Vampires of the Evernight

Deck Backstory

Who doesn't love a good Vampire story? This deck was crafted from the famous Vampire stories of the 19th century, which are the origin for the popularity of the genre. While Bram Stoker's Dracula is the most famous, other stories like The Vampyre, Carmilla, Varney the Vampire, The Family of the Vourdalak, and La Morte Amoureuse are used in this deck as well. Nosferatu, an early 20th century film based on Bram Stoker's Dracula, makes an appearance as well.

The idea formed to spend Essence in a way other than playing cards, and the theme of choosing to have a Vampire bite a Human to grow more powerful quickly settled into the deck. Then it became all about adding bonuses for having Vampires bite the humans from their story.

From there it became easy to sprinkle in Vampire Bats, a Coffin, the hypnotic Vampire's Gaze, and the idea of turning a human into a Vampire to round out the deck.

See if you can determine which cards belong to which stories from the Vampire lore!

The deck symbol is a vampire bat.

Deck Cards

Cards with more than 1 copy per deck appear with their number in parentheses (#).

Vampire prey

Vampire prey; more might

To protect or immobilize

Your average everyday Vampire

(2) Transform and fly away

Bye-bye valuable card

Stop those instants

Your average everyday Vampire

A better Vampire; more might

Stun those conditionals

Big time might from bites

I need a Vampire! Stat!

More might, more essence

Big Bad Biter

Deck Strategy

Vampires of the Evernight is a Low Complexity deck that relies on placing Humans within easy battlefield reach of thirsty Vampires who grow in might by biting them each round.

Deploy your Humans quickly, as they allow your Vampires to bite them each round at the expense of essence. This triggers the Vampire's conditional Bloodlust ability, allowing them to gain might and other bonuses. Balance spending your essence to bite against deploying cards.

Use Vampire Bat to apply a Move Token, which allows you to move a Vampire to another battlefield during the command phase.

Use The Turning if you find yourself having more Humans than Vampires. You can select any Vampires that meets the cost condition. Vampire's Gaze is most effective when deployed to a battlefield with 2 Humans and 2 Vampires.

Deck notes

Bloodlust: If this card Bites a Human, Apply 1 might to this card.

A given Vampire may only Bite once per round, and a given Human may only be Bitten once per round. You must have 1 of each on the same battlefield to perform a Bite.

If one battlefield has 2 Vampire cards and 2 Human cards, you may perform 2 Bites if you spend 2 essence. This situation maximizes the benefits of Vampire's Gaze.

Swap on The Turning is not a deploy, but the new Vampire on the battlefield does resolve its reveal might.

Vampire's Coffin will a apply either a Shield Token or an Anchor Token, but not both.

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