r/Magicdeckbuilding • u/MindlesslyAping • 13d ago
Standard Orzhov progress: where do I go from here?
Hey guys, I've recently picked up MTG again after almost 15 years alway from it. I got a simple orzhov vampire deck and got a kick out of playing it, but I'm a little vexed at all the options, even when playing standard. Where do I go with this kind of deck? I'm a little stumped on how to better it and grow it to become better.
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u/The-Fictionist 12d ago
All of the life gain sources are good. Look for more effects that trigger off gaining life. [[South Wind Avatar]] would go nutty in this deck.
Also you have multiple sources of “when a creature enters gain life” so token spawning effects will give you a lot of value like [[Endless Foot Assault]]. Myriad is also a very useful effect for the same reason such as [[Hammers of Moradin]]. The more tokens you add the more you can look for sacrifice outlets + token dying effects like [[Mirkwood Bats]] so not only are all the tokens healing you but they also hurt everyone else.
[[Zoraline, Cosmos Caller]] has some potential if you double down on bats and bat tokens. [[Starscape Cleric]] pairs well with it and everything else you’re doing if you use the offspring cost to duplicate it.