calculator to re-check.
- Wayfarer's Bauble Ramp $5.61
- Read the Bones Card advantage $0.30
- Sign in Blood Card advantage $3.14
- Lightning Greaves Protection $4.10
- Reliquary Tower Lands $4.23
- Evolving Wilds Lands $0.29
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Decklist (100 cards)
1 Strefan, Maurer Progenitor 1 Timothar, Baron of Bats 1 Crossway Troublemakers 1 Kamber, the Plunderer 1 Shadowgrange Archfiend 1 Laurine, the Diversion 1 Markov Enforcer 1 Midnight Arsonist 1 Scion of Opulence 1 Anowon, the Ruin Sage 1 Bloodlord of Vaasgoth 1 Bloodtracker 1 Butcher of Malakir 1 Champion of Dusk 1 Cordial Vampire 1 Dark Impostor 1 Malakir Bloodwitch 1 Necropolis Regent 1 Nirkana Revenant 1 Patron of the Vein 1 Sanctum Seeker 1 Stromkirk Condemned 1 Anje's Ravager 1 Bloodsworn Steward 1 Crimson Honor Guard 1 Falkenrath Gorger 1 Stromkirk Occultist 1 Vampiric Dragon 1 Bloodtithe Harvester 1 Blood Artist 1 Bloodline Necromancer 1 Falkenrath Noble 1 Indulgent Aristocrat 1 Vampire Nighthawk 1 Rakish Heir 1 Stromkirk Captain 1 Olivia's Wrath 1 Predators' Hour 1 Imposing Grandeur 1 Sinister Waltz 1 Damnable Pact 1 Avacyn's Judgment 1 Blasphemous Act 1 Mob Rule 1 Ancient Craving 1 Feed the Swarm 1 Night's Whisper 1 Vandalblast 1 Urge to Feed 1 Rakdos Charm 1 Glass-Cast Heart 1 Arcane Signet 1 Charcoal Diamond 1 Commander's Sphere 1 Fire Diamond 1 Rakdos Signet 1 Sol Ring 1 Swiftfoot Boots 1 Unstable Obelisk 1 Arterial Alchemy 1 Underworld Connections 1 Molten Echoes 1 Stensia Masquerade 1 Exotic Orchard 1 Foreboding Ruins 1 Shadowblood Ridge 1 Smoldering Marsh 1 Temple of Malice 1 Command Tower 1 Myriad Landscape 1 Path of Ancestry 1 Rakdos Carnarium 1 Tainted Peak 1 Temple of the False God 1 Unclaimed Territory 14 Swamp 11 Mountain
Bracket assignment per WotC Commander Brackets Beta.
Decklist sourced from MTGJSON (https://mtgjson.com/api/v5/decks/VampiricBloodline_VOC.json).
Analyzed against
https://scrollvault.net on 2026-10-09.